Location Shots

In preparation for our shooting our short film, Alex and I wanted to drive off to the locations of where we both intended to shoot the main story line of our short film. During school hours, we took some time off to drive to these locations and explore the areas with the intentions of how we were going to film each sequence professionally since we had planned to introduce a car chase in our short film too.

We both first drove to East Hill which is the woodland nearest to our school which also holds some very long and lengthy roads; perfect for our car chase.

The lengthy roads are the perfect source for the car chase we plan to have, however we will have to be mindful of other oncoming pedestrians and cars to prevent injury on anyone. The framing of this shot is also very cinematic and will look even better when shot with the DSLR on a shallow depth of field.

An interesting view point which we both saw from the furthest side of the forest. We both thought this could be a place where our main protagonist character looks over the horizon towards the end of our short film.

This location in the furthest side of the forest is an area we had in mind for where we wanted to shoot our interrogation scene initially before we arrived here. The framing of the trees rising up towards the sky makes this scene look very peaceful but also sinister because of the low key lighting reflected onto the ground. Unfortunately the photo quality here did not demonstrate this low light effect which we both experienced on the day.

Other then the location we were both intentionally thinking of using for the interrogation scene, we drove to another part of the forest to this car park location here. If the place we intended is very busy on filming day and packed with other cars which is always a possibility, then we plan to shoot the scene here instead since it isn't as busy on most days compared to the first location.

The view from this location is also spectacular.

To the opposite of this new location is a more rugged road which could be another spot we use for our car chase. However this road could be very risky for the drivers' cars and especially the tires. 

Once Alex and I took a visit to our first location, we then drove for another 15 minutes to our 2nd woodland location we were thinking of filming our interrogation scene and car chase. We found this place at Harpford woods which is a lot less busy on most days compared to East Hill, which is the preferred situation we want for our filming if we want to avoid any distractions from other members of the public.

The long stretch of road/bridleway we found was a very idealistic location we both wanted our car chase to be. The conditions on the days where very damp and wet which meant the road was very muddy and slippery. To avoid any injury, we must make sure to avoid driving the cars at high speed down roads which do not grip the tyres very well.

Nonetheless, the framing and lighting of this setting is very beautiful and would have looked very cinematic once again if shot on the DSLR camera.

Having now visited our primary location sources for this short film, this has helped us to begin to picture in our heads how we are going to film the scenes we are going to have in this short film, in particular for the car chase sequences.