Location Planning

We have chosen the Co-op in Deeping. We have been given permission by their management (as you can see in the following email) to film in the shop when it is quite from customers. Thanks to their support and willingness to help we are able to use the majority of the store to get a wide range of shots.

Whilst in deeping we will also be filming in the local chip shop, The Boundary. This location will be used to create a similar effect to the co op; to turn the normal into the abnormal. We phoned them up and got permission to film from 6 O'Clock onwards as long as we are punctual. The artificial lighting in the chipy will allow us to film in the dark; additionally the neon lights will create an atmospheric effect.

We will also be filming at Hills and Holes in Barnack. We feel that it would be a suitable place to film because the landscape has peaques and troffs and creates a similar effect to moon craters and again; something normal that is turned abnormal.

We were also thinking of using Sam's car for bandshots. The morris minor would create quiter a retro vibe and create an iconic image. We are aming to use tightly framed shots. This takes influence from The Automotic's video where they are crammed in the back of their van.

Our final location will be  'the band room'. This is the practice room attatched to my garage. It is a good location because all of our instrumental props are in there and once empty we will have a room with big white walls which can give a clean effect if lit and framed correctly.

Making Helmets

We went to a local hardware store and bought three complete bins.We wanted to use bins to create the appearance of low budget. The shape with the sliding lids actually fitted our heads reasonably well whilst the lids enabled us to see whilst maintaning the effect of a fully enclosed helmet.

The first step was to cut the bins down to size. The bin heads on their own weren't big enough so we had to use the bottom half which also added as a futuristic neck brace and added to the humour. This was cut using a coping saw.

After all three had been cut we masked off the lids leaving just the 'visor' and sprayed it black to create the stereotypical astronaught look. We sprayed in a well ventilated area.

After they had dried we masked off the visors and added several coats of white to the lids and the tops of the bins. This to add to the cliche space effect.

finally we added our own designs to the helmets and finished the bottom of the bins with tin foil to add a humorous, low budget space feel to the helmets. Bellow is Sam's helmet with yellow trim and a 'damaged space' effect.