Planning: Location planning

Our chosen location: The Quarry

The location we are using is a place called the quarry. It is located next to the A6183 in Kettering. It is  a large abandoned area that is mostly used for dog walkers and people that like to ride there motorbikes illegally. We have chosen this specific location as it is quite large and has a lot of interesting and mysterious places that we can use to convey common codes and conventions within horror films. We will be able to achieve various different camera angles from high and low angles which will add more and more effect to the opening. This location has numerous areas where we will be able to use more advanced camera angles,shots and movements. When it is getting dark this location will be at its best as it will appear more creepy and spooky. This will suit the horror movie opening a lot more. The location has different areas like a old/broken down house, a very steep and rocky hill, and wide/open fields. All of these different areas can be used well for a chase scene for example or as a place where people are killed or captured.

These are some of the images of the location that we used for the filming at the quarry. It is is where our opening of the film will take place. We planned for the location to be here because it was easy to get to for the whole group to get to as it is not a far walk and is also good because if any adjustments or filming is needed then we can easily go back and get any filming we may need. This is also a benefit for everyone in the group and whoever is acting because everyone lives near to the location, so arranging where to meet it does and film at this location is easy. The location already came with a log which we were able to base a lot of our filming around as it is what we needed in the scene for the characters to base their camp around. When using the woods as the location doing high angle and birds eye views we were able to be recorded with a high standard as we could just climb the trees to get the best possible places for recording. The drawbacks with this location are that when we where recording there is a footpath running through the woods and right next to our location. This is used by dog walkers and other pedestrians so it means that we may be interrupted during our recording cause us to lose time on filming.