Location ideas

For our filming we decided to scout several different locations;  An old Abbey, in Lanivet, which we thought would be a good location to film, however, the Abbey is next to a main road which will not have the atmosphere required for a Horror film. But the features were Gothic and follow common Horror conventions.

Another idea for a location was Bodmin jail, we thought about using this location as it was quite close to all of the members of the group, and it has lots of jail cells, low light areas good for 'night' footage in which we can use torches and lights to create a tense atmosphere. However, the location is a running business so various props like imitation firearms, axes, knives etc. would not be permitted. It would also have to be prearranged with the owners so it's availability would be severely limited.




Bodmin moor, was another idea for our trailer, this was because it is quite an empty place with not many extraneous factors that could possibly enter the film, however the moor is quite empty so there is no real background or man-made scenery for a setting, also the cameras lenses will fog up making the footage unusable for the film as the weather is usually bad on the moor, it rains a lot and there is a lot of mist and fog.




The other location we were thinking of using was the Camel trail as it has abandoned railway tracks and tunnels which are perfect for low/no light filming, however the trail is frequently used by cyclist, dog walkers etc. who may get in the footage and also restrict the props used as it is a public footpath, so we may also have to get permission for filming from the council.



The location we decided to use was a friends house, which was isolated, it had fields surrounding the area so there was no real interference from people coming and going, there was very few passing vehicles getting in the way of filming, the house had quite a good variety of areas to film as it had a coal shed, greenhouse, tents, storage rooms etc. making the films scenes varying.