Greenwich is another location

which will be used when filming.

Our reasoning for this is because

of the great history Greenwich

has with past wars and due to our

film being very much revolved

around the current war in

Afghanistan.

Greenwich has small cobbled

streets which I believe would

work well during romantic scenes.

The place contains many iconic,

British landmarks which make the

film seem cultural such as the

Royal Observatory, The

Greenwich Palace, The Cutty

Sark, Greenwich University, etc.

Also, the Greenwich Market

which can be used for

coincidental meetings possibly.

As this area looks very sophisticated, elegant and classy I think it would be a good place for the

dance studio to be set and so can show her commute to the studio where she will be working

and also give an impression that the studio is very professional and near Nancy’s mother house.

London is an easy place to get to from our location and would be

ideal for filming as it contains extremely iconic landmarks such as Big

Ben, the Tower of London, Westminster Bridge, the London Eye,

Tower Bridge, St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and many

others. There are also many locations such as Tower Bridge which

are often seen in romantic films.

From my research, and my survey, I found that city was a favoured

place for a romance film to be set and so this determined our choice

of London.

We could use an establishing shot to set the scene possibly adding

text informing the audience on date, location, maybe even time as this

was also something that I found from my research was preferred by

the audience.

I think night scenes would seem particularly romantic for filming here

as it is all lit up, therefore I think this would work well for my

masquerade scene as this could be set in a high building with a large

terrace or balcony over looking the river Thames with iconic buildings

in the backdrop. Also, I could use this location for dinner dates and

possibly even use the London Eye for a romantic night between Will

and Nancy or even a memory between Rafe and Nancy.

Big Ben could be used as a link to the time and could possibly have a

link to the story of Cinderella as this is a particularly romantic and

famous fairy tale.

It is crucial for the location for the opening scene to be

significant and captivating as these needs to grab the

audiences attention immediately so they feel compelled

to watch the rest of the film.

We have decided that our opening scene is going to

filmed in a fairly, large house in Chelsfield as we want

to achieve both a Suburban and City feel to the film as

from our surveys the results showed this was preferred.

Our reason for choosing Chelsfield Hill is because it is

a fairly secluded, quiet and isolated area which we

believe we could achieve a small, community feel from

using it throughout the film. Also it’s surrounded by

greenery and field which makes it picturesque and

seem pure which we want to reflect on the main

character, Nancy. We also want the audience to get the

impression that Nancy comes from a financially

supported and secure background which we believe

would come from using this filming location.

We also believe it will be fairly easy for us to film in the

home as weather conditions won’t get in the way and

we can ask permission of the home owner fairly easily

which we have already taken care of and have been

granted the permission to film there.