Location And Setting

Location and Setting

Our film trailer will be set in the towns of Lake, Shanklin and Newchurch, based on the Isle of Wight. Locations that I will use include 'the green', skew bridge, my house and a cottage in Newchurch that was rented for the purpose of filming for our film trailer.

.    1. The Green

One of my first location choices was the green. The reason I decided to use the green as one of our location choices is because it is quite stripped back and quite gritty and rough looking, which supports our idea of wanting to creating a gritty, British film trailer rather than use more vibrant settings that appear more Americanised. The first image of the green displays a lot of dull green, brown and grey colours which help contribute to creating this gritty image. The image also presents the green as an abandoned area, which represents the abandonment and isolation Nathan feels after being mentally cut off from his friends. The abandonment of the area also helps to create feelings of suspense and mystery for the audience, causing them to feel unsafe and wary as to what could be potentially lurking in the trees.

2. The Green 2

This second image of the green is more set near skew bridge and main road. The reason that I chose to shoot using this particular section of the green is because it appears grimy and gritty to the audience, and helps to create this rough, dirty, gritty vision that we want to be obviously displayed in our trailer.

3. Skew Bridge 

Our second location choice is Skew Bridge. The image below shows the bridge displayed in a depressing and bleak setting, which contributes to resembling Nathan's mood swings, and feelings felt by some of the other main characters. It also fits well with the nature of the film trailer narrative. I also thought that skew bridge would be an ideal place to have a stand off or a scene where conflict is involved with the main characters to appear more dramatic.

4. My House 

The third location choice is my house. This particular location is very significant in terms of the film trailer's narrative as this is where Nathan's health begins to deteriorate, and he experiences his first blackout. Filming in a character's home environment also allows them to appear more vulnerable as they are more cut off from society. This idea links to how Nathan is mentally cut off from his friends after developing a mental personality disorder. My house is also used to represent the character's home, which is one of the traditional conventions in terms of looking at locations for Teen Dramas.

5. The Cottage

The final location is the cottage that was rented purely for the purpose of filming for our film trailer. We thought that the cottage would be an ideal place to do some filming for the house party scenes as it is quite large, with enough space to shoot scenes from various types of camera angles. The cottage is also located on the outskirts of Newchurch, which also helps to create these feelings of mystery and uncertainty for the audience.

I have also created a Flickr album where a series of our location shots are contained: Location Shots