Location

In order to initiate our school based thriller, we planned to incorporate various locations in order to solidify this theme. The sheet featured to the right was our establishing ideas sheet for possible locations. As demonstrated, our school setting would be easiest at Aldenham School as this way we have access to all classrooms/ areas, instead of trying to organise convenience with other schools or locations.

One of the first shots used is a birds eye view shot by a drone over a large tree. As said previously, we have chosen this slightly strange opening as we have decided to open our thriller based on one of our influences 'Sunshine on Leith'. The group and I have always loved our very opening, as the disorganised leaves change to a suddenly established and cleaner shot of our main school. 

Before our main actor walks into the main classroom shots where he accesses 'The Dark Web', audiences will see this corridor featured on the left.  

This location solidifies our school theme, as this really represents the stereotypical school vibe that we are aiming for. The bright light and colours etc also accentuates this theme further. 

Our last scene is filmed around a skip found behind our drama department. We originally decided to use this location as it creates tension and mystery, which fits the Hitman's characteristics perfectly. The dirty, unhygienic skip, the flooring and even the occasional leaves creates the ideal setting for our Hitman section. The brickwork on the building and the dated wooden fence directly behind the main feature also highlights the suspense with this location. 

                                  

Alongside our drone footage, we also used a wide shot to continue to construct our theme further. Here are some further images of our school site.

The image to the left is taken from the same place our drone was positioned in order to get as much of the schools features in it as possible. Throughout our filming for our outside locations, we aimed to plan it by day (and therefore the weather) as we wanted a continuous gloomy atmosphere and lighting, in order to keep the theme the same throughout.

Here, the photo was taken from a different angle in order to deceive our audiences into thinking the schools grounds were bigger than they really are, to then make the buildings seem superior, whilst our actor inferior, as he walks across the school field and to 'The Dark Web'.