Location Scouting

Simultaneously after the researching process, we initiated the planning procedure and one of the factors we had to contemplate was the location of our thriller trailer. Among much discussion we decided that we desired to show binary opposites in terms of location, for example, the town vs the countryside. This would be effective in highlighting how throughout the trailer how isolated the girls are. The countryside is a reflection of how physically and mentally she is cut off from the rest of civilization, this would be reinforced by the battery in her phone running out and how she finds comfort in playing back footage stored in the camcorder. 

This is a slideshow of the different prospects that Queensdown Warren has to offer. 

The advantages of employing this nature reserve to exploit the characters in our trailer are as follows...

• There were a variety of spots in which we could film
• The cover of the trees may make the shots look increasingly darker than it actually is, making filming times a lot more flexible
• Allows us to use pathetic fallacy which is a convention to a thriller film, it also emphasizes heightened emotions to make the audience feel more vulnerable or in the same position of the protagonists. 

Conversely, there were disadvantages of using a nature reserve...

• Meant that there were pedestrians which could get into our shots
• There is a road running along both sides of the reserve, therefore we would get unwanted noises in our trailer and in effect would mean lack of continuity in the plot
• We would have to be careful not to get a shot that includes the farms in the background as it would make the girl's isolation less believable 

This is collective footage demonstrating the sites which we thought we may be able to include in our film. We believed that the height at which the hills reached would greatly impact on the theme we wanted in Queensdown Warren  which is fear and intimidation. These panning shots were very helpful in reflecting what parts of the nature reserve we should utilize and they gave us a panoramic view of the slopes of the landscape, whereas a static shot would have just presented one perspective of the land.

When going out and filming the aforementioned shots, we came to the conclusion that we should only shoot on the hills when the girl and the two boys are within very close proximity as the hills are very bare and open, therefore, reflecting the girl's position. The action which would take place on the hills would be toward the end of the film and act as the anticipated "showdown" moment which is extremely common with thriller/action/crime films.