1. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
(Old) Location
Open Door Church
Open door Church Centre
Green Street
Sunbury
TW16 6QQ
A long establishing shot of the front of
the church; this will be the main
location as the ‘wedding’, which spans
most of the trailer. The red doors will be
a main focus of ours as it will be a POV
shot that introduces the bride to the
setting. The red door ‘signifies’ (De
Saussure) love and passion, which is
expected of a wedding, so is very appropriate however later on
in the trailer we can see that it is not a happy wedding, changing the original
connotations of the church doors to perhaps hate.The cars in front of the church
reinforce the idea that our characters are working class and so is our target
audience which will help them ‘personally identify ‘ (Katz) with the characters
on screen. With the door only having one handle, it gives the sense that entering
this church is a one way street; there’s no turning back after marriage; it is not
easily broken. In addition the handle is also gold, which represents luxury and
wealth the complete binary opposites (Strauss) to what a church is meant to
symbolise. The curtains behind the church will be used to conceal the bride as
each body part emerges, it will also make the point of view shot very interesting.

2. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
Back Front
Inside of the church
The inside of the church will be filled with red chairs, in rows symbolising unity
and continuity which is what a marriage should be like;
forever, it is also an expected convention at a wedding which
we have ‘repeated’ (Steve Neale) to make the idea of the
wedding very obvious. The stain glass windows at the back lets
in natural light and the celling lights will allows us to have top
lighting on the charactersto accentuate their “goodness” in an ironic twist.
The ‘exist’ sign on the door of church is also a nice touch because any shots
focused on it will suggest that this marriage is something that they should escape
from.
The Reception
After the wedding the reception, will take place in a hall
close to the church. The children’s decorations on the
wall are very effective; because when we have cutaway
shots to the surroundings the wedding will seem very
amateur and childish. This is what we will be trying to
achieve because the wedding is not meant to be ‘posh’
but instead a mockery of what a wedding should be
like. Tables will be set within the hall with the
characters placed in certain areas to connote their
status or their relationship between each other. For
example the groom and bride at the top table and the
groom further down but closer to the bride to showhis
lower status and hidden relationship with the bride.

3. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
(Old) Location
Due to circumstances out of our hands, the first Location cannot be used due to
time restrictions. As a group we then changed locations to our plan B, which is
church much closer and local to our college. However even St. Ignatius, turned
out to be a no, as it would be closed during the time of filming. Although the
manning room will still be used for the reception.
St Ignatius
Catholic Rectory, Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6QB.
St.Ignatius in comparison to the Open door
church is very old, and has a rustic look and
age that can’t be made. It is in complete
binary opposition to the wedding which will
be unlike the old traditional weddings as it is
a shotgun wedding with no trimmings. This
binary opposition (Strauss) creates this
overall feeling within the viewers that the
wedding is wrong or fake because of the
complete difference between setting and
characters. The light fixture above the door
could if lit be very effective in the opening
establishes shot, as the bride waits below it,
almost bathing her in light. The light could
give the impression that she is holy and pure
just as a bride is meant to be. However as a

4. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
team we decided to keep the light un-lit to further emphasize that she is in fact
not holy, as she committed a form of adultery, by sleeping with the best man
when committed to another. The lack of light could also connote in a religious
sense the lack of God’s approval and the lack of a ‘bright’ future.
Aerial view/High angle
looking down.
The location was really
helpful in allowing a range
of shots. The upper level
holds an old organ, which
will be perfect for
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emphasise the difference
between setting and
characters. Hopefully these
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wedding is a quick job, the quests
will be few, so the pews will be
empty. This will once again stress
the idea that the characters are
very different to the norm. Also it
will denote how their wedding is
not socially accepted.
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be used during tracking shots to
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5. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
St Mary’s Church, Sunbury on Thames
After a lot of searching of churches, we finally received a definite yes
from St. Marys, so this church will be used for the actual wedding and
St. Ignatius will only be used for its manning room at the back, to
hold our small reception.
The church is beautifully structured with a bell tower that is very
traditional to churches but is hard to find these days. It is situated
near the River Thames and has a graveyard out back. This leaves alot
of options open for different shots that were not planned. The river
can give the trailer a more joyful look and the graveyard can give it a
deathly feel- as if she signed her death not her marriage. The interior
is also very beautiful with stain glass windows, statues and paintings
that surround it, when edited the church could be made to look very
ethereal or dark. It also has an upper level, which we hope to use for
our high-level angle shots.