Scenes for our trailer

During our lesson Alana, Lora and I decided that it would be a good idea that we would go and photograph some of the possibilities for the scenes we decided to start at a sight on school that was at the bottom of the sports feild. Here is a large woodland backing onto a river and would be the perfect setting to portray some of our characters in.

Here is the horizon of the woods which I feel gives an eerie and ominous tone and could also be seen as quite mysterious and also could hide things within it. Also we would be filming when it is dark to give the impression of distortion and disorientation, the outline could again give the underlying tone of danger as seen in many of the classic horror films e.g. The Blaire Witch Project.

Here I have taken some photos of some of the pathways and the also a small close in the woods. I feel that the paths would really give the sense of depth to the woods and also the plot line as things begin to look desperate and lost. This would also work really well in the dark, but also the sound of the leaves would create rustling and sounds that would enhance the mood. The close would also be a good idea for the ceremony part of the trailer, however I do not feel we would be permitted to start a bonfire on the school premises and so another setting may need to be found. but it again has the trees and twisted branches. The old building work, can also look like anchient ruins that could be important within the religion aspect of the trailer.

The river created another option for us if we wanted to use the reflection of the water for some disturbing image to occur or a 'he's behind you' moment where the vulnerable girl is captured by the killer. However the problem posed was that we would be filming in the dark and would therefore not see very much if at all.

The twisted branches again have the Eire classic effect but also would be a great place for one of the shots where the victim (Alana) would be hanging upside down as seen in the early story board. We did have a go at seeing how accessible the trees would be to climb and hang from.

Below are some planks of wood that we had stumbled across, and they were in the shape of a cross I said that we could perhaps use this later maybe in the film poster or the blog which ever we decide to do. It fits in with the religious theme that we have thought about that will play a vital role in the narrative and genre.

Overall I feel that this has been a good learning curve for us as we now know what we need to make a good setting for our trailer. We need to take into consideration the lighting and terrain and also the weather as we will be working outside.