Settings for our horror movie

The stairs that we use to go upstairs in the west blocks. This is because you can manipulate the camera work and make it seem creepy and a bad place. We could zoom p to the character and film the stairs making it look endless. We could also film outside the windows when it is dark as there is nothing outside of it other than building and the work that the builders are doing. This is a good convention as stairs can be seen as a place of fear because sometimes, if you’re on your own, you’re just stuck with your thoughts and you’re own thoughts can creep you out. We could have a scene where the character is going up the stairs and they think someone is there so get scared. We can also have someone sneak up on them and scare them, either another character or the creature.

We could use the corridors in the temporary buildings as it is a bit like a maze. This can be used in a chase scene.

Mirrors in the toilets as you can use them for manipulation with double images/meanings. Also because you can play around with the camera angles and change them around. Another reason why we chose the mirrors is because it is an iconic objects that appear in almost all horror movies.

Doors because it gives a sense of curiosity, as you can be looking at the door and wondering what might be coming in. also some doors are creaky so if it is quiet and you hear a noise you will get scared. Also there are gaps between doors when you open them so anything can come in, and ghosts have shadows so they can go through it

Drama theatre /studio. Because they’re dark so we can use them to our advantage. Also behind the benches there is a lot of dark spaces so we can use that to add a sense of fear. The whole theatre is dark as well so we can use that as an effect rather than a location.

Lifts as they are the most scariest elements of a horror movie. The smallness or the largeness of the space can be used to add to the scary effect. We can also use the gap in between the floor and the lift. We can also use the gap in between the door where all the wires are as it is creepy and a lot of dark spaces.

The library because it is a quiet place and we can use the quietness as scary because some people are scared of loneliness and as it is quiet in there, we can make noises and use special effects so that the place looks scary.