Location Research #1

We have two locations we have picked to film at. The first is Ashtead train station, for the beginning of our film where we are introduced to the character the opening scene focuses on. We needed a train station that was not too big or busy for production purposes as it would have taken longer to film the shots in a loud train station due to all the background noise, and we didn't want that disrupting the scene or distracting the audience. Ashtead station is small enough too avoid this. However it also looks modern enough to still fit in with the modern storyline of our opening scene.





Another reason would be the fact that most of our opening scene takes place in a forest, so starting the scene off in a large busy city train station then jumping to a quiet, deserted location would've been too confusing for the audience, as well as not being very realistic. Filming at Ashtead train station allows us to track our characters steps between the station and the forest, as they are close to one another. This means we can link the 2 locations in a few shots, whereas getting our lead character from a large city train station to a forest would've required a lot of shots to explain to the audience how the character got from A to B.










Another benefit of this location is how you can see the trains approaching the station from a long way away, which is the idea for one of our opening shots. We want the cameras perspective to be from the station platform filming the train just as it comes round the corner, which is when our background music will start. This picture shows what kind of shot we are aiming at getting.