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Recce Locations :

During the beginning of my documentary I will include some establishing, and long shots when indicating parts of Cambridge to my audience in order to give them an idea of the subject choice. I will focus on alley ways, door ways, and the streets to demonstrate where many homeless people have to spend their lives. 

 To juxtapose the expectation of Cambridge, as a clean and prestigious city, to the reality of the sense of poverty some people experience in Cambridge. I may include establishing shots of the shops, and universities to interpret Levi Strauss' theory of Binary Opposites, or clean and dirty, and wealth and poverty.

 In terms of location, I am open to interpretation instead of following a strict structure, as I am working around my characters and where they are positioned I will film. However, I have determined key locations for my opening sequence, and places I am planning to film my characters in.

1. Jimmy's Night Shelter:
Image of the outside of Jimmy's Night shelter (zoom in shot towards the sign)


2. Sidney Street (doorway shot in initial sequence), Hobson's Passage (shown in the initial montage editing sequence and intro), other images depicting the unappealing side of Cambridge.


 
3. juxtaposition against shots of the unappealing side to other attractive parts of Cambridge; focusing on greens, Universities, or the city centre.
 





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