We didn't want to set our production in a generic place; dark, eerie, mysterious place.We also wanted to stay away from influences like the Blair Witch Project and Saw films (even though they are not thrillers). We also thought about how we could use the setting to get some intresting shots and take advantage of the items directly in front of us.
We decided that for our thriller opening that maybe going against the traditional conventions of thrillers to create a different suspense may enhance our production. We decided to film in Hitchin Town Centre during the day for a realistic setting and natural lighting. We also thought this would provoke the audience to think what may happen next or why the film begins here. We filmed when the weather was not very nice. We wanted to relate the way our character was feeling with the idea of him working all being very unhappy and dull: he is feeling miserable and the weather emphises this. We hoped our actor could bring this horrible feel to the scene which I think he brought well. We didn't just film in Hitchin for natural lighting and an ‘everyday feel’ but we knew the streets would be busy, which added to the realism we wanted to create, similar to the "Ipcress File".
We then decided for the flashback scenes to film in a field, because it is an unusual place to film a thriller, though that said a thriller could be filmed anywhere. We thought that it would create an unusual, interesting start and would deffinately be a intresting setting because of its normallity. One of the reasons we chose to film in a field was because we discussed that anything can be found in a field and there are all sorts of items, creatures and artifacts. This tied in great with our storyline of a man finding a finger which lead to his life changing. We also would benefit from the natural lighting in the field, another reason for choosing this as our setting.
We decided that for our thriller opening that maybe going against the traditional conventions of thrillers to create a different suspense may enhance our production. We decided to film in Hitchin Town Centre during the day for a realistic setting and natural lighting. We also thought this would provoke the audience to think what may happen next or why the film begins here. We filmed when the weather was not very nice. We wanted to relate the way our character was feeling with the idea of him working all being very unhappy and dull: he is feeling miserable and the weather emphises this. We hoped our actor could bring this horrible feel to the scene which I think he brought well. We didn't just film in Hitchin for natural lighting and an ‘everyday feel’ but we knew the streets would be busy, which added to the realism we wanted to create, similar to the "Ipcress File".
We then decided for the flashback scenes to film in a field, because it is an unusual place to film a thriller, though that said a thriller could be filmed anywhere. We thought that it would create an unusual, interesting start and would deffinately be a intresting setting because of its normallity. One of the reasons we chose to film in a field was because we discussed that anything can be found in a field and there are all sorts of items, creatures and artifacts. This tied in great with our storyline of a man finding a finger which lead to his life changing. We also would benefit from the natural lighting in the field, another reason for choosing this as our setting.
