Rendlesham Forest had a large variety of hills and trees that provided many options for filming, though the filming locations were limited by how far they could walk from the car each day before it got dark. Foxhall Heath, which was close to where the filmmaker lived, was used for scenes requiring trees further apart or climbing trees. Needham Lakes was scouted first due to its proximity, and a place was found along the edge of the Gipping River that looked suitable for a scene taking place at the edge of a forest overlooking a river.

1. Locations
Where we plan to/have
filmed…
Problems-
The weather, and the fact at
5 each day id run out of time

2. Rendlesham Forest
Rendlesham forest had a huge amount of forestry from, with
a wide variety of hills and trees. For my opening these
seemed like an excellent choice of where to film. Since there
was so much variety of shots I could take. I was limited by
how far we could walk from the car since it would get dark
soon every day we went filming. However the places we
found were worth it. I found I didn’t have to scout through the
forest to find good shots because I felt it would be more
spontaneous and realistic If I looked at the storyboard shots,
then found places into eh forest that looked similar to that, or
places I could just film. This saved time but kept the look
realistic.

3. I filmed in the
huge forest,
throughout a
variety of
places

4. Foxhall heath
Foxhall heath is a smaller expanse of forest close to were I
lived which was appropriate because I didn’t have to travel
far nor scout it out because since I live practically in it, I knew
were most good places to film were. For the scenes were I
needed to climb trees, or use trees further apart I used the
heath. This also meant that if there was a clip I didn’t like I
wouldn’t have to go back to film it again.

5. I filmed in the forest and
on fields of bracken

6. Needham lakes
Needham lakes, for what I saw is a large lake with a river
winding around it. I scouted out this place first because it was
reasonably close, and since there was such a variety of
places I could film from it seemed best to scout out a good
area to film the scene. I did find a place that looked like the
edge of a forest peering onto the edge of a river. It had a
small riverbank which was great to use to find the object in
my film because it looked natural.

7. I filmed
on a
riverbank
along the
river
gipping