Location Research

As a group before filming we needed to decided where we were going to film our opening scene and what background we wanted for different areas of our film. We came to decision that we would use Hannah's house for multiple reasons, her house was closer to the school and was very close the location we decided that April was gonna disappear at. Also her house it quite spacious so it would be easier to move around and position the camera where we wanted to take the our shots. The road outside of Hannah's house it conveniently quite so we weren't going to have too many interruptions meaning we could really use the outside area to our advantage.

The main places in the house we are going to use are the bedroom, living room and kitchen. We also needed to use the front of Hannah's house especially for the beginning where April is shown leaving.
The bedroom and staircase worked well for our 1st half of our opening s they were perfect representation of how a teenage girl would generally live and the lighting in those areas give a warm cheery atmosphere in the house.

The living room and kitchen will be used to film the investigation in the 2nd half of our opening. We are using these areas as they are the main areas a family would congregate, especially in this kind of situation.

Not far from Hannah's home there is a secluded wooded area with a road in front of it that is mainly quiet.This is where we filmed April's disappearance as it is the perfect place for the van to drive past without too much interruption. The woods also immediately indicate that something bad is going to happen as the forest is thick and of an evening would become dark and scary.

Our news report was located in our media room at school because the green screen made it easier for us to film over and put in an image behind our reporter. Also in our media room we already had the props we needed as we only needed a table and chair to be placed in front of the wall to create our report.