Kitchen - Inside a house on The Cleves, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
This kitchen will be used in the 'KNIFE' 'death scene'. We will not see any actual action, but there will be the eerie sight of a black-gloved Hangman hand pulling a large, sharp knife out of a wooden knife block (knife shown in props list blog). We decided to film most of the death scenes (apart from the 'FIRE' scene) in this house on The Cleves road, because it had all the best scenery and locations for our intended scenes, and it was simpler to do it all in different rooms in the same house so we did not have to move all of our equipment from place to place and provide transport for our actors. When editing, we will make this room dimmer and more fitting for the horror aspect of this scene.
Living Room - Inside a house on The Cleves, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
This is the location where the 'death scene' in which Emily Oakes is dragged across the floor into the room on the right by the black-gloved hands of the Hangman will occur. Although the lighting in this image is very bright, we intend to close the curtains shutting out all sunlight and dim the scene using the lighting tools on the iMovie editor on the iMacs in school. Also, we will move out all difficult obstacles that will get in the way during our filming - for example, the rug, picture frames and ornaments on the floor and around the fireplace. This room is ideal to film this difficult dragging scene - the wooden flooring is more slippery than a carpeted floor, and thus the Hangman will be able to drag his (or her!) victim across the floor with ease. In addition, the room to the right of the picture is perfect for this scene - the Hangman will be able to drag Emily into the darkness of that room, creating tension as to what will happen in there and symbolising the sort of dark 'Hell' he is dragging her into.
Stairs - Inside a house on The Cleves, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
This is the set of stairs that the 'FALL' 'death scene' will occur on. In this scene, we will see a young girl called Victoria (me!) falling down the stairs after being pushed by the Hangman. These stairs are ideal to film this scene on since they are straight and thus, easier to film falling from the bottom of the stairs. We will of course put a crash mat at the bottom of the stairs to cushion the fall (as assessed in our risk assessment forms) and ensure full safety on my part.
Bedroom - Inside a house on The Cleves, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
In this wardrobe we intend on filming the 'TRAPPED' 'death scene', in which the character Charlotte Williamson will be rooting through her wardrobe when suddenly, the doors are slammed and locked shut by the black-gloved hands of the evil Hangman. Before filming, we will of course remove all of the clutter from the wardrobe so that Charlotte can move into it with ease - things like the step-ladder, bags and boxes will need to be removed from the floor, as they are a danger and obstruction to our actor. This wardrobe is ideal for this scene, since it is a walk-in wardrobe that our actor can easily move in and out of, and the doors can be locked from the outside rather than the inside.
Bathroom - Inside a house on The Cleves, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
In this bathroom, we will see Tara washing her hands and looking in the mirror to discover that horrifying red/pink raw lines have appeared around her wrists and neck. This location is ideal, since the mirror is placed conveniently directly above the sink and it is large enough that we will see the full effect of the lines on Tara's wrists and neck. Also, there is enough room to the right side of the sink behind Tara that we could film the scene without actually being seen in shot through the mirror.
Park - On Seymour Drive, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 9PR
The two pictures above are of the park where we will film two separate scenes in our trailer - the first image is of the tyre swing which we will see Melanie sitting on when she drops her prefect badge, and Tara saunters over, insults her and throws it into the bush seen in the next scene. Under the bush (shown in the second picture) is where Melanie will find the hangman book, and it sets of the whole storyline, horror and mystery surrounding this suspicious book. The reason why we are not filming these two scenes in Sandy Lane park like the rest of the park scenes (shown below), is because the park on Seymour Drive had the best scenery for what we envisioned. There is no tyre swing in Sandy Lane like there was in Seymour Drive, and this bush was placed perfectly in coincidence with the tyre swing that Tara would easily be able to throw the prefect badge towards a perfect hiding place for the Hangman book.
Park - On Sandy Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4DW
Park - On Sandy Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4DW
Shown above is pictures of the three locations in Sandy Lane Park where we will be filming three different scenes. The first picture shows a cluster of trees, and here we will film the scene where Melanie is curiously reading the Hangman book (trying to uncover the mystery around it) when Tara and Will walk by and snatch the book from her hands. Will mockingly holds it up too high for her to reach before throwing it to the ground, where Melanie bends down to pick it up only to be pushed over by Tara who then snatches the book out of her hands and saunters away with it. This location is ideal since the trees are a perfect hiding place for the lonely and timid Melanie, whilst we will be able to later edit the lighting if it turns out too bright or too dark. The second image shows the metal fence of the basketball court - here we will film the scene that will be shown at the very start of the trailer, where Melanie is innocently rooting in her school bag and Tara and Will saunter past hand-in-hand calling insults such as "Smelly-Melly". This location would work out well, since it is a bland grey fence and Melanie will seem like she is almost trying to blend in with it and go unnoticed and from bullies like Tara and Will. Finally, the third image is of a goal post in the very same park, where we will see an unknown character hanging from it towards the end of the trailer. This goal post is ideal since it is just high enough that the characters feet would dangle high enough from the floor to give the impression that she is hanging, but also not too high that we could not hoist her up to hold onto the top of the goal post and not injure herself if she was to fall. In this scene we would only show the knees-downwards as to preserve the identity of the victim and keep a mystery as to who dies in this brutal way.
Underground Subway Tunnel - Central Square, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 0AE
This underground tunnel, known as the 'subway' in Maghull, will be used in the 'RUN' 'death scene'. We will see Will (played by Benjamin Jones) run directly down the tunnel towards to light at the end. The lighting and scenery of this location encompasses everything this scene needs - the dark dingy tunnel with its dull flickering lights give a terrifying and sinister atmosphere, whilst the light at the end of the tunnel symbolises the salvation Will is trying to get to before the Hangman gets him. The subway is also long, flat and straight, which will make it easy to film and make it even easier for the cameraman to run after Will when filming and not trip over any uneven surfacing. The fact that its straight will also cause the light at the end of the tunnel to be seen easily, and be more effective in capturing the audiences attention.
Living Room Fireplace - Inside a house on Sandy Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4DW
Living Room Fireplace - Inside a house on Sandy Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4DW
This fireplace will be used in the 'FIRE' 'death scene', and all we will see is the bright orange flames flickering dangerously - which will make the audience wonder as to what could happen next. This fireplace in a house on Sandy Lane was more ideal than the one in the house on The Cleves for several reasons - this house had a coal fire which looked more old and worn (which would create a more eerie and frightening effect), this fireplace was much larger and the old, worn fire-guard looked deadly with his spikes poking upwards. This fireplace encompasses every frightening thought regarding fire, and thus will be perfect in our trailer.
Empty Classroom - Inside the Blundell Building, Deyes High School, Deyes Lane, Maghull, Sefton, L31 6DE
In the Blundell building in Deyes High School, there is a classroom in which there is a window showing through to an empty office on the other side - this is perfect for our 'SUFFOCATE' 'death scene'. Thanks to this window, we could stand to the other side of the window whilst filming Conor Wynn being suffocated by a white cloth in the black-gloved hands of the Hangman. We intend on making the classroom we are filming from dark (as shown above) and the office bright, since we would then see the full impact of the scene and make a seemingly bright/innocent office into something deadly. Filming a scene in Deyes High School will further link to the age of the actors (sixth form students) and let the audience know that even the characters are not safe in their own school. Although it is not obvious that this death scene occurs in school, our costume choice for Conor (typical black and white school-wear with the sixth form tie, as shown in the costume list) will convey the school-setting to the audience.
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