Picking the location

the location I chose was oakwood park in Eastwood, the main reason for this was that it was fairly close to my house, so it was easy to come back the next day for half an hour, refilming some parts and adding other parts in. This was good because it was constantly cold during the period i was filming.

For my location i knew that I wanted it to be in the woods, trees everywhere makes it so that whatever is trying to chase me has a place to hide, which builds up the suspense as the audience watches me unaware that I am being watched from somewhere. Trees also make excellent lighting, with the suns rays shying through the leaves, this also made it seem slightly dreamy. Forests are also usually in the middle of nowhere, making the protagonist seem even more vulnerable, because of this they are often used in horror films, like Cabin in the Woods, the forest and just before dawn.
The fact that forests are darker aswell, really builds that sense of mystery. even certain sounds of forests make the audience feel suspense, the wind blowing through the trees, the sound of stick breaking and leaves rustling, the crowing of birds, all makes the viewer feel uneasy.

the woods I chose to film in were actually fairly small, as shown my the ariel shot. the A127 also runs along the edge of it, which would have lost the eery factor if Tesco lorries were in the background. Because of this, I shot in the same sections of the forest, due to a lack of space. Normally this would have looked like a continuity error, being in the sam place more than, but the landscape looking identical makes it seem believable, plus I was shot shot from multiple angles

for me ,the long shot of me walking through this part of the woods appeared kind of like I was walking through a tunnel, with the trees arching over to the right hand side, and once i got to the end, there was no going back. This is similar to i Donnie Darko, when he gt to a certain point at the start and entered a parallel universe. The shot also looks quite aesthetically pleasing, with the sun shining through the trees, however it is made to appear eery through the music playing in the background. The hard ground makes it so that the audience could hear the rhythmic sound of my footsteps, similar to the music which genrally kept the same pace.










                                                                                              shot of the woods from further away.