Location Setting 2

For our second location we required a kitchen/dinning room to be joined together so we could get the actress and actor to have there argument and also for the actress to take the plates back into the kitchen. For this we filmed in a small house that was situated in Harrow on the Hill, on the outskirts of London.

Below I have added some photos of the location that we choose to film our film trailer in.

Location Setting 1

For our film trailer we needed our location setting to be in small, cramped detectives office, that would also have enough room to fit in a bed, as the detective will not only be working in his office but also living in his office. As we were unable to find a location that suits the location setting needs, we decided to created our own office and decorate it the way we want/need. To do this we used a small room that was in the process of being decorated so that we could convert it into a living and working office the way require.

To do this we created a desk and then designed and laid out the objects that you would normally find in a detectives office and also any that we needed for the trailer, e.g. a computer, sheets of paper, evidence in bags, old stained coffee cups, dead plants, and mountains of paperwork. We either created these items, such as the work sheets and old cups of coffee or found items placed around the house.

This photo is showing the detectives desk with all the photo-
graphic evidence on and above the desk. 

The detectives unmade desk in the corner, with
dirty clothes thrown around the room.

High angle shot of the detectives desk, showing everything that
we have created to be put on the desk.

Close up shot of some of the objects placed on the
detectives desk.

Some of the Polaroid pictures showing the evidence. 

Old photo files and books gathering dust in the corner, next to
a week planner with the dates crossed out.

A side photo of the Polaroid pictures that we took and pinned
above the detectives desk.

Location Scouting

For part of our trailer we see the couples relationship break down in the home that they live together. However to achieve this we needed the perfect location for this to happen. We needed the location to be dark but also provide some light for when we do some scenes. We also needed a separate room and a small cupboard for when the girl serves dinner and also for when she hides the gifts she gets from her 'secret boyfriend'.

 

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Location Research - Locations in Genres

Obviously the locations used largely depend on the movie itself, but there are some locations you would expect to see in certain genres. I have looked into this in the three main genres we are considering for our film trailer to think about what locations we need to use.


Crime/Mystery

   In a movie to do with crime or mystery you would expect to see the office of the detective to show their work and progress, as well as the crime scene itself. Another common location used in crime movies is the Interrogation Room, where the suspect is questioned, and the Trial Room, where the suspect is held before the judge and jury.

Social Realism

   Social realism movies usually follow the life of one or several main characters and show everything personal to them, an so we would expect to see their house or room and the area they live in, as well as the social scene of the area they live in and any specific place special to that character (the beach, a shelter in a park etc).

Thriller

   Thrillers are designed to take people by surprise, and so generally they use location that have a little bit of edge to them and make the audience feel tense, such as an abandoned building or a dark wood, as this isolates the character and creates a number of possibilities that could happen in the storyline.




















Kira Welland