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- 2. This is mylocation ideas presentation for my A2 media studies coursework on horror films. This will describe the different locations that me and my partner are/were thinking of using when filming our horror film trailer and why we are using them.
- 3. Graveyard We decidedto use a graveyard as one of the locations in our horror film trailer because it already has a frightening connotation to it as it is linked with death and we think our audience would feel more scared if they saw our protagonist in a terrifying surrounding. Plus it tells our audience that someone in the narrative has died which increases the fear factor.
- 4. House (various) We decidedto use a bedroom location in our horror film trailer to showcase our main protagonists nightmares which cause her to act irrationally. Also because it is conventional for teenagers to be sexualised in horror films we thought a bedroom location would be appropriate. The bathroom location we chose so that we could showcase one of our main characters’ hallucinations whilst she is taking a bath as it is meant to be a relaxing experience which turns into a terrifying one. The living room will be used to show our protagonist’s background to her mental state as she was abused by her parents which will be shown in this location.
- 5. Train Station We chosea train station platform as another location idea for our horror film trailer as our protagonist could have a hallucination here and walk through the eerie station causing our audience to be more frightened. Nevertheless, we decided not to use this location because gaining access in the scheduled timeframe we had to film our trailer was not possible.
- 6. Park We decided touse a park pathway as another location for our horror film trailer because in the night this setting will allow our audience to interpret just how alone our protagonist is and also it can be a scary location if one is walking alone through it. We are going to use this for some scenes to introduce the characters and our protagonist’s deteriorating psychological state.
- 7. Alleyway We chose thisanother location as a substitute for the scene we were going to film in the train station as the scene works just as well in an alleyway setting and it is easier to access. We also chose this because it can make the audience feel anxious for our protagonist as it is difficult to see what is at the end of the alleyway so the antagonist could be waiting for them.
- 8. School When deciding locationsfor our horror film trailer we were going to use more of a school setting in the trailer to emphasise how our main character was being bullied which added to her mental strain. However, we decided not to use this location as we believed it to be too cliché and repetitive as this type of narrative has been used in many horror films before.
- 9. Hospital In our horrorfilm trailer for our A2 media studies coursework, another of our location ideas was to use an abandoned hospital to film scenes of our main protagonist in. We were going to use this location to demonstrate how her psychological state has caused her to be put in a mental institution. However, we then decided not to use this location as gaining a permit and access to the abandoned hospital was unattainable.
- 10. I am awarethat my trailer would have benefitted from locations such as the train station and the abandoned hospital but this was not possible to accomplish. Unfortunately, these ideas were unrealistic as the locations were inaccessible to me but I will try to use resources that I do have access to, to my advantage to try and imitate the best conventional style of a horror setting for my horror film trailer.