Photos of Thriller Location (re-draft)

The majority of our thriller film is to be shot in a shop basement. One of the other members of my group (Sam Cameron) has a mum that owns a shop in North Walsham called House of Hobbies. Sam kindly took photos of his mum's shop/our location as the rest of the group are unable to get there easily.

Outside of shop:


We believed that this location would be perfect for many reasons. Of course, the most obvious being that we will have access to all areas of the shop as it belongs to Sam's mum. The outside of the shop will only be in a couple of shots in our thriller, however I believe that it will bring a lot to the shots in which you can see it, especially if it is in the evening/late afternoon with similar light to that in the photo. The binary opposites of the white of the panels on the shop front against the dark windows and light could show the contrast of good against evil. The white panels also could represent jail thanks to the various vertical panels - ironic, though - as they are white, which is the colour of innocence.

Inside shop:


The inside of the shop would be a perfect location for our thriller because as you can see, there is quite a lot in quite a cramped space. This means that there are a lot of places to hide behind and would also be effective to film - we could show Grace Jones (our femme fatale) walking out from around a corner etc.

It is also a small space which enables us to use another generic feature of the thriller genre (claustrophobic space) especially as all the shelves and racks provide hurdles that would prevent an easy escape.

Basement (Where the majority of filming will take place):


The basement is where the majority of our thriller film will take place. The initial reason that we thought this space would be amazing to shoot is that it is a claustophobic space and also underground - both generic signifiers of the thriller genre. The walls and floor are all tile or brick, which will create a cold and dangerous atmosphere and subsequently tension. This will also be brilliant because there are various ways we could use lighting to create some good shots and an effective thriller.



Using shots like this in the basement would be brilliant as it shows not only the claustophobic space in the basement but also a descent (which could connote a descent into hell etc.)

Overall, I believe that our location is brilliant for our thriller film and will help to create a tense atmosphere and consequently a better film.