Filming in Paris

As mentioned in my previous post, I seized the opportunity to capture footage whilst on the continent. After Amsterdam, I visited the world renowned 'city of love' - Paris. Similar to the shots in Amsterdam I wanted to have this part of the advert with a famous landmark in the background that will make it glaringly obvious where the protagonist is dreaming of. Being in Paris I was spoilt for choice, I could have had anyone of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame or the Arc De Triomphe. Preferably I would have had the Eiffel tower as the famous landmark that is also in shot during this sequence. However, for a number of reasons I used the Louvre art museum. These reasons are as follows:
1. I visited the Louvre prior to the Eiffel Tower and decided to catch some clips while I was there too.
2. As ridiculous as it may sound the Eiffel Tower is very big and finding a suitable enough area to film (e.g. quiet, open, etc) and being able to fit the entire tower into the shot at the same time was too difficult a task.
3. When I got to the Eiffel tower I considered using a low angle, close up to film the protagonist from the crowd at an angle that would show the protagonist and the tower clearly, however, this was not possible
4. It became increasingly darker as we got closer to the tower and the quality of lighting was just too poor.

This is the exact spot outside the famous "glass pyramid" where the final cut was shot. It should be noted that the concrete blocks that tourists use to sit on or stand to take photos can be seen in the Google maps screenshot and the still from my final piece.