Locations

It is very important that for my film I create a good mise en scene that will fit in with the horror genre to create a good final cut. The location takes up over half of the shot, and is where most of the key signifier s to the audience are, so I will be looking into many locations that I could use, and making my final decision with my colleague Conor.


Initial Thoughts On Location:

• Me and Conor have both decided that for our first scenes where the character is on a walk, this should be shot in some kind of woodland with tall tress and small pathways to create a feeling of isolation and horror.
  
• We have also decided that the scenes in a house must be shot in a house that has a large area to contain the hanging woman, the male and some sort of torture equipment laid out on a table.

It's All Taking Shape: 
Me and Conor have now come to our final conclusion on locations, and have taken a few test shots in these locations to make sure they fit in with what we want. Here is a description of our locations: 

Location 1- Man on his walk- For when the male is on his walk I plan to shoot these scenes on Ilkley Moor. The reason I have chosen Ilkley Moor is that it has a lot of small and narrow pathways and is also surrounded by trees. With this setting I will be able to give the audience the impression that there could be anything around each corner, and give the impression that the central protagonist is isolated. Also the large trees make the male look smaller, and less in control.

This location also has a very mysterious looking house, this house is what I will use when he looks up and sees the house with smoke rising from it.  


This location has had many horror links to it, that have happened, or supposedly happened in real life, this in itself makes it a perfect location for our film. One example of the moor having a horror link is when someone reported a sighting of an alien on the moor, the picture of this creature shown on the right. There was also the tragic Ilkley Moor Attacker who attached a women walking her dog on the moor. 

Location 2- The House-  I am going to use my own house for this, this is not for convenience but because of the shots we want to get from the house, I have a big enough kitchen to film them in. There is a kitchen with dining room attached in the house, the women will be hanging from the kitchen with knives and rope scattered on the dining room table. 

The male will walk in and stand by the sink, the women will be behind him. The only light in the room will be a blue light shining over the women's head.  

The lighting of the house is crucial, and for it to work we may need to block out some lights to stop too much light coming from areas we do not want it. We want to only shine light on objects that we want the audience to see, and the rest of the room should be pretty dark.