Audience Feedback:

For our audience feedback we decided to use the format of an online survey, as it would a.) be far quicker and easier to collate a wider variety of information, and b.) as it was anonymous, people are more likely to be honest about their true thoughts and feelings. Here are our results: 

Overall, looking at our feedback, we have gathered that our film was on the majority, well received. The majority of the votes cast would put the film in the correct Genre, which shows the success of our opening, as we were able to establish the genre quite well instantly. 80% of the voters told us that they would continue watching this film, which was what one of our main objectives was, as the whole point of the opening of a film is to entice the audience to watch it, and this, on the whole is what we achieved. 50% of the voters said that they understood the opening of the movie, and 40% said that they would need to watch on to grasp more of what the plot was about, which i believe shows that our opening is successful, as we wanted the audience to instantly connect with the characters, but also wanted to create enigma, which is evident in the feedback. The ages of the feedback that we got varied greatly; from 17 to 49, showing that we have a very broad potential audience. The gender of the feedback was both male and female, quite evenly distributed, and so shows that, again we have a very wide potential audience. 

We also asked for the viewers to list what they thought was successful about the film, these included:

• the tension and suspense that built up, the use of sound
• The opening montage of people on their phones was really effective after the opening title, and the cliff hanger really made you want to carry on watching
• the editing (quick cuts) and overall build up of enigma.
• It was thought provoking and the music worked well with the clips and what was going on in the scene.
• How professional it looked

These were all very positive comments, and made us feel very proud of our work, as we portrayed our mood and tone across very well, and created enigma, making the audience watch on.

We also asked the audience for what they thought we could improve on, these included:

• The text at the start should be left on the screen longer so people can think about it.
• Maybe music with the words. However nothing wrong with the opening
• Nothing

These, again were quite positive, as they were only small things that we would be able to improve on, if any. I think that, by watching over the opening again, i agree with the comment that the text should have stayed on the screen for longer, as it did pass very quickly.

Overall, however, our audience feedback was very positive, and so i am pleased with the final result.

Evaluation:

I am the one at the back, to the left, with the purple shirt on.

Our Final Movie:

Our Film Pitch

We had to pitch our flm to the rest of our class and our teachers, and decided to film it. This is our pitch:



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Music and SFX

Diagetic: For our diagetic sound, we had to re-record a clip of natural sounds, but without the sound of any human activity in it. For this we decide to film on our school field during the half term, as there would be no-one there to interrupt our recording. We were very lucky and were able to capture both the sound of the wind, and faint birds singing in the background, making a very eerie sound clip. We also used the natural sounds of the engine of the car and slamming of the door; heavy breathing and walking to give a more realistic feel to it. 

Non-Diagetic: For our non-diagetic sound we wanted to create the moods we desired, and so looked for sound effects that mirrored this. For the first part we wanted to mirror the very fast-paced and energetic world that the social-media run world is, so we needed a very faced paced and energetic song. We were recommended the opening song from enter the void, which we also knew would be successful in capturing the audiences attention, as it had already been used. 




We also wanted a very subtle but eerie sound effect for the "static shots" we used to establish the empty fairground/world. Nicole, who was in charge of music for our opening, found a very successful track, which was exactly what we were looking for, and worked perfectly to set the scene. We also found a brilliant piece of music for the P.O.V shots of the protagonists running, as we all agreed that we need a piece of music that was very adrenaline pumping, but we also wanted it to build up into a crescendo, as to build up the tension, and that is what it did, so we were very happy with it. 

Editing Journal

Editing:
Day 1:
On this first day of editing, we sorted through our clips, renaming and categorising them, so that it would be much easier later on in the editing process. The first thing  that we did was to get a rough cut of the initial opening montage, which shows the people using their mobile phones. One idea we had was to have the clips stating off more slowly, but then picking up pace, getting more and more quick, until they were just flashing up on the screen. We tried this out and it looked very effective, as it built up tension, and so captured the audiences attention. 

Day 2:
We put all of the clips for the second half of the opening in their rough positioning, so that we had a rough framework to work with and around, making the process a lot easier. The first thing we concentrated on was the running scene at the end, as we wanted to make sure the panic and frantic feeling was portrayed clearly. We used  a P.O.V shot for this bit, as we believed that it made the audience really connect with the protagonist, and clearly showed his panic. In between some of these shots we also put in flashes of the dead bodies.

