Location Considerations

One of the most important aspects of our film is the setting. We all put a lot of thought into where we should   film it. We came to a decision that it had to be somewhere creepy and scary to help build tension and keep the audience interested and drawn in. We also decided we should film it at night, this is because it is harder to see and generally bad things happen at night. we also decided we should do the filming within cambridge because then it would be easily accessible for all of us. the things we are looking for are:

• Dark and out of the way from other civilization to make the audience think they are alone 
• Tall dark trees, bushes etc. that people could hide in/jump out of
• A single path, somewhere that someone actually might walk to make it more believable
• somewhere with no noise to make it silent, to build up tension and to be able to effectively place sound affects on top of the track.

We think that these aspects are important to a setting to make it believable and yet still scary and full of tension. We have considered various places in Cambridge such as:

Midsummer Common

A very large park with a long path and large trees (as seen in the picture below). The park isn't too far away from the colleges in Cambridge, which means the location would fit the narrative well. However there may be a lot of other pedestrians in this area, which will ruin the filming process as we want a quite area. We are also unaware of the lighting available.

Jesus Green

Another suitable location, similar to Midsummer Common  but not as busy. There is the advantage of benches which we need for our narrative. The disadvantages are that the park isn't as big as the others, and so could cause us problems when filming.

Christ's Pieces

Another good location with a cross pathway which causes decision making for the characters, and also confusion on the direction to take. Though it's very close to buildings and this could cause noise problems in our sequence.

Decision

We eventually decided on Midsummer Common Jesus Green, it is the most out of the way and provides us with dark trees and quiet area. At night this will create an eerie effect which is perfect for the narrative and themes of our sequence. However it is important for us to consider the lighting that would be available in a location such as this, if it is bad we may have to consider one of the other locations.