Planning of Location

• The location of a film plays a crucial role in setting a tense atmosphere and establishing the situation. Due to our opening sequence being of a babysitting scenario, we needed to film it in a house. This needs to be both suitable for our shots and preferably local, to enable easy access to all group members. We decided on using my house for our film location, due to its layout complementing our storyboard and being fairly central between us.
• We have decided to film in the evening when it would be dark outside, to create a more sinister atmosphere in our establishing shot. The spacious area outside of the house means we will be able to get an effective shot with a long zoom into the house. The darkness outside will also make the light in the downstairs window look more harsh. This lighting in the window represents someone is home and the zoom into it suggests they are being watched.
• The quiet location with a lack of noise and people will create tension, due to when the inevitable happens and something goes wrong there is noone about to help.
• The open plan layout of the downstairs should allow sufficient space for the set up of our tripod and the short distance between the living room and kitchen will allow us to get a smooth pan shot from one to the other.