Day 3:
We focused on the middle section of the opening today, putting in the establishing shots and ensuring that a deserted setting was created. We decided that we needed to have more of a contrast between this static section, where the fair is deserted, and the frantic running when the lead comes in.  In order to do this we cut up the P.O.V shot and swapped them into different orders, making it far more choppy, and inserted in a number of different shots of the dead bodies and close ups, but very quick flashes. We also decided to cut out some of our shot listed establishing shots, as to make the remainder longer, and so creating more of a juxtaposition between the fast and slow paced shots. 

Day 4:
Today we focused greatly on the titles of the film, originally we planned to have the titles overlaid on the film, appearing in "typewriter" mimicking the way a text would appear when typing, but we decide that this looked very amateur  ad so decided instead to have them on a black screen. This not only looked miles better and far more professional  but also slowed down the pace of the establishing clips, again adding to the juxtaposition i mentioned before hand. We also decided to try putting in a few facts and figures about mobile. social networking usage at the beginning of our film, to further reinforce the theme of technology, which worked very well. 

Day 5:
We focused on the music and sound effects on this day. we decided to take inspiration from the various films that we had watched from our genres for the music and sfx that we used. We started off with complete silence, as to engage the audience with an almost shocking factor, as they are not used to silence. We then cut to a very fast paced loud song to shock the audience and to juxtapose with the other sounds however this song did not fit with the montage we had put together, starting slow then picking up pace, and so we ha to alter the clips so that they were all very fast paced. We also found some eerie quite subtle music to use alongside our diagetic sound of silence, wind and birds singing, all adding to the eeriness of the setting, and a track that created tension and created a high adrenaline mood for the running scene.


Day 6-Deadline day:
As this was the final day for production we only had a few minor details to do. we had to add in our company logo at the beginning, as to make it seem more professional. We also tested out using some colour correction, trying to add warmer hues for when the humans were all still alive, and colder ones for when it was deserted, but discovered that our clips did not need the colour correction, as they were already lit correctly, and if we went to change it any more it just looked too drastic. We also added in an aspect ratio to give it a more cinematic feel, and we wee done 

Shooting Journal

Test Shots:
We decided that in order to get a feel of how the camera worked, and to experiment with some of our ideas before we stared filming for our final product, we would try out some test shots.
These test shots included:

• How to portray our post apocalyptic setting:
• Times of the day and weather conditions
• How our actor(s) worked on camera
• Camera movements and shots/angles.
• How to protray our dead bodies

This process helped, as we decided that we needed to use only static shots when we were representing the deserted fairground.

We started filming at 10:00, as the fair opened at 12 o'clock we had to be done filming at 11:40, so that the fair could be prepared to open, and to ensure we did not get anyone, be it customers or workers, in shot. This gave us just over an hour and a half to do our test shots. 

Day 1:
On our first day of "proper" filming, we took a variety of still shots of different parts of the fair, these included:

• Close up of a Galloper horse.
• A shot of the coconuts with varying depths of field.
• Close ups of the swings on the chair-o-planes
• A panning shot of the fair (which we later decided not to use, as it gave the impression that there was movement, and thus living people in the fair)

Day 2:
This was a very productive day, as we got a lot of filming done. We started filming at 8:30 in the morning, and continued filming until 10:30, as the fair opened at 11:00.  Today we filmed:

• We did a few test shots of how the dead bodies should look, which went well, as we could work out how they should be positioned, how the blood should be on the bodies etc.
• We got a variety of different establishing shots. We also were able to capture a few practise shots with the actors, and tested how they should act/move/look etc.

Day 3:
This day was again, very productive.

• We filmed more establishing shots, to give us more variety to use in editing.
• We filmed the shots of the dead bodies in a variety of different locations on the fair.
• Close ups of the phones and blood coming out of the ears.

Day 3:
On this day the rest of the group were not able to make it to the fair to film, so

• The reshoot of the protagonist getting out of the car/driving, as the set up of the fair was different to how it was the first time we filmed him, and so would have to reshoot to keep up to continuity(weather conditions, lighting etc.)
• Tracking shots of the protagonist
• The variety of shots of the car.

Day 4:
We filmed the shots of before the apocalypse, when the people are on their phones. We filmed:

• several different shots of a teenage girl using her mobile
• several shots of a man in a shirt using his mobile
• and several shots of another man using his mobile phone.

