Location: Pictures

Location is a key part for any film. Like in The Shining (1980) we wanted to film somewhere which was pretty, but also creepy and sininster. Accessability was also a must have because we would have to get there using public transport and carry all our equipment with us. I live in Perry Woods and this seemed like a great place to film for many reasons:

• It was familiar to me, so we wouldnt get lost
• It was easy to get to and not to big to we could easily carrying our equipment to each location
• Woods are common in horror/thriller films and create a sinister atmosphere
• It is usuallly pretty empty so we wouldn't be interupted

After I filled out the Location Recce, I went into the woods to take pictures of several locations so I could disscuss them with my group.

                                   

This photo is of a part of Perry Woods, as soon as we worked out our script idea I knew that this was the place that we would use in the last shot, where the girl is killed. When we filmed it, the lighting was darker and added to the sinister effect we were looking for.

This picture is of a tunnel of trees which we used when we filming the girl being chased by the stalker, he is seen hiding in the woodland to the left. I find that this piece of woods is quite claustraphobic and adds to the tension in the shot by making the girl seem almost trapped.

This is the location we used when filming the girl running away from the stalker, she runs up this hill and then trips up at the top. We used this nlocation because it was actually hard to run up, which made our shot look realistic.



This picture is of a location that unfortunatly we weren't able to film because we were loosing light and had to get home, but we initially thought this would be a good location because the gate is old and out of place which makes the location seem scary.