Locations

Locations

For our film we needed two locations. An interior and exterior location. The inside location being the one where the majority of the filming would take place as this would be the kidnap room, the outside location mainly being just to het set the scene and establish where the room is. Although the room we used wasn't actually in the outside loaction we found it does look as if it could be. The 1st one we looked for was an outside location as this one would not need much filming done so could be done 1st. In my mind I thought we should look for a place like an old abonded factory or warehouse, something which would look intimidating, powerful and maybe abit creepy from outside. Finding an abandoned building would obviously give the building an unused look where a kidnap could take place, so this was essential. Very fortunately for us there is a big oldabandoned rubber factory in my local area that I thought would fit the bill perfectly. So we went down with a camera had a look and it was. It is big unused and looks creepy. The day that we went down was a clear blue sky sunny day, which you would think makes a building look less creepy. I don't think it does though as the building in the sun outside creates a contrast with the events that are happening inside it. So after deciding as a group on using this place we shot the footage we needed for the outside of the building as there would be no people in it and returned back to college.

So with this the next location we needed was the room where the kidnap and the rest of the footage would be. My ideal room would be old and unused just like the factory, dirty, dusty and dark to a certain degree that filming would still be clear. At 1st we looked for a room around Talbot House, the building where my colelge is based, to try and find a room we could change to look like this. Upon going up into the old attics we realised they hadn't been used in a long time and one of the rooms up there was perfect. Covered in dust, full of old junk that helped add to the mise-en-scene, and after covering the windown in bits of cardboard and paper lying around on the floor also dark. Therfore making the room just how I imagined it. After making a few changes in the room, (moving bits of furniture around etc.) the room was ready for filming. Below are pictures of both the outside building and inside.