Location Planning

We have decided to use two different locations to make our film as effective as possible. our locations need to create a strong atmosphere and have a creepy feel to them. Our locations were set within Whittlesey so we did not have far to travel to achieve what we wanted.

The first location which we selected was the church. We chose to set some of our film here as it has an eerie atmosphere which creates fear. Also churches are known to be peaceful places and quiet, so it goes against peoples idea of how churches are, causing much more tension and suspense as the audience do not know what to expect. We used a small spiral staircase within the church, which was creepy and strange making it very claustrophobic and closed in making the audience feel the trapped environment. And was very dark making people unknown of what was going to happen.

This is the st.Marys church where we did the filming for our church scenes. I found an old and a modern picture to show how creepy this church can be.

The other location we decided to use was a small forest area. This setting is the opposite to our other setting, but makes a good place for the dead body of the murder of the other character. It is a natural location, but gives a sense of being in the middle of nowhere and being lost. This can make the audience feel on edge as they are confused why it is skipping from the church to the forest. Forests can be an Erie place during the winter, when the days begin to get dark, so it was a good time of year for us to film our scene in the forest area.  We also use the forest for the scene of the little girl characters feet, this will make the audience suspicious as they might be unaware of who's feet they are, the feet are dirty and bare, making in an unpleasant and suspicious scene.