Planning- Location Planning For Your Opening

The Quarry
This post is about the location planning for our horror film opening. this is important in the planning stages of the film because when it comes to recording we won't have a car understanding of where to go and record our set piece.

The location we are using is a place called the quarry. It is located next to the A6183 in Kettering. It is  a large abandoned area that is mostly used for dog walkers and people that like to ride there motorbikes illegally. We have chosen this specific location as it is quite large and has a lot of interesting and mysterious places that we can use to convey common codes and conventions within horror films. We will be able to achieve various different camera angles from high and low angles which will add more and more effect to the opening. This location has numerous areas where we will be able to use more advanced camera angles,shots and movements. When it is getting dark this location will be at its best as it will appear more creepy and spooky. This will suit the horror movie opening a lot more. The location has different areas like a old/broken down house, a very steep and rocky hill, and wide/open fields. All of these different areas can be used well for a chase scene for example or as a place where people are killed or captured.

These are some of the images of the location that we used for the filming at the entrance of the quarry. this is where our opening of the film will take place. We plotted the location here because it was easy to get to so that recording is easy to do as it is not a far walk, this is good because if any adjustments are needed then we can quickly edit this and not have to walk a far distance to do this. this is also a pro for everyone in the group and acting in the group because everyone lives in the radius of the location, so arranging where to meet it does not cause a hassle. this location already came with a log which is what we needed in the scene. When using the woods as the location doing high angle and birds eye views we were able to be recorded with a high standard as we could just climb the trees. The drawbacks with this location are that when we where recording there is a footpath running through the woods and right next to our location, with is used by dog walkers and other pedestrians, this then means that we may be interrupt our recording and set us back and loose out on venerable time.