Locations being used in my thriller

The locations that i have decided to choose for my opening sequence of my thriller are:

• A park- The reason i choose this park for one of my locations in the thriller opening sequence is because it seemed like a perfect and realistic place that children would go and play. The park would show the audience this is the childs happy and safe place. This implies that later on in the film the girl will be in a scary and unsafe place (the garage) so this shows the audience a contrast of the two places. It was also a good place where the man could look as though he was stalking the girl as there are many bushes around the park that we could shoot the man hiding behind looking at the girl. Also the fact that the girl was playing and having fun on a park makes her seem a lot more inocent and vunerable on a park playing on her own. Finally, this location shows the audience what the little girls personality is like as it's bright, pretty and natural. This again shows the little girls innocence.

• A garage- I picked this location for the villian as it was very dark and mysterious. This would create tension to the audience whenever they saw this location as it would seem scary to them and make them very anxious. It also seemed like the perfect place that a kidnapper would put his victum, in a cold, scruffy room. It also showed the audience the contrast between the horrid, unsafe place for the child and the happy place for the child (the park). Seeing this location in the opening sequence also would show the audience a little glimps of what the child would be put through and make them want to carry on and watch the film. Also the dark, weird place would give the audience the impression of what this character is like very evil and mysterious.


All these things in the garage will be taken out to give it the location the dull and scary effect that i want as i have explained above.

• A Street- We don't see this location often but when this location is shown all we see is the little girl walking down the street with her mum wearing her school uniform. This shows that the girl is very young, innocent and vunerable as she is just a little girl that still needs to be walked to school by her mum. This also makes the film seem a lot more realistic as this is what any girl of that age would be doing. This location is very bright and colourful and shows that the girl is very happy just going carrying on with her everyday normal happy life not knowning that anything else is happening. This again shows her vunerability.