Location Recce: Planning

Location of our film

Location can be used to capture the main feelings required to create a successful movie and to support the genre. We intend for our film to be shot at several different locations.  It is important that all of these locations are accurate and create the mood which is intended for our film.

Locations for any successful horror genre film could be:

• Abandoned houses
• Barns and farms (abandoned)
• Cabins
• Hotels
• Graveyards
• Basements 
• Woods/forests
• Overly perfect/sterile house 

The locations for psychological thrillers are very similar to this, although there is likely to be more modern, technological props included in the mise en scene.

Our first location will be the front of a house in a rural area. Small communities or isolated places are widely used as they are part of a horror movie convention. The detachment that we see from towns/cities of people, will make  the characters seem vulnerable as they are separated from the rest of civilisation; a feeling that the viewer may mimic. Isolated places such as this, will seem unsafe as there would be nobody else present to help a weaker character.  A ordinary, suburban house will be the main location of our film.  This is where most of the events will happen. You will see this location from the outside with music booming from the house. The image to the right is of the outside of the house at night (when we will film):

Some of the scenes will be shot inside of the house. The audience will be shown the hallway of the house. We will particularly focus on a bedroom where you will see an investigation board full of: photographs, news paper clippings and post-it notes. The bed will also be used in flashbacks of Martha and Noah as it is a soft environment. This will oppose to the distressing environment that Martha finds herself in after discovering that Noah has some involvement with the death of her parents. The main area that we will film is in the hallway. The rooms adjacent to this