Location Recce

 Our first location was taken place in the art department. This was because of the old furniture and surroundings which created a vintage effect and fitted the theme of film as it was set in the 1960's. We also found that the room could become quite dark if we shut down all the blind, which was useful as we intended to have candles and shadows which create mystery and are conventions of thriller movies. We also needed enough room to set up, and we found that in this room we had enough space in order to shoot or footage with artificial lighting. We used a dado light to enhance the shadows, lighting and silhouette the character. This room also gives us access to many plug sockets around the room, enabling us to move the lighting into any place which we wanted.

We also filmed our opening sequence in a woodland area on a rainy day so that we could capture the welly boots, in the mud. This was important as the wellies were used to cannote a sense of youth. We also chose these woods as there are areas of space which lead to small pathways and thick trees. This gave us the space to set up the equipment and still capture our shots in narrow footpaths. We also wanted to show the girl hiding behind a tree, this was a useful location as the trees were thick enough to completely hide the young girl. We used a reflectable in natural light in order to create a brighter, but realistic setting. This was important as we wanted to enhance the girls face in a natural way as this cannotes innocence and vulnerability.