Initial Shot 2- Establishing shot

The first shot type we want to use is an establishing shot however we will use several of these. They will take up six seconds of filming. This is to give the audience a feel of the location. We want to give an idea of what general shoppers are like at this time of year busy buying presents for their family.We want to show a festive atmosphere and the happiness of people, we also want to emphasise their wealth to be able to leisurely shop whilst all our main character wants is to find her parents. We need to point our how these people take their lives for granted so we will try to do this buy filming very close to Christmas when we will know it will be busy. The establishing shots we have selected really capturesthe Christmas shoppers walking up and down the streets. The first shot shot captures the bright Christmas lights which is our symbol in our film. We believe the Christmas lights in Guildford will be as good as the ones in this image, we want the lights ideally to be very bright to make the atmosphere very bright and festive. We want the audience to feel as though everyone is having a really nice time shopping with their friends and family all accept our main character. Her main issue right now is where to sleep tonight. The second shot is really shows the amount of people who go out Christmas shopping and reinforces the idea that her parents could literally be anyone. We know that Guildford will not be as busy as London because around 10 million people live in London, however Guildford is the main shopping location of the Surrey Hills, therefore it still should be very busy. The Christmas lights are a very important part of our film, if they are not bright enough or there are not enough of them this will make the atmosphere not seem as festive. We will also need to a few close up shots of the Christmas lights which will take up four seconds of filming. This is to reinforce the setting being near to Christmas.