Possible Ending Locations: Adventure Playground

Another possible end location would be a soft play or adventure park. These parks have a personal meaning to me as I would say they epitomised my youth. Many of my fond memories of my youth revolve around such play parks and I feel that this is most likely the case for many individuals. What I also remembered was that adults, or larger children were prevented from entering the parks, for reasons of safety to protect the smaller children playing. This was a useful insight as it is exactly this sudden barring that slams the inner child fantasies in the face of the subject within my project, therefore I felt research into possible play park locations around Brighton is a necessity. One issue I feel I will face is whether such business's will allow me to film in their parks, especially if young children are around, therefore, if I decided to use such a location I would have to ensure I contacted them to explain who I am and the reasons for my project to see if they would allow such filming in their establishment.

FunPlex-

Brighton's Premier Indoor Play & Party Venue

Possible Ending Locations: The Pier

As the idea of the ending was taking shape, I felt the next logical step was to go out and find/visit possible locations within Brighton. This would help to give me a visual idea of the space and shape/style of the age/height restriction signs and also give me a definitive ending point to plan my journey route towards.

The obvious place to start was the famous Brighton Pier, which was renowned for its playful and child like entertainment. The Pier has everything from arcades, rides, hook a ducks etc therefore I feel it would be an interesting contrast for the formerly dressed adult to find themselves in. Below are a series of images of particular rides etc that caught my eye and the height restrictions required to enter such areas/ rides.

Possible Endings

The ending of my project is arguably the most important aspect, as it will combine and finalise all of the themes that have run throughout the project and consequently leave the audience with a deciding sense of understanding and appreciation for what I have attempted to portray throughout the project. 


My idea for the ending is still slightly ambiguous, as I am yet to decide which way to sway in terms of what I want the final moment to express. My idea is based around the height/age restrictions that you see in ball and adventure parks and before entering on rides at Brighton Pier etc. One of the underlining themes throughout the project is the notion of the inner child in how the fantasies that come out of show windows and advertisements play on the nostalgia and immaturity of adults . From my own personal journeys throughout Brighton, I also feel that when alone, travelling through space, your mind begins to wander and the simple, slightly immature childish thoughts that run through ones mind can cause boring, every day journeys to become entertaining and satisfactory.  I have the theme and idea of location in mind, however, I needed to pick apart the finer details to work out how I can really form a satisfying ending, that accumulates all of these themes,  as otherwise the ending risks being abrupt or deflationary.

One possible ending, is that when approaching the height restriction, the subject is barred for being too little which provide a slight twist to the project, as the sub conscious thoughts and analytical observations/ comments throughout seem to come from a mature, adults mind rather than a small child's, which would lead the audience on to reflect about the power and imagination of young children and their judgemental skills. Just because many young children can not communicate their thoughts, it doesn't mean they do not have the capacity to think them. 

Alternatively, the idea I feel that would be more successful and have a greater impact would be that the subject approaches the age/height restriction of the arcade, adventure park etc, and his heights surpasses the restriction by a long distance. This would be shown via the camera being positioned high up (6 ft +) and panning down at an angle towards the restriction and clearly dwarfing it. This panning down would also reveal that the subject is dressed in a suit, to suggest he is a business man , however, regardless of his job, attire and height he continues to charge into the adventure/ball park etc without hesitation. This would effectively convey the notion of the inner child that runs throughout the project and highlight how it holds the irresistible power within adults to contain their sense of nostalgia and childish immaturity. 

Gangnam Style

Whilst casually watching television, procrastinating if I am being completely honest, the utterly annoying and repetitive PSY Gangnam music video came on. Now usually my instant reaction is to turn over, but for some reason I decided to watch it fully and bear the pain in my ears just to see what all the fuss was about. Although I still wasn't convinced, I noticed that the video carries similar themes to the notion of the inner child within my project, and even includes the male subject dancing and playing in children's play parks and riding carrousels whilst dressed in a suit. It was interesting to view the contrast of formal, adult attire in a child like environment that I had previously pictured in my head, and I feel it carries a successful and powerful meaning that would definitely work well in the ending of my project.