Setting Evaluation

Every location in a horror film is important and in ours we had to decide where would be ideal for our trailer. The choice of setting was really key because the more realistic the setting is, the more the audience can relate to it.

Pros

• With the storyline of our film, a couple moving into a new home, we had to choose carefully what house and area we were going to use. We looked at several locations in separate areas and chose a house in Fetcham which we had easy access to at all times. By having this access it gave us more time to film our footage and try and out experimental shots. This proved to be a major benefit in the location which we chose.
• To fit in with the storyline we needed a normal looking house which has some areas of which would seem scary to a person watching it. With the location we chose we got this and the outside shots worked well to build up the tension.
• As we had easy access to the location we were able to re-film footage which we couldn't use. This helped the quality of our final product.

Cons

• At times in the trailer it is obvious that people have not just moved into a new home. This is because it would of been impossible to find a location where there was no one living at and with our very low budget it would be impossible.
• It doesn't seem as scary as a normal horror location would do. However we feel that it can be the same sort of location as the Paranormal Activity film used. This would help the audience relate to it more and therefore become more scared.
• Due to people living in our location, filming sometimes could be interrupted and we lost valuable filming time.

What would we do differently?

• If we had more money and time we would look to find a more suitable location which would look authentic and look like a couple have just moved in.
• Use more varying shots of the location to give a more professional look to the trailer.
• We would use a scarier looking location to make it more scary for the viewers.