Main Task: Locations

The locations of all my filming were all relatively close to home. I originally planned to most of the out door filming at a nearby woodland near my mums house. Also when I planned the characters as being scientists, I also planned to film the first shots of them in a dark corridor and then go to a room that was full of the scientists investigations and theories. However due to limitation of time of finding the area to film the first shots and the fact that my cast lived quite far away from the woodland I had planned to film, I had to think long and hard about where I could potentially film the rest of my intro.

Once I had found my cast members and edited the characters as being monster hunters rather than scientists, I knew that the location for my filming had to be relatively close by. After much wondering I decided to suggest filming in a little woodland section called Canada woods. The wood has a high bank beside the foot path that gave me the opportunity to film a wide variety of shots, in particular high angle ones. It was also a good location the little bridge is within view of the open sky so the panning shot was easy to perform when it panned down from the sun to the characters in the scene.

 

 Pictures of the first out door area in the film.

 

Another area of inspiration for filming in this area was because of the sinister looking tree beside the path. This was good especially because I needed something that would cause the more senior character to get uncomfortable after his colleague cries for help.  It was also good as it was easy to use the 180 degree rule between Harry an the tree, to enhance the effect and look as though he is actually staring the tree. This is also perfect as it has a long even path that is clearly visible from the side of the tree, so the character can easily be seen running down the path in order to rescue his colleague.

Pictures of the path and sinister looking tree


Lastly for the last out door shot I used was the jump scare of the creatures attack on Harry. This was a good space because it was wide open to give the feeling that the character is potentially exposed to some sort of danger and that he is being watched. It also was good because of the large hedge which gave the inclination that the creature was hiding within it so it is ambushing his victim. It was also good because it allowed various different shots to be used like when Alex walks up to the bush when the twig snaps or when Harry gets attacked by the creature at the climax of the intro, so overall it gives it a very good effect on the climax of the intro.

The shots of the hedge and the space where the final scene happened


Lastly for my indoor shots I  and the scene where we see the first two characters I basically used the street and house to show him walking up the road towards the house from various angles. In the house itself the only parts I showed was the living room where the audience first meet harry looking over his paperwork. It also shows Alex walking into the room and allows the audience to see a clear comparison between the two characters as they exchange dialog. Lastly the last indoor shot I've filmed was the hallway because it showed the characters walking out ready to search for the creature and I was able to pan up to the light ready for the transition to the first outdoor scene.

So all my shots were essential into working well with one another to ensure they all made the scene professional and perfect.