Location, Location, Location

The Opening shot of our trailer was taken from a hot air balloon. I had previously been on a hot air balloon ride and thought the footage would be a perfect scene setter for the countryside - which is where the main character lives.                             Its a privilege to be able to get an opening image from this height and we were lucky to be able to get one. The following shot of the main character and his dog link well to this opening shot, as they are in a field. 

 

 A lot of scenes were filmed at Jeremy's house and its surroundings. This was because the location of his house was perfect for how i imagined the character of our film's home. The access to the woods around his house was great for further filming. I love the framing in this shot, the path centred with both characters imerging from opposite sides of the frame. The old garage on the left is a great illustration of the isolatedness of the location.

This shot was taken at an old church in Pembury, however the following scene was shot inside the chapel at school: We found that the setting inside the school chapel had better, lighting, avalible props and was easily accessable. However for an astablishing shot the old church in Pembury was much better. 

For the part of the trailer which showed the main character looking for his kidnapped son, we broke into an abandoned house in Pembury. The location was perfect as we wanted a location that reflected the dark, hopeless mood in this particular stage of the film. The abandoned house signified the isolated and unnervyness that the main character was feeling.

We had to choose carefully which classrooms to use in the school - wanting one that looked more like an office than a classroom. Even though we had a few shots located in the school, we plan on making sure we don't do much filming around the school as it is a familiar area; looking unproffessional.