Horror Film location photos:

After researching a variety of horror movie openings we began to plan our own. Each member of our group (myself,Jonathon Fromant and Josh Spoelstra) had to research a specific aspect of a horror opening such as camerawork, music etc. We then took pictures of the location which we felt was most appropriate for our own horror movie opening which ended up being a forest near pocket park. It was convenient as it is in our area, and we chose it because of the isolation aspect and also a forest is quite a dangerous place, as its similar to a maze, which again connotes aspects of horror. Here are some of the pictures of our desired location : ( note: These pictures are not definite and are liable to change through development in our planning and progression in film. )

This shot is a rough idea of the beginning of our opening (just after the title sequence) of where the two main characters will feature and play catch for a few shots. We fear we have may problems here though, due to filming it after school the location may change as students do occasionally walk through here on the bridge and may disrupt the footage. It begins peaceful as its open, however its surrounded by danger by the wood which hints that they will eventually enter again emphasised by playing catch. Due to previous films the audience may aspect the ball to go missing as it is quite unpredictable and could go anywhere.

 This shot could be appropriate as it looks similar to a tunnel leading somewhere and later in the day, it could also appear quite ominous, similar to a cave etc.

The area in this shot is greatly surrounded by trees which adds to the terror of the scene and as there is a dip here it is also has place for injury, so a victim could be wounded etc allowing the creature/murderer to gain on them, building tension.

 This shot is similar to the last in its effect, as forests are stereotyped as dangerous places (especially at night) so it really appears scary by a character(s) being surrounded by danger. It appears dangerous because there are hiding places and dangerous harmful objects around every corner.

The same applies to this photo as with the above. It appears as though its an entrance to some sort of terrifying lair, the roots on the ground also look similar to veins, highlighting the goriness of a typical horror movie which would be shown here, if we choose to use this area in our movie.

We may use this tree as a hanging scene as there is a fair amount of room

for action nearby, and the tree can be clearly distinguished from the others from being so bare, so there is plenty of room to have our character wounded upon this tree.

This picture would probably be a good scene for where when one of the characters enters another scene and appearing similar to a doorway it appears abstract and also ominous in turn as people are stereotypically scared of what they do not understand.

This shot will probably become the shot of a rustling bush where one of the masked people will be hiding, we will also use the camera looking through the bush as a POV shot for the masked killer, appearing like something is hiding adding to the scare factor.

We will likely use many of these areas when we film our horror opening, but in the event we find an area more appropriate this may change to a different area.