Scouting Locations #2

I stepped out on a gorgeous September day last week to scout out the Beach location for my video. 

Below is where the first 18 seconds will be filmed with the artist singing the first few lines of the song. 

Here I focused on the waves with the pebbles on the beach, which will make a nice cutaway shot.

The waves were looking really good, so I filmed some practice shots of the waves crashing. 

I then walked over to the fishing boat area which is a new idea I had as part of the video. I think having the artist walking between and sing amongst the boats will look good.

Then I went over the bridge to look at the cliff area. 

In the sun it looked really beautiful, but perhaps the sun isn't the right atmosphere for the video. The twilight and the darkness might be more edgy, but the start of the video may begin in brighter light, so as to contrast with the rest of the video. Then so as to highlight the parallels between the start and end of the song, I could revert back to brighter light, so as to visually signify that she has 'come through the darkness' and is now moving on.

The cliffs will be a great backdrop for 0:37-0:45.

And the above angle will be brilliant for 0:19-0:36 and 0:46-0:53, especially as it is usually quiet along this section of the beach so it will look even better.

One thing I realised as I walked onto the beach was that the tide was coming in, reminding me that I will definitely need to check the tide times before shooting, so as not to be caught out.