Location Research Part II

Lady Dixon’s is a local public park located in South Belfast, covering almost 130 acres (0.53 km2) and is accessible from the Upper Malone Road. It includes meadows, woodland, riverside fields, formal rose gardens, a walled garden and a Japanese garden, as well as many walks.

Pro	Con
Close proximity - easy to reach for all of crew	The park is easy to film in. There are numerous quiet and natural places to film
Cheap location. Walking distance from houses.	Lady Dixon’s is less than ideal. We would much rather film in Newcastle or another rural area.

Crawfordsburn

With two excellent beaches, spectacular scenery and views across Belfast Lough, tranquil walks through peaceful meadows and wooded glens and a stunning waterfall, Crawfordsburn Country Park provides a relaxing natural retreat.

Crawfordsburn is a forest park in the Southern end of Antrim. It features two beaches, a forest, glens and meadows. It is an ideal place for us to film. Approach by train is cheap (<£5 for return tickets), the area is great to film in and features all the scenery we need while still being local enough for our entire crew.

Location research and costume research

Costume Research 

It is important that we ensure that the two characters first shown are not presented as heroes, as it is safe to assume that they were involved

in a misdeed in order to get the bounty in the first place. It is assumed that these characters are not high ranking, but rather the opposite, they are lowly criminals. However, in saying this, it is important that they are distinguished quite easily from the anonymous assailant, as he is shown to be better dressed, clearly of a higher class than those he is following. It is important for us, then, that he is distinguishable from the others upon first glance, which is completely influenced by the clothing which he wears.

Headwear

As was typical of the time setting, all characters will be wearing a hat, Stetson-style. Some examples of possible hats are included below.

                                                                                         

Facewear

As in true Western style, we wanted to outfit our assailant with a bandana, to obscure a large portion of his face. However this is not a necessity.

Coats/Outerwear

We want out assailant to wear a typical western jacket that makes him distinct from the two men while also keeping with the western setting.


However we want our two men to wear very typical waistcoats not very distinct from one another, they will be wearing typically fromal wear that was common in the midwest

Location research

Newcastle

Newcastle, Co. Down, is a small Town off the Coast of the Irish Sea at the base of the Mourne Mountains. The mountains have numerous suitable locations to film in, including forest trails, disused quarries (interesting rock formations), and other interesting landscape features such as lakes, ponds, and clearings.

Pro	Con
Rural and secluded - no danger of passing cars, modern buildings, etc breaking continuity	Long journey times put pressure on our filming times, and require a deal of organization
Property restrictions are not an issue. No permission needed to film.	Most decent locations are out of the way - hiking is required

Lady Dixon’s