23/11/14 - DECON/RECON PROJ. (Location scouting)

Location polaroids - Caroline Wong 

To channel Jeff Bark, I have decided to shoot outdoors at night. I wanted the location to be woody and leafy but given the timings, any local woods would be closed and shut by the time we wanted to shoot. On top of this, as I don't drive, it would be extremely difficult to bring all the equipment needed to light the shoot. When explaining the dilemma to Lisa, one of the designers I'm collaborating with, she mentioned that I could use car headlights if there was somewhere close by to my house that wouldn't be locked up at a certain time. With that thought, I realised that the alleyway right by my front door would be perfect.

The alleyway is used as a through fare by everyone would lives on my street and the streets perpendicular to us to get to the main road. The alleyway is also entrance to a number of garages where people can park their cars. Because of this, it has a perfect balance of greenery and walkable space which would come in handy when setting up tripods. On top of this, I could use our car headlights by simply asking my mother to drive in a little.

The location seems perfect for the shoot and with my cousin's high pain tolerance, she's agreed that the nettles are neither a turn off nor a problem for her. Having checked the weather, it appears that it may rain and so this might result in problems but for the most part, we're going to take it as it comes since there's no way of rescheduling the shoot that will be taking place on Tuesday. Of course, if we had the choice, we would shoot on a different day but given the quick turnaround time, there simply isn't another choice.