Film Lesson #6: Location Scouting

When making a movie, it matters where you film it, I mean there's no way you can film a movie nowhere at all. When done carefully, you will find the perfect place to film your movie as long as you use your imagination to choose what the setting is whether it's what the place actually is or not, unless it's animated and you can just film it in your studio. But here are two good options on taking filming in another area to the next level:

Example #1: Your Parents' Workspace
It's free and easy to ask your family members if you can film where they work whether it be their office or a business of their own. My short films have been filmed in my family's workspaces: "Making A Mess Out of The Classroom" was filmed in my mother's old classroom before she retired at Prichard Elementary School and "J.W.'s Crazy Adventure" was filmed at my Uncle's business in Ohio.

Example #2: Recreational Places
This one depends, if it's a park, it's free as long as you don't get people in the shot and then you'd have to pay them. If it's a rec center, you have to pay rent for it in order to film. I filmed Mystical Mysadventure at the park next to my old middle school and made sure nobody or any of the playground equipment got in the shot. I think it would be fun to film an alien flick on a beach in a nature park one day, I just would have to make sure the camera doesn't get into the water.