This days filming went very successfully, as we got a variety of different shots that we could use for the representation of our technology aspect, and also the social representation, as we are representing a variety of different social classes here.

Overall our filming process was very successful as, not only did we get all the footage we needed on time, but it was also a  huge learning process that really helped me to understand more about the production of films, and how important pre-production work is.

Our Narrative

The narrative of the opening of our film is that, firstly w are introducing the world as being very focused on technology, which also introduces the key theme of technology into our opening. The opening then very quickly cuts to a complete binary opposite, as to which is a deserted fairground, which we later discover is littered with dead bodies. A single male character enters the scene, and discovers the bodies, running around in a frantic panic state, where he stops and focus's on two bodies: young twin boys, who the audience can assume have some relationship with him, and this is the end of the opening sequence.

Film Pitch 2

Screen play of idea #2

Audio starts before visuals appear.[creepy, mood setting sounds]

SCENE 1.) Ext.-Road in White Waltham.

Shot 1-

• Static shot of empty road. No movement, Newspapers blowing around in the street, perhaps an abandoned car in the road/ a lone bike. 
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

Shot 2- 

• Static shot of Empty Public Park, e.g. Skate park.
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

Shot 3- 

• Static shot of exterior of church. Empty.
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

Shot 4- 

• Static Shot of woodland. Empty.
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

Shot 5- 

• Static shot of Empty Alley way.
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

Shot 6-

• Static shot of empty neighborhood/ houses.
• Goes to black screen, with credits overlaid. "Loading" signal appears.

SCENE 2.)EXT. CARTERS STEAM FAIR @ PALMER PARK- READING.

Shot 1-

• Starts off as previous shots, static shot of deserted Fairground, but then moves into a moving shot, snaking around all of the rides in the fair, bodies littered around/ on rides. 

Shot 2-

• P.O.V. shot from either one of the bodies/ mobile phone. 
• Car pulls into shot. 
• _ number of people get out; _ males and _ females. 
• The group walks over to body and looks directly at camera(low angle shot.

Shot 3-

• Over the shoulder shot(group)looking down at mobile phone in bodies hand. 
• Zoom in slowly to a close up of phone screen, with the logo of the app on, and a loading sign.
• Name of film appears,joining on from logo on phone screen.

NAME: We shouldn't be here...

• Over the shoulder shot of one of the females picking up a doll off of the floor.
• Close up of her face as she picks it up, low angle shot.
• Mid shot of group, with this woman as focus point.

NAME: They were here.

NAME: Well they aren't here anymore...

NAME: I am not leaving them out here on their own, not when we don't know what is happening...

NAME: Exactly, we don't know what is happening. For all we know, the cause of ll this could be just around the corner, we have to get to a safe zone.

NAME: I an NOT leaving them out here! 

INSERT PHOTOS OF ACTUAL SCREENPLAY!!!

Audience Research

Age rating
Target audience
Stereotypical features for this rating

After assessing the plot of our film and looking at other similar films, we have decided that our film age rating would be a 15. 

This leaves us with a target audience of over 15s. As the largest group of Film consumers are teenagers, this has cut off part of our potential audience, however it does not cut off all of this large group, as it is not an 18 rating. This 15 rating also has it's benefits, as it may attract people, or convince them to watch it, if they are a fan of films in the same genre but may have been put off by a lower age rating, hence having a positive effect.

Mood boards- Costumes.

Lead Female: We want our lead female to be a very independent and strong character, who can be seen as an equal to the Lead male. We would present this by her clothing and make up. She would not wear pretty clothes, but practical clothes, with dull/ earthy colours, and would not wear make up. 



Lead Male: We wanted to represent our lead male as being very much similar to the lead female, with dark colours, camouflage gear, and very survival thinking. Here is the mood board of our male:

Opposing Male: The opposing male would be dressed very similarly to that of the Lead male. However, in order to show the he is no the protagonist, we decided to that an even darker palette of colours would be used, dressing the character in mainly dark blues and blacks.

The Hunter:

Very neutral clothing, that is very practical to wear, e.g jeans and boots. This character costume board is very much based around the character of Daryl Dixon( top left).

The Mother:

My idea for how the mother should look would e very bright and welcoming, much like that of Julie Walters' character Molly Weasley in Harry Potter.

The New Generation:

For the children, I thought that they would be wearing very bright colours, mainly yellows, whites, pinks and blues, ans these are all quite innocent colours, and so portrays them as being very innocent in what is going on.

