Reece Report

We chose to film the majority of our film in a house. This is because it is typical in films of a horror/ supernatural horror genre to be set in a house, as it promotes fear of the unwanted entering the individuals personal space, which makes the audience connect with the film as they are intrigued to find out how the individual will be able to escape. The second location we intend to use is a road which will be where we film the hit and run scene.

The first location we intend to use is the bedroom (pictured below). In this location within the house the protagonist is seen being awoken by a noise she hears downstairs, which she then goes to investigate. We chose to use this space because the room is accessorised appropriately to suit the protagonist’s character. The room is of a small-medium size so there may be an issue of whether there is enough space to film all the angles, shot sizes and movements which intend to use as planned on our shot list. We intend to overcome the obstacle of space by moving items around the room to create more space if need be. We may have to change shots to allocate for the space within the room. Another obstacle we may face is lighting, we intend to make the film look as if the action is taking place at night, this may be difficult when filming during the day, but if we manage to achieve low-key lighting there is the possibility that you will not be able to see the characters expressions and movement. With the issue of lighting we aim to use curtains and hang additional sheets behind the curtains when filming in daylight to make it look as if we are filming at night, however if it is then too dark we intend to use additional lighting like lamps, torches etc so that you can see the characters facial expressions and movement.

The second location we intend to use is the kitchen (pictured below), in this location the protagonist notices a broken picture frame lying on the floor with the picture missing but laying on the kitchen counter. We chose to use this location because we wanted a variation of settings within the house to make the narrative more interesting. An issue we may face when filming in the kitchen is space because it is very small we may not be able to get our achieved angles and shots. We will overcome this issue by having to change certain shots and angles to allocate for the space that we do have. Another problem we might face is lighting as we are filming in the daytime is will be difficult to achieve low-key lighting. We will overcome this issue by shutting the blind and possibly place something behind the blind in order to block any additional light entering the room.

The third location we intend to use is the living room. In this location this is where the supernatural events happen like lights switching on and off, hearing whispers, witnessing shadows etc. We chose to use this space as it is typical of the genre to use the largest available space to film the action scenes, in our case it was the living room. Although this is the largest room in the house, there is not a lot of space so it may be difficult to get the desired shots we want as there may be objects in the way. We will solve this problem by moving items around to allocate for the space we do have and hopefully be able to achieve our desired shots. Another problem we may have is again lighting because our film is meant to appear that it is shot at night filming in the daytime makes this difficult. We intend to overcome this issue by using curtains and hand additional sheets at the window to block any extra light entering the room.

The image below shows the road we plan to film the hit and run scene on. We chose to use this road because, it has just the right amount of passing cars with minimal pedestrians which will not cause any disruption when trying to film. One problem that may occur when filming on the road is bad weather, if we film outside and the weather conditions are bad this will most likely affect the quality of our film. If possible we will re-schedule the day we film this scene in order for this not to affect the quality of our film.