Location ideas

After considering the plot the next step when thinking about filmed was where are we going to actually film? This was a very important part for us as last year we used the school building because of how we weren't allowed to take the camera equipment off site. We found this rather restricting at the time and wanted to avoid this this year. 

Luckily we were informed that we could get insurance of a single camera to take off site. This opened up a world of opportunities as it allowed us the freedom of being able to film wherever, within reason. 

These are the locations that we thought of:

Balston Road – Road where Brad lives on, Long Street with a few street lamps. Dark ambiance at night time, rather creepy. Easy to get too apart from Sam due to him living in Wareham.

18 Balston Road – Brad’s house, has some good rooms and corridors for nice camera work. Would work well for the boy’s house.

Norden railway (abandoned, hopefully) – Would provide fantastic long shots. Filming during the golden hours would be difficult due to larger trees around the edge of parts of the railway preventing shots of the sky and light would be awkward. Has some old, rickety abandoned train cars, these could be used as accommodation for the boy and would be great.

Corfe Castle – Old castle, in ruins. Available to the public, however filming may be restricted. The public can get in the way. Filming during golden hours would yield fantastic results due to the castle being on the top of the hill.

Swanage Countryside – Wide open spaces with large, rolling hills. Could be rather difficult to gain entrance when laden with heavy, and expensive, equipment. 

Being able to film anywhere has its problems however. Legally we aren't able to turn up to a place with a camera and film whenever. Members of the public may not want to be filmed and as such would be a problem for us. We also have to think about safety of both the team as well as the equipment. I'm sure all of us would rather get ourselves hurt instead of the expensive camera however, priorities.