Planning; Choosing locations

Choosing the right location was important as it would link towards the narrative and become the prime aspect when filming. Some ideas we had for location included a church graveyard, a barn and a derelict lane but in the end we settled on an abandoned train track.

15/11/14 

On this date, myself, one of the co-producers and a couple of the actors in our film went to the abandoned train track in Chacombe (as shown below);

During the walk, we took a reasonable amount of photos and locations and thought about which parts of the track we were going to use in our film. Here are some of the photos we took on the walk; 

                                               

                                              

At the end of the track, we then came across a small hill that goes up and leads to a smaller, more hidden track, which we then thought might be a good place to set the scene for an establishing shot; 

   

This was the location we considered for the establishing shot. It is a small track that winds down and leads to the train track. We thought it would be a good place to set the location as it allows a small amount of time for dialogue which then sets up a narrative. 

This is a view from the other side of the establishing shot. It shows you how short the path is which goes around a corner down the the track. There is also a small entrance between the trees, which we thought would be a good idea to use from a "first person perspective" as if the killer was watching;

Some other ideas we attached onto this included using darker filters and the sound of heavy breathing to show the target audience that someone is watching the characters. 

Other location shots to use to link in with the setting included the hill shot;

This shot could then show the actors walking down and track them down to the train track in which goes in two directions, in which we thought at that point the actors could split up (where in the narrative, one of them goes off and gets killed by the serial killer). One place we considered one of the characters to be "found" in was a bush on the track going down to the left;

Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, these are all still ideas to consider and go over so we can come up with the perfect setting for our film which fits in with the timing and suits the sub-genre.