Location

Location is key in establishing the correct atmosphere for the scene. The mise en scene must combine with our genre to ensure an authentic and convincing portrayal. Our genre, 'mystery thriller', constricts us to a limited amount of options, we need to obtain a site for filming that is private but still allows the audiences curiosity to wander. We came to the conclusion that somewhere abandoned and derelict would be a perfect choice, so we researched run down buildings in our local area and we found three possible places. After a visit to each we decided on filming at an old hotel, abandoned after a sevre fire that consumed half the building. This interesting fact added to our story and inspired the idea of the ghosts of the people killed by the raging fires. We believe the extroadinary and untouched mise en scene contributes to the tension and suspense, overall climaxing to the disappearence of the estate agent.

However, this isnt the only location we will be filming in, we also have to find an estate agents that allows us permission to film our character walking out the door. This just reinforces the idea that she is an estate agent. It also gives the film the chance to climax to the intesity of the hotel scene.