Brick Lane Location Reccie

We decided to do a location reccie before shooting our outdoor scenes so that we could plan our shots and shoot schedules etc. but also so that we could understand what was possible and so that as a group we had a united vision of what was to be achieved. We looked around the areas of Brick Lane and Shoreditch as we knew that there would be lots of street art rather than just normal graffiti, and as a group we had established a preference for this because of the urban feel as well as the many individual connotations of each piece of art. 


Here is a powerpoint with all the locations we went to on the day!


When seeing that one piece of grafitti we loved was covered up when a shop opened (first image below), we realised how important it is to research and plan locations carefully, and to get permissions when appropriate!

We particularly liked the graffiti below due to the bright colours. We had to take into account how things would look on camera and we believed these would stand out.

We found the graffiti below with the rockets on a main road. We then realised that this would be particularly difficult to shoot as it can be very busy. We therefore ensured to look for more locations to replace those which may be impossible to shoot near.