South Weald Park was chosen as the filming location for a thriller because its vast open spaces and leafless trees would create a sense of vulnerability and suspense for viewers. The isolation of the location and dull, cloudy weather also helped set the scene. Filming early in the morning avoided crowds and allowed the group to get different shots from various heights and angles across the park.

1. Locations
Location 1

2. South Weald Park
We chose South Weald
Park as a location as we all
believed it could be used
to our advantage to create
a well suspended thriller,
fitting the expectation of
the audience.
The vastness of the
location suggests
vulnerability and keeps the
audience on edge. Wide
open spaces disables the
audience to detect danger,
feeling helpless.
The trees with no leaves
went well with the codes
and conventions of a
thriller that we were
aiming for. The lifeless
trees provide a dark
persona holding a deeper
meaning for the audience.
We planned the day to
correspond with the
whether to give us the best
possible quality, visually for
the audience. A very dull
day covering the sky in
clouds set a good scene
and surrounding for our
thriller.

3. South Weald Park
We know this park is
popular within the public
so we decided to go early
in the morning to avoid
continuity within our
shots to eliminate the
need for re-filming.
The isolation of the
location helps reinforce
the narrative of our thriller
of our character being lost
and disorientated.
This location was very
easily accessible by every
group member as we
lived fairly close to one
another. The sharing of
lifts enabled us to get to
our location all together
and begin filming straight
away.
Areas of the location
consisted of different
heights including hills, this
allowed us to get a good
range of different heights
and angles of shots. Having
establishing shots to high
angled shots.