Locations

Before we go look for possible trailer locations and do some test shots, we are going to consider the types of locations that would be useful in our trailer, so we have a better idea of what locations we will need to find.

This type of forest location is typical of horror films, and would be ideal for our products. This type of location would be used for the shots of the teenagers camping, and would be perfect for the shots giving us brief glimpses of the antagonist, and also for the chase scenes we plan on including. The characters (victims and antagonist) darting through the trees would look really effective. These forest locations also have a feel of isolation, as there is no houses or buildings to be seen anywhere, and this is ideal. In our products we really want to give off the feel of being isolated, and this type of location would do just that.

This is the trailer for Eden Lake, which is almost entirely set in a remote forest type location, similar to these pictures. This gives us a good idea of the types of shots that can be carried out in these locations, and how effective and scary they look.

Another key location in our trailer we plan to have is inside the victims houses. We have already thought of some shots that we want to carry out. In the bathroom we plan to have a shot of one of the characters getting out of the bath, and looking in the steamed up bathroom mirror, catching a glimpse of a shadow moving behind her, but when she turns around nothing is there. In a bedroom, we could have a character recieving a message from the antagonist, or even a shot of a character scared and hiding under their bed, and being dragged away into the dark screaming. The idea of a killer getting into your own home to terrorise you is something that we found really appeals to our audience, and is a really scary thought.
This is a clip from Prom Night of what we were thinking about being hid under a bed.



This is an image of a dark alley way in a type of town or city location. This is a possible type of location that could be very useful when producing our work, as it looks very dangerous and ominous. It is the ideal location for a victim/killer chase, or for an attack to take place, particularly as it is in quite a public place but out of the way of any passerbys.