The field is large enough to enable us to shoot from multiple different angles, allowing us to use it for almost endless shots and footage of the protagonist dragging the body across the open ground. It's heavy treeline also blocks out the view of nearby houses and roads, enforcing the remoteness of our protagonists situation, whilst the lack of trees within the middle of the field removes the problem of shadows causing problems with colour and contrast in the post-production stage.
The above photo shows our second location, in which the burial of the body will take place. Despite it's difference in appearance from the field, the two locations are infact bordering each other. We chose this location because we felt that the change in colours from the main field would help us to portray the dark mood within the protagonist.
Our third location is Pete's garage. Despite warnings from teachers (and ourselves) we finally made the decision to use the garage for two reasons. The first is that the protagonists awakening within a regular household heightens the sense of mystery and enigma, the two things that our film relies on the most. The second is due to the ease with which we can film there: we have allowed ourselves time to shoot pickup shots with the aim of giving us more flexibility in the event of loss of footage, changes in script and editing. Because of the changes in weather, we have focused most of our filming on the exterior shots of the field for continuity: changes in weather mean changes in mise en scene such as leaves dropping and fields becoming more "boggy".
Whilst we are still in need of a fourth location, we feel that the areas we have chosen for our film are suited well to the tone and mood of our piece.
- Joe Lawrence
Location scouting from Peter McLaughlin on Vimeo.
-Peter McLaughlin
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