Location/Setting/Mise-en-scene

Location/Setting

Whilst researching we started to think about location and setting for our trailer. Films of this genre are usually based in somewhere hidden away from the "outside world" and almost seem unrealisitic. Settings are often based somewhere very quiet, where no one "normal" would be able to discover what was happening. Another feature of setting is that it is also quite dirty and old, or old fashioned. Which would also mean that the place is un cared for, but also hasnt been given any sort of attention by again, "Normal people".

We decided that it might be effective to film our trailer in a cellar. We liked the idea of having this opportunity firstly for practicality - we where not going to be disturbed by anyone, and being underground is reasonably quiet, so the sound effects we will use, or the voices we might need to be able to hear will sound quite clear on camera. However a concern we had was that, being down in the cellar, the lighting is quite poor. We decided we wanted to have a dim effect to add to the "mystery" and for tension purposes but we dont want the lighting to be too dark as we still need to be able to see sufficiently what is happening in the shot. We decided to meet up and go to the location. Which is located in Leicester city centre under the resturaunt,The Boot Room. We looked around the cellar to look for certain rooms that might be of use to us, and assesed the lighting of certain rooms. We also took some still shots to look at how the locations pick up on the camera and what effects they give.