Character

This is a mind map I drew up to help gather my thoughts on what our main character should be. These include:

• Male-as our target audience is mostly male
• Aged between 25-40 so that he is mature enough and can be a family man.
• Has to be represented in a likable manner.
• Audience should be able to relate to him, as he is the protagonist.

...among other things.

How we are going to create enigma

With the character:
We will not introduce our character directly straight away. instead we will build up tension, and keep his identity an enigma at first. We will do this by not showing his face at first, so that the audience does not see his face straight away, and so do not feel connected to the character, which builds up the tension and enigma. We will also use editing to change the pace of the shots to contrast with the very slow, time-expanding shots beforehand. 

With the Mobile Phones:
We want to create an enigma around the mobile phones, as they are one of the main components to our plot, and so we want to establish this in the opening 2 mins of the film. However, as the film is a Thriller, we want to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, and so want to have a plot twist/ mystery, and so want to keep an enigmatic feel around the McGuffin of the mobile phones. In order to do this, we will hint to the audience that technology has a part to play in the plot, and so at the beginning, we will have a sequence where people using mobile phones, all in different locations, flashing very quickly up on the screen. The bodies featured in the second hald of the opening will also all be holding/ near a mobile object.  

Typography

What fonts, size positioning are we going to use in our opening:
I used these two websites to help me decide on which fonts, sizes, roles to include, and title styles to use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_credits

http://titles13group22.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/different-thriller-film-opening-examples.html

originally overlaid typewriter, but changed to on black- more professional.

Originally our idea was for the titles to be a mixture between a stylized edit, as we wanted the text to appear using the typewriter tool, so that the text is "typed" onto the screen, reflecting our theme of technology. We would also have elements of discrete edit in our titles aswell, as tht titles appear before the action has happened, and so do not distract from the plot.

We tried this editing out, but it did not look very effective as, although it did not distract from the plot, it did distract from the stablishing shots that we were using to set the scene and create an eerie mood. It also made the frame very busy, and gave the impression of movement within the cinematic world, which we did not want. Overall though, this style of editing looked very amature in our case, and so we decided against using it.

We re assesed our opening, and decided that titles over a black screen would be the most professional option we could try. We did this, and found out that it worked very effectively, as not only did it look miles more professional, but it also broke up our clips, and so slowed down the pace of our narrative at the beginning, which we wanted to achieve, so that there was a dichotomy between the slow paced "deserted" shots and the fast paced "inhabited" shots.

We decided to use a very simple text font, so that it was easy to read, and fairly neutral, as to not give away too much about our plot, as we wanted to keep the twist we are planning to have at the end a surprise. We also decided to use black and white, as they are polar opposites, and reflect both the "good guys" and the "bad guys" in our plot, due to the connotations associated with them.

In order to actually insert the titles, we used this tutorial video to help us:

This video helped us a lot, as it explained clearly how to do what we wanted. 



Props Research

• Car
• At first, when thinking about what car to include in our film, we decided that we should use a pick-up truth,as it has on notations with masculinity and survival. However, after further thought,we decided against using this type of car, as it could have negative connotations. Instead we decided to use a Chrysler voyager, as this is a very ordinary everyday car, and could present the lead character as a family man, and so in a positive light. This will help with the representation of our character, as we want the audience to relate to him, as he is our lead protagonist. 

The original car we were going to use.

The Car we finally decided on.

• Mobile phones
• As our film plot is circled around media, and the effect that it can have, we decided that we needed to make this point explicitly obvious in the opening two minutes. Therefore we decided to open up with a series of very fast paced shots of a variety of different people using their mobile phones, this would immediately establish the theme of technology. The dead bodies will also be shown to be linked with technology, as we will have shots of the bodies holding mobile phones. We decided that the mobile phones we needed to include in the shot would need to be smart-phones, as to coincide with the app in our plot. 

Smart phones similar to, and including ones we will be using

• Fake blood
• In order to portray that the dead bodies are, in fact, dead, and not just sleeping we decided to go for the very obvious example of having fake blood dripping from their ears. This also fits in with the idea that it is the app that will be introduced later on in the film, that has killed everyone, as the app is a very futuristic one that projects images directly into the brain, and this is what has been used to kill everybody. 

