For the second session, we used Church Street where we used the alleyway for the scene where DC Summers and DC Curtis wait for the drug lord to appear so they can attempt to arrest him. We chose this location as we know that a person involved in drugs would be in a private location and we feel that a alleyway would be a obvious one. We want to use an alleyway because we want to park the car outside the start of it so we can see all the way down the alley. We made sure that the car was parked in the right position so that it was legal to park there and we had a clear view down the alleyway. We then made sure that we removed items from the car that would affect the 1980s style that we wanted. This scene was filmed after a couple of takes as we had to make sure we knew which lines we were going to say as we the first couple of takes there were a few pauses and we wanted the conversations to have a relaxed tone and sense to them. We used a couple of different angles for this scene as we wanted to film their facial expressions when they see the Drug Lord; so we decided to film from outside the car and show DC Summers wind down the window and take pictures for evidence. Overall we feel that this was a big part of the trailer and one we feel we achieved and did well in.
We also filmed two more scenes in this location and was a valuable location as it met all of our demands. The next scene that we filmed was when Billy met the drug lord in order for him to be given a gun to protect himself from the police. This was a simple scene as there was no dialogue so all the drug Lord had to do was make the transition of the gun smooth and make sure that they nodded to each other to show the audience that this was a pre-made agreement. This was completed in one scene and allowed us to concentrate on more difficult scenes to complete.
Our last scene in this location was when DC Summers and DC Curtis kick down the door in order to search for one of the criminals. We wanted to build up a bit of tension in the scene through what they say and slowly counting to three will make the audience take more notice of what happens after 3. We then made sure that the DC's slowly take out their guns in order to leave the audience on the edge of their seats. We also cut the scene before we kicked down the door for the reason of suspense again and the audience will want to know what is behind the door and what will happen behind the door.
Another scene we completed was the explosion of the car which we had to make sure was a 1980s vehicle. This was one of the most difficult if not the most difficult scene to complete because we wanted to make sure that the vehicle was right. We researched a lot of different cars in the area and only really found two that suited our needs. We started with one down Station Road that we felt matched our era. We were mainly leaning towards using the other car for the explosion at this moment but we thought that we should film both to see which would be more effective. We took two takes to film this as it was on a busy road and DC Summers and Curtis had to stand far apart so that we could get the whole car in the shot. This proved difficult as the car that we wanted to use was close to other cars which wouldn't fit in the 1980s genre so we decided to do the best we could do with it and move on to the other car. We then found this much easier to do as we knew it would be there and the area in which the car was situated fitted our genre and style. We could also play with angles to get the right shot of DC Summers and DC Curtis when the car explodes. We did this in two takes as the first take we wanted DC Summers and Curtis to react to the explosion, but then we decided for them not to because it would leave the audience thinking why they are not reacting and if they knew it had actually happened.
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