Location

This is the location where I have decided to shoot my horror film. It is really easy to get to, it takes about 5 minutes to walk to from my house and has a lot of different areas where different shots can be taken. Because the location is so local, transportation would not be an issue and it will be very easy to transport the equipment to and from the location. The 'abandoned farm' is also in a public location meaning that I would not have to acquire permission to shoot here. My actors/actresses are also local which means transportation would not be a problem for them either.

This is an ideal location for me because it's somewhere with a lot of hiding places which fits my storyboard/plot very well. It is also right next to the woods which means that I can shoot both the hiding scenes and the police scenes in the same location which really benefits me.

What I particularly like about this location is the paths demonstrated in the bottom right picture. It winds round a bend which would be perfect for a tracking shot of one of the little girls running to hide. It would indicate, mystery of where the path leads to which also helps to create suspense in the opening. Something else I like about the farm is the tall grass and weeds that can be seen in the photos above. This is ideal for my villain who I want to shoot snooping around in the tall grass so that he is not clearly visible.

A negative of this location is that there are not any wide open spaces where I could shoot the police crime scene. What I wanted was to have a large space in which I could put up police tape and have pieces of the victims clothing swaying in the wind. However, there are certain paths and structures that I could use to stick up the police tape, I will just have to modify the camera angles to become close ups instead of wide, panoramas.

Apart from this minor detail this location is pretty much perfect for my horror film opening. The buildings are all rusted and starting to decompose so they look very old and haunted which is perfect. It will really help to add to the horror setting and create suspense which is exactly what I want.