KS: Location Recce

After going on our own location recce we were able to freely experiment shots in new areas, to test out whether they would be appropriate locations when it came to filming our real opening. Although the weather was poor we traveled to various places in Sevenoaks, including a park, a graveyard and lakes to observe and draw conclusions if they are suitable to use for later filming.

We tried out shooting both footage and took stills for our montage editing using a variety of camera techniques and thinking carefully about our composition to create unique videos. By using our prop dolls we could identify with different heights and lengths of shooting, so we were able to see a more realistic picture to what our final outcome would look like. I think the graveyard shooting was most successful as it really created an eery and dramatic atmosphere that we will definitely use for our film opening. We also tried to recreate a similar shot from our Wilderness Woods recce of the swing through wood, however we were not sucessful so are now considering using our original footage in the future. Particularly the tomb stones, and the ivy covered grave stones created a mysterious authentic feel which we had previously wanted.

We still need to find a large warehouse area which we will use as the psychologists room, but we have now selected all the exterior locations including, the dolls style house, a park, a lake, a graveyard. Also a studio where we will film the scenes with the mirrors and distorting reflections, which has bright directional light which will be appropriate for that particular scene in comparison to the darkened settings we will use for the others.

Below are some of the stills from our shoot.