Early footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QIGmYomAk

Location of filming

Location of the Film

To be able to make our horror trailer look as professional as we can, we needed to do some extensive research into the codes and conventions of horror films and where they are usually filmed. 

As a group we realised that deciding the location and time of filming is just as important as choosing the actors. Due to our film being on a microwave budget, we decided that filming in one house is the best way to keep cost down. This meant that we had access to many different scenes for our film so we could still make the trailer aesthetically  pleasing. Filming on location is cheaper, rather than filming on a constructed set or in a studio. However, a downfall of shooting in a real life environment is that the light and camera angles may suffer. The natural lighting on streets and inside buildings will be of a lower quality and standard, however, it is the best way to make the scenes realistic and believable for the audience. to overcome this problem, we can use our own lighting such as studio lights that we may be able to get hold of and by planning to film scenes at certain times of the day when lighting is at it's best for that particular scene. 

It would be more difficult for us to film in an outdoor public environment as it could be unpredictable, noises of traffic or members of the public could alter the scene and how it looks. 

Outdoor scenes

Throughout the trailer, there will be scenes showing an outdoor area. For example, Annabelle will be seen moving into her house to establish the film and give the audience an idea of the background to the film, without giving too much away. It will be difficult to film this as we cannot control factors such as the traffic noise and weather; meaning that we will need to try and film at times when you cannot hear any other noise. 

We will also take advantage of the use of the garden areas where we will film in the night-time to give an eerie feeling to our film as the night and darkness is associated with the fear of the unknown. Many horror films that we have looked at have scenes shot in the dark so this means our film will follow the codes and conventions of a horror trailer.

Indoor Scenes

Depending on the size of the scene, it may be more expensive to shoot a film on location, however in a house where Annabelle will be living, it will be very low budget as props will already be there and available for us to create the scene. There are always great benefits to filming on location; for example, the audience will get to see an inset into the characters lives and how they spend their daily lives in their home environment.

The kitchen is usually the hub of a home and where scenes will be filmed. The character of Annabelle will be spending time in the kitchen and watching outside her windows to the garden.