Sunday, 13 October 2013

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

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