Location Ideas- Half Term Research

Idea 1: An Ally Way

For my first location idea I decided to choose an Ally Way. I thought that this would be appropriate for our title sequence idea as scenes from movies where people are often chased are shot in ally ways or secluded roads as the person being chased is trying to stay out of sight. I took this picture of a Ally Way near my house at night as I feel that it has a more mysterious, and almost scary look at night rather than in the daylight. If we were to use the ally way in our title sequence I think that it would be quite effective if it was where the person being chased goes to loose the person chasing them and then walk down the ally way in the opposite direction to the chaser.
 To the left I have an image of the location of the ally way from Google maps.








Location Idea 2- Near A Train Station

 My second Location Idea was this road with a bridge leading to  a train station. I choose this because I thought it would be a great chase scene if the criminal ran down the steps, then under the bridge and into the train station in an attempt to get away from who was chasing them . I thought that it would make a good scene as people who are running away from something or someone usually run to bus stations or train stations so that they could get out of  the area. It would be really effective if we did a long shot at the distance the photograph was taken and then zoomed into the person as they ran down the stairs.




















Location Idea 3- Alongside a busy High Street

Shooting alongside a busy high street would be good to do for a chase scene as it would create a good effect. The busy high street which would usually be the focus becomes almost like the background atmosphere and the shot of the chase scene will become the main focus. To add to this affect we could use different apertures on the camera and depths of field in order to allow certain parts of the shot to be more in focus than other parts. This location would likely to be at the beginning as it would start with having a very busy background atmosphere and then becoming quieter and quieter as the chaser closes in on the escapee.



Location Idea 4- Cedars Park
My final location idea is Cedars Park in Cheshunt. I choose this location as it is a very big park and therefore there is a lot of room and space for the escapee to run through. Also the sound of boots or shoes crunching on twigs and stones as the are gong through the park could later be exaggerated in the editing process to create a really good affect. I also thought it would be a really good location to use especially at night as there are many places that people can hide, behind hedges, walls, bushes and trees. I would use this location in the beginning of my title sequence almost as an establishing location, to put across the genre of the film.