Location Photographs

We decided to film in the city center of Oxford- the architecture is stunning and will reflect our narrative and genre perfectly. These photo's were taken between 8:00 and 9:00AM on a sunny Sunday morning, so I have edited most of them into black and white to create the depressing, cold atmosphere that our music video will have.
LOCATION: CORNMARKET AND ST. MICHAELS STREET
                                                                                  

CORNMARKET

CORNMARKET

ST. MICHAELS

 LOCATION: SHIP, TURL AND BROAD STREET 

SHIP STREET

CORNER of TURL STREET

      We had a very narrow list of filming locations, but having since walked around Oxford and taken these pictures, I think we could expand our locations. Ship Street is a very quiet street, making it perfect for filming. We had intended for 'Hamlet' to predominantly stay in St. Michael's Street, but Ship does not look as modern, giving it an out of time feel that work well in our video. Ship Street leads towards Exeter, Lincoln and Jesus College.





I personally love Antony Gormley's statues and think that the exemplar we have in Oxford is fantastic.I thought this would be a wonderful to break up the narrative in our video, we had been told that it was too focused purely on the characters. This should would be beautiful and could reflect the position of the audience: an outward viewer of the story between Hamlet and Ophelia.

BROAD STREET

                                                     

                                                                                  Broad Street will most likely be one of our main filming locations. Again, the colleges provide architectural beauty.  This location  also has fantastic leading lines- we plan to place 'Hamlet' horizontally across the road to create a contrast to this. It will also make him appear as if he has/is about to be hit by a car. The Sheldonian/Bodelian would make a beautiful backdrop for a moping 'Hamlet'.

  One of the most iconic structures in Oxford, the Bridge of Sighs. I think a shot of the BoS would be gorgeous in our video, it represents classicism, beauty and drama, all of which we hope to integrate within our narrative. A wide shot would be needed to capture all of the arch's elegance.

      The Queen's Lane passage would be the perfect place for Hamlet to leave Ophelia, its twisting corners mirroring their inner turmoil. It also looks like a forgotten part of a castle, perfect for a Shakespeare-inspired narrative. As aforementioned, it has an element of timelessness to it, which would be the perfect contrast to the very urban and modern opening shot we will probably have.

I had not considered the Botanical Garden's Maze as a location, but having visited it, I think it would be splendid for an Ophelia scene- the maze perhaps symbolizing  her decreasing sanity.

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