(Pre-Production) Location Research for our Thriller opening sequence

This was one idea, I had suggested for our production, our first idea was about Vampires, and one of the hit thrillers "Twilight" had a forest like location which would of fit ideally for our production, its ambience like feel, really adds to the verisimilitude which we are trying to achieve within our Composition, this location would of also fitted with our second theme (Ghosts), has its still and secluded feel, matches the awkwardness and the paranormal feel towards ghosts.

Our second idea for a location was a school, I personally thought this would be very effective has it goes against the typical thriller conventional idea, schools usually have lots of people which would be more thrilling, the authority of pupils and teachers would be original, and would be easier to establish villains and heroes.


One of my ideas was filming at a shopping or shop location, I thought this would be particularly effective has it provides mystery and suspense (claustrophobic, small environment), also it would be easier to establish thriller conventions i.e shopping item-foreshadowing, also it creates that sense of authority with the shopkeeper and customer.



Our final idea, which we are using currently for our production was a simple semi-detached house, we thought this would be very effective has it is a very simplistic location, and that would provide less anticipation for something thrilling, also many films have used houses has locations for the exact same purpose e.g the strangers, the house also fits in with our idea of the paranormal feel.