Locations:

The idea that we arrived at was rather ambitious, but following the encouragement to push ourselves in the first lecture we decided to go for it! The next step was to decide to look into what buildings would be the most effective. We needed to consider how easy the different locations were to photograph, as we would be using a model we would need to be able to film the entire building. There was obviously a lot of other things to consider when deciding which one to focus on, location, ease of purchasing models, ease of film i.e. lighting, ability to see entire building in camera shot etc. The list seemed endless, the first step was to go into london and look into each of the possible locations.

- Houses of parliament



The Houses of Parliament would be a good 'target' because obviously they are one of the best known, if not the best known landmark in London so would be well documented. However, this is also the weak point. Because it is so well known, it will be very difficult to make anybody believe it has been hit. Also, it is in close proximity with the London Eye and Big Ben, so anybody in that area would clearly see that nothing has happened.

- Canary Wharf



Canary Warf is not in the centre of london so in a way would be easier to pretend to attack, yet on the other hand, it is so big that it can be seen from a long way away, meaning people who see our project will more or less instantly know that it is in fact not on fire after a plane attack.

- MI-5 building



The MI5 building is theoretically a good idea to hit because it is the central communications for our secret service and the people who would be heavily involved in investigations to a crash would be hit themselves. However, there are other landmarks in London which would probably appeal more to a terrorist i.e. Buckingham Palace.

- Buckingham Palace



Palace would be a good location because it is very difficult to see from a distance as it is not that tall, and the Queen is the biggest tourist attraction in London so it would cause a big ruckus. However, again, because it is so well known and constantly populated, it would be difficult to document without someone knowing instantly it was a fake.

- The Gherkin



This would be a better target for us to hit than Canary warf because it is less well known as a landmark, but at the same time is still a large, recognized building in London.

- Battersea Powerstation



Battersea would be quite hard to do because it is now derelect and the point of blowing it up in an attack wouldn't be that great as the harm it would caus ein comparison to another building which is inhabited would be minimal.

- London Eye



this would most probably be the hardest landmark to fake as it is still a newish and major attraction, and is so big it can be seen from almost everywhere in London.

Each of the above our obvious landmarks, and would be extremely effective.