Our Locations for filming

Waltham Cross Alleyway:

This is the location that we shot the main scene of the opening sequence. We chose to film here as it is set away from the main roads so sound pollution wouldn't be too much of an issue and the fact that it isn't a very busy area so we wouldnt have too many people walking around whilst filming.

An alley way is the perfect place for a drug exchange; we wanted to use the stereo typical mise-en-scene, so that people would understand what was going on.

Also, the fact that this scene was shot here meant that we would be bothering less people then we would have bothered if we shot it in the main road, which is considerably busier. All of these factors made the Waltham Cross alleyway the ideal place to shoot this scene.

Ponders End Flats:

The Ponders End flats were another ideal location to film the beginning of our opening sequence. The appearance of the flats gives us the exact image and persona that we were trying to achieve in the fact that it is an estate looking area that looks like it could be quite dangerous.

The flats are also stereo typical of gang culture, knowing that flats tend to usually have families in the lower-class. For us this was the perfect mise-en-scene, showing typical where someone involved in gang culture would live, how This increases the dramatic and thrilling aspect of the film.

We also had access to a flat in one of the buildings, this allowed us to get shots of the character actually coming out of a flat, into the corridor and outside of the building itself.

Bedroom:
The bedroom shot was filmed at Ben’s house, this was because we felt that this bedroom would be more suitable for the film then the one that was in the Ponders end flats.