Horror Location Post

The location that we are using for our horror opening is Meadowgate forest. The images bellow is the locations map of the location, we shall be using the part where the trees are. I have  also included a map of routes that are marked out in and about the forest to give a good idea of where we can shoot when it comes to filming.

We felt as though this place would be practical as it has multiple places for masking parts such as jump scares (Which are rather essential to any good horror) or getting lost or perhaps trapped. We are going to use this location to our advantage (because it is a strong advantage) with this factor to ensure a sense of a presence being nearby to create a sense of fear, or alternatively create tension by the character unable to navigate an escape. We could create this by using shots of the trees in close ups or out of focus and then moving with quick short cuts.

Another reason we choose this location is because it is close by and is not used by many people so there should not be any major interruptions.

I feel as though a forest would be a good choice of location as it can present anything in a rather ominous way if hidden by trees, which is what is present within the zombie genre, zombies are far more terrifying if you do not expect to see them, which is why it is a good idea to keep focus on something as such of trees. Perhaps this could be from a close up of the trees then moving to show the zombies from nearby or even use a tree that is the width of someone.

I feel as though this concept is so effective that it is used multiple times in many zombie produced movies or shows, the most common one to use as an example of course would be The Walking Dead as the show is mostly filmed in a forest of some kind.

 As you can see the zombies are often dark in colour so are not easily recognisable next to the trees as they blend in rather well. This is a good thing to keep in mind when planning our film.

In a forest during the day the sun light is blocked by the trees as they tower rather high which helps us out a fair amount as this adds another aspect of horror to our horror opening.