Location Planning For Your Opening

In our opening we are planning to use a house. We have decided to use my house as our set because we can use specific parts of the house to make the opening more effective and realistic. Firstly, we decided to use my house due to the drive way being big enough to fit a car or people carrier on it. This will help us because we will need to be able to fit a large car at the front of the house for the cast (the family) to be moving in and also the main centre of the drive can be seen well from an upstairs window which could give us more options on camera angles and shots

This is the upstairs window shot that i think could be very useful when it comes to filming. T he window gives a good view of where the car will most probably be sitting but also gives the shot a good effect like it is a person watching the new family (the cast) which is an effect that I think we could use.

This is another part of the house that I think could be used as a good place for the threat to be hiding or not to be hiding. we could use the attic because it is dark and dusty and also has a lot of old photos and old objects which I think could add a good effect to any filming that could be done up there. the ladder that comes down from the attic is sturdy and retractable meaning we can steadily and easily film what we need if we need to.

Here is another part of the house that could be used for effect. The house we are planning on using also backs onto the woods. I think this would make a good establishing shot if we where to film it in the dark or a dusk because the shot would look dark empty and scary which would be a good foreshadowing point of our opening.

As you can see in this photo, the drive way is going to give us enough space for a car and also enough space to work with when it comes to filming around the cast (family) and also gives us enough room to zoom or pan when it comes to the edit.

Location Planning is important so we have a clear structure when it comes to the day of the filming. With the location planning it may mean that we aren't having to make a quick decision on where to film and could affect the quality of the production as the setting doesn't match the mood and aura of a horror film. Also by doing location planning it also helps us when choosing shots and where to place the camera. It gives us more options when we are constructing a shot list as it would leave us with less work to do on the day.