Lighting and Colour

For our lighting, from the film research that i did, decided that the best option would be to use natural lighting, as it gave not only a very natural feeling, and so reflected the idea that humans are no longer inhabiting the earth, but also gave a very eerie and spooky feel, as it is a very muted light, which will add to our portrayal of genre. 

In post production we experimented with the colour correction tool on Final Cut Pro. We wanted to give the shots a warmer hue when the humans were still alive (at the beginning) and then a colder hue afterwards, when it is deserted, as to set the mood subtly. However, due to the very natural light we used when filming our footage, the colour changes were very drastic, and did no have the desired effect, so we decided against using this tool, and instead stuck to just the natural colours, however I believe that this was very successful, and looked very good, portraying our mood regardless. 

Actor Research

As our target audience is male, we decided that our main protagonist should be male. As our target audience age is between 15 and 35, we decided to use an actor that was around this age group. We decided to use my Dad, as he is a very typical looking man, who is very active and is around the age range that we needed. He would also be readily available, as he would be on set constantly, and so we would not have to worry about transport or if he did not show up on time. 

Shot list

Story Board for idea # 2

This is the storyboard for our second idea for "Seized".

Character Profiles

In Films similar to ours, I found that there was a typical rule of the characters in the groups. These are:

• The "Alpha male": This character typically takes charge of the group and is either the self-elected or voted leader of the Group.
• The "Opposing male": This character will be in constant competition with the Alpha male, wanting power over the group, and contesting The Alphas instructions/ decisions.
• The "Alpha female": This girl is usually the equal, but also opposite of the alpha male; wanting to help the group and take control, but will be oppressed by he rest of the group for being a female. This can lead to her becoming bitter/ being seen as a bit of a bitch.
• The "Hunter": This character tends to be very physically powerful, being the one who is the fighter/ hunter of the group, so tends to be very physically fit and strong. Although physically more powerful than the alpha male, the hunter does not lead the group, as He tends not to want the responsibility.
• The "Mother" of the group: This character is a female, who has the stereotypical traits of what a mother should be: caring, kind, thoughtful, and so takes care of the group as a whole, she differs from the alpha male, as cares more about how they are feeling, rather than that of their physical survival.
• The "New Generation": Some groups will contain children, who the rest of the group take it upon themselves to take care of.
• The "Weak Link": This character does not tend to conform with the rest of the group, often causing problems for the group and their survival.

This is very similar to Propps Theory of Character:

1. Hero: Reacts to the donor and saves the princess, often resulting in them falling in love with the princess.  
2. The villain: Is in a constant struggle with the hero, often trying to harm "princess". 
3. The donor: Gives the hero an objective or information that aids the Hero's quest.
4. The helper: Assists the hero with their quest, often referred to as their 'sidekick'.
5. The princess: Needs "saving" from the hero, usually because they are in some form of danger, typically the princess is the victim.
6. The dispatcher: Is the character who sends the hero on their mission or quest.  
7. False hero: May appear good but has an ulterior motive, or attempts to take credit for the hero's actions. An example of this type of character is a double agent in a spy movie.

 In Films, not all of these characters are in the survival groups, for example, in "I Am Legend" until quite a while into the film, the lead character believes himself to be the only living survivor (although he hopes otherwise) and so there is a lack of any other characters, he is the only member of the group. However, in some films, there are additional characters, with there being more than one character for each "role".

In Survival films, there also tends to be separate groups, with there being conflicts when they come together, thus these other survivors being seen as "The Enemy".

In our film, we want to stick to these stereotypical roles, as we want to set the audience up in believing that they are going to see a typical survival film, but then we will have a twist, and so, due to the expectations they had, will shock them.

The protagonist of our film is the Lead, "Alpha" male. This is due to the fact that our target audience will be mainly males, and so we want to appeal to them, as the audience will want to relate to the lead character.

Genre

We do not have specific genre, rather our film is a cross over of a few different genres. These are:

• Thriller
• Action
• Horror
• and Science Fiction

In order to be able to create a convincing opening, I have researched the conventions of these Genres.

