Finding Locations
Our group wants to do an opening scene for a slasher film, so I thought that the location should be ominous and dark, but also must have good lighting for better quality filming. It needs to have enough space for all of our props but not too much space that it looks too empty and bare.
I thought of as many places that I know of that would be possible to film in and also asked my friends if they know of any good locations then narrowed it down to the best ones.
One of my friends has a basement in her house which is currently almost empty and is a perfect size and layout for what our group wants because the walls are white painted brick and there is bricks and stones on the floor which gives it an abandoned feel and would add to the terror shown in the scene and would then conform more to the slasher genre. However, they are soon going to be turning the basement into a wine cellar so it would become completely unsuitable for filming in, so they may have changed it by the time we have to film our opening scene. Another downside is that the only light is from a light in the room with no natural light, this could cause a problem with the quality of the lighting when we film it.
I know another person who has a loft which has a small amount of space that we could use, even though there is quite a lot of stuff in there, it is all on shelves and it wouldn't be hard to move anything that wouldn't be possible to cover up. We could also make use of the shelves by clearing them and putting props on them to add to the mise-en-scene. The space is quite small and might not be big enough for what we need but the small area could increase the amount of fear in the scene.
I also know someone who owns a small barn like building which has woods behind it and stables next to it. we could use either the stables or the barn but I think the barn would be better because it is bigger and the lighting would be better because it is quite open. The woods behind could be used as well because the barn is visible from the woods so it could add dramatic effect to the scene. The problem with using the barn outside is that we would have to film it when the light is good enough for filming but not too bright that it means that it doesn't seem scary enough, so we would only have a small section of the day to film it and it may affect continuity if we film on different days and the lighting is different in some shots.
One of my friends has a basement in her house which is currently almost empty and is a perfect size and layout for what our group wants because the walls are white painted brick and there is bricks and stones on the floor which gives it an abandoned feel and would add to the terror shown in the scene and would then conform more to the slasher genre. However, they are soon going to be turning the basement into a wine cellar so it would become completely unsuitable for filming in, so they may have changed it by the time we have to film our opening scene. Another downside is that the only light is from a light in the room with no natural light, this could cause a problem with the quality of the lighting when we film it.
I know another person who has a loft which has a small amount of space that we could use, even though there is quite a lot of stuff in there, it is all on shelves and it wouldn't be hard to move anything that wouldn't be possible to cover up. We could also make use of the shelves by clearing them and putting props on them to add to the mise-en-scene. The space is quite small and might not be big enough for what we need but the small area could increase the amount of fear in the scene.
I also know someone who owns a small barn like building which has woods behind it and stables next to it. we could use either the stables or the barn but I think the barn would be better because it is bigger and the lighting would be better because it is quite open. The woods behind could be used as well because the barn is visible from the woods so it could add dramatic effect to the scene. The problem with using the barn outside is that we would have to film it when the light is good enough for filming but not too bright that it means that it doesn't seem scary enough, so we would only have a small section of the day to film it and it may affect continuity if we film on different days and the lighting is different in some shots.
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