Location - Norwich Plantation Gardens

There is a lot of history behind the Norwich Plantation Gardens, a crucial location featured in our music video. For example, this location was used when filming the 'Alice in Wonderland' scenes due to its magical and whimsical feel which can be likened to that of Wonderland as described in the  novel by Lewis Carroll and the film adaptation by Tim Burton.

When researching the history of the gardens, I found a lot of relevant information that only further strengthened our meaning behind the song and the visuals within the music video. For example;

"Undeterred Henry Trevor set about transforming the quarry into a magical landscape, rich in the features associated with Victorian gardens. The impressive Gothic revival fountain was his first creation, followed by majestic Italian terracing, medieval walls, follies and ferneries, serpentine walkways and parterres, wooden bridges, a rustic summerhouse, shrubberies and lawns, conifers and broadleaved trees."

 



The aspect of a "magical landscape" was the exact look my group and I set out for thus adding to the Alice theme we hoped to achieve.

 

 

Furthermore, the article goes on to state;

 

 "After the war the garden was virtually abandoned though neighbourhood children found the overgrown garden with its fantastic structures and hideaways a tempting playground, which they nicknamed ‘The Secret Garden’."

 

 

This shows many similarities to the story of Alice in Wonderland where the world of Wonderland was secret to everyone until Alice discovered it accidently. From this, she essentially found a playground through the whimsical features not known to reality. This link then provided a great location to utilise in order to create the illusion of Alice in Wonderland through mise en scene and costume. This then links to Goodwin's Theory where the music and the lyrics link with the visuals to add to the ambience in order to create an exciting and meaningful music video, doing the song justice.