Locations....

In addition to my storyboard, I thought I would go and take photos of possible locations I could use for my trailer. I have decided that I would use a mixture of both out of school and in school locations. I took a variety of shots, some outdoors and some indoors, some high shots and wide shots. I found that there were several good places to film in the school that didn't look like in school areas, and looked like alley ways and town areas which suit my trailer idea perfectly.

My locations are:

• Forest (Sixth Form)
• School Building
• Town Center
• Railway Bridge
• Outside of school building

The first shots are of forest location ideas. I need a forest type location to not only match my poster, but to also coincide with a scene in my story board. I felt that the school forest was okay, but I may take some photos of other forest locations. The trees look too sparse, and there isn't enough forest. However this may be a good location for the running scene, and possibly the romance scene.

I like the ragged, demolished look, it goes with the apocalypse type feel I want from my movie trailer. The deserted feel as well adds to it, a place of refuge. I think the best time to shoot these shots would be during Winter while the trees are still bare. I also like where the massive mud field is, as again it adds to that depressing , apocalyptic feel and matches what my trailer is all about. Other scenes I think would look good shot here would be the fight scenes because there is a lot of space here, also a lot of movies have fight scenes outdoors, and the genre in which my film is based include films which have had outdoor fight scenes, films such as Twilight and The Host for example.

This location is good for the introduction shots of my male character, I can see him walking down the steps and past the camera, the buildings don't look too school like. so I can get away with them being offices or even a university. I think either sunny weather or possibly cloudy weather may suit this shot, I really think that this could be effective for that particular shot. These locations are also good for establishing shots, wide shots and panning shots introducing the setting, and possibly the running scenes.

These locations could be good for the running scenes as well. These areas could also be good for the fighting scenes as well, open space, building backdrop, hiding spaces. These settings look very urban which is perfect for my film/trailer. 

These locations are perfect for my running scene, the window on the top floor gives a perfect high angle shot as well. I like where the bins are placed as it looks more like an alley way rather than the back of a school, which is perfect for a couple of particular scenes within my trailer. The two levels of the high angle shots are great for choosing the right shot to use, but also gives a good selection of shots to use, the way they look, how effective they are etc. 

Again, I will probably shoot these scenes during the Winter as it looks better when the all damp and grey, rather than sunny as it adds atmosphere and matches the mood of the scene, danger and worry, it would not look right if it were sunny and warm. 

These classroom type areas are perfect for the cast introduction scenes. These areas are similar to what I pictured on my storyboard and in my head. They are open, light and don't look like school classrooms, again allowing me to get away with pretending it's an office or something similar.

After reviewing my storyboard, I was able to compare my scenes to their locations, and I felt that the locations worked well with my scenes. Also, my chosen areas don't look like a school, therefore I can get away with it being filmed in school, without the need of doing it outside of school. 




Finally, these panoramic shots are perfect for my pan shots and introduction of setting. I noticed that in a lot of trailers they have aerial shots of the city or town that the film is based in and introduces it in this way, I can't do aerial shots so I decided to take some shots from the top of a railway bridge which gives just as good shots. These are effective in introducing the setting of my movie. I have also got a town location for another introduction shot, showing a bustling town center and this will match the voice-over I currently have.  I really like the high angle shots of the rail way lines and buildings, especially in this clear weather where you can see for miles. It really adds to the establishing shot, and looks quite professional. 





I think I will use most of these locations, and I may add or change some locations depending on what looks right when I film. These locations are good as they don't look like a school so I can get away with filming it there, I will try and get angles which do look like a city area or university, and not look odd.