Location Reccy

On a cold and rainy Tuesday after school, the group decided to take an uncomfortable W8 bus journey to a warehouse which was potentially a promising location for our music video. After a while of wondering the streets of Edmonton trying to find the place we decided to call our contact for help. Once inside the warehouse I was skeptical of the place as it was nothing like I had imagined and it was to put it bluntly a mess. After a while of chatting to the owner, who was really welcoming and kind, we found out that we could move anything we wanted and create whatever we envision within the space. This was great as it gave lots of options and importantly flexibility. As time went on she mentioned that we can use the drum kit they have, the sound system, the amps, and anything inside the warehouse itself! (theres a lot of cool art). In fact, the answer to all of my questions were, 'Yes, of course'. Things were going really well and the group was on a massive high and for once it wasn't the ganja.

The next thing we learnt was that there was another space above the one we were in which was exactly the same, and due to no one using the room it would be completely empty. Although she didn't have the key to it, and instead offered to make arrangements so we could see it another time. The next place she took us was in another section of her warehouse which featured a long corridor with an old fashioned and albeit creepy lift at the end. There were around 6 small rooms which would be perfect to shoot individual band member shots and with a bit of work we could use the idea of making it seem really claustrophobic - this could be a nice effect. At this point in the tour she left us so we could have a look around and discuss what we had seen so far. I took a few photos and Nick switched on his video camera and recorded the reactions of the group so far. Little did we know with our return to her main warehouse the location was about to get even better.

As we skipped through the rain merrily we entered the main warehouse where we met back up with the owner and she offered to let us have a more detailed look around the place. When we asked about the availability of the place the owner said that it would be free most evenings and practically deserted at the weekend; she even offered to leave us a key if we wanted to do overnight filming! In my next post I will put up pictures and show you all the treasures we found in this heavenly location. Lets just hope it lives up to all the expection we have.