• Thriller:
• Uses a lot of  of suspense, tension and excitement in the films. 
• Stimulates the audience's mood. Creates a heightened atmosphere within the film/ audience.
• Feelings that are created within the Audience include anticipation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror.
• Features that are included within thriller films include being high-adrenaline, fast-paced and often include devices such as a McGuffin, Plot twists and Cliff hangers. 
• Tend to have a "Villain" of the story, who challenges the "hero" of the story, and presents challenges that the protagonist must figure out/ overcome.
• A thriller must keep the audience on the edge of their seat, and must keep their attention and keep them alert.
• In the plot of a thriller there are certain features that are very stereotypical, and tend to feature in almost all thrillers, these are: The Protagonist is faced with a problem, be it they are trapped and need to escape, they are set with a mission, or there is a mystery that they need to solve.  There will also always be an accentuation on the danger that the protagonist is in, causing tension that leads  to a very definitive climax.
• Action:
• Have a series of obstacles/challenges that the protagonist of the film must overcome in order to reach the equilibrium point of the film again(Todorov's theory) 
• These challenges are often very physically straining and testing. E.g. fighting, chases etc.
• Tends to feature a character battling against the odds
• Normally end with the hero succeeding in victory.
• Horror
• Set out to create a negative emotional reaction in the audience
• Tends to play on the primal fears of the audience e.g. death, loneliness, beasts etc.
• Feature scenes that aim to startle, shock and scare the audience.
• Science Fiction:
• Based around the theme of science-based phenomena, but not the "mainstream" sciences. 
• some of these include: ET lifeforms, time travel, perception and technologies. 
• Often used to bring focus to political/social issues, or to explore philosophical issues.

How we would represent this in our film:
As our film genre is a combination of all of the above, to keep it simple for the audience, we decided to stick to these conventions of the film very explicitly.

• Thriller:
• We will build tension in the opening of our movie
• We will use a McGuffin (phones)
• We will keep the stereotypical characters of a thriller, e.g Hero, villain etc.
• Action:
• The protagonist will have to overcome a series of obstacles
• The lead character is batteling the odds, as most of the humans on Earth have been killed.
• Horror:
• Features the key theme of Death.
• Our scenes will evoke a negative reation/emotion from the audience.
• SciFi:
• Technology is a key theme in our film.
• Used to question social media, and its mass scale/power.

Example of these genres:

• Thriller:
• Psycho:
• Action:
• James Bond films (Skyfall)
• Horror:
• 28 days later
• Scifi:
• 12 Monkeys

How are we going to achieve our Post Apocalyptic Setting

Ways in which we could present our Post Apocalyptic Setting:

Taking inspiration from other Movies:
This will present to the audience immediately the setting, as they will recognise key aspects that have been repeated in our opening, and so will draw them to the conclusion that this will be a very cliche typical film, but then we will turn this on head, and instead present a film questioning social reality and realism.

• Saturation
• Dull colours
• Run down areas/ overgrown.
• Rubbish scattered around, e.g. newspapers.
• Silence

We are also going to use very slow paced, static shots (expanding time) to represent the lack of activity, and then contrast that with a series of fast paced shots (shrinking time) for when there are humans in frame, representing the difference between the two more subliminally

Location Research

  For our film we used 6 different locations. We did not end up using all of these, as some of the locations we only used for test shots. Our locations were:

Palmer Park, Reading.

This first location is where the fair will be during the first week of the Easter break. It is on the outskirts of Reading, and the place where the fair will be built up is quite far away from the road, so the camera will not pick up the noises of the cars. We also plan to film quite early in the morning, so will not have to worry about too many people walking into shot. 

Eel Brook Common. 

 Our second location is a park in Fulham, London. The fair will be open here for the second half of the Easter break and will be open everyday during the week, so will give us a very large window n which to film, without having to worry about continuity issues due to the placement of the rides. This location, however is very close to a main road, so we will have to be very careful with out set up in order not to include cars moving etc. 

Farm Road.

Our third location is Farm road, which will serve purpose for the first half of our opening, when there are still humans alive. It is surrounded with hoses, and is often quite busy, due to it's location near the school, and in a housing area, so would make the place look inhabited and natural, which is what we desired. 

White Waltham: 

For the test shot we decided to look at places that would normally be quite busy, and then make them look deserted /derelict. For one of these, this was White Waltham school.

Bottle Lane:

Another one of our test shots was of a road, as you would expect to see cars driving down the road, but we used this road, as at certain times of the day there aren't many cars driving down it, and so gave it a spooky edge.

Shottesbrook:

Shottesbrooke park is also an ideal location, as, although it does contain a small estate of very old houses and a church, which makes the place look very picturesque, and at times very spooky, the place is closed off, and so would give us the desired effect of the place being deserted.