Location/setting

Location is a very important aspect of film, it helps the reader understand what is going on at different times and it is very important that within a film there are different unique settings so that the audience can keep track of all the events. Having different events take place at different places can help the audience remeber what happened in scenes because they link it to the location they have in their memory.

Location can also represent differents moods and emotions within films. For example, in the 2003 film Gerry, where the two charracters are looking to escape a desert the charracters' emotions are represented by the surrounding scenery. In one scene, where the two charracters become very lost and confused the setting looks more complex with the addition of jagged rocks and high mountains of land. Then similarly, when the the charracters have a fight and become angry with one another, the environment almost becomes angry because there is dark lighting, strong winds, tumbleweed blowing across the ground and uneven footing that the charracters have to walk on. Finally when the two charracter become exaughsted and mentally fatigued with being stuck in this deserted place, the surrounding reflects this by becoming vey flat and showing an endless horizon of dessert of which they cant escape. Its almost as if the environment itself has gone easy on the charracters because it knows how difficult its been for them and how tired they are.

Thriller Locations
In thriller films, the locations are ussually quite similar, in most cases the film takes place in deserted, enclosed environments where they are disturbed some sort of force of evil. Often the setting is dark which creates suspence and also adds an element of mystery to the scenes. Some settings in thriller films can be set at places at which crime often occurs for example prison or banks. For example The dark Knight Rises opening scene is the Joker and his gang robbing a bank which is effective because as soon as the audience see a bank or another vulnerable place for crime they know that something big will happen which builds tension.

My Opening Sequence
For my opening sequence we will start filming at my local pub- Bowden Rugny Club (where I am employed.)  This will be a good location for the robery scene to take place because there is a lot of space for the two robbers to move about and mirror the actions of robbers and criminals in other thrillers ive looked at. After we 'rob the pub' and make one of the charracters 'empty the till' the two criminals will break away at a fast pace. The get away scene will take place in the countryside as it is issolated and alone which is a key thriller convention and it add the element of the unknown. The next part of my opening sequence will be the interrogation scene which will take place in a small, dim lit room containing a table. I think that the small room will connote a sense of beiong trapped and will also resemble a prison cell which can remind the audience of the situation at hand. The room will remain fairly low lit throughout the whole scene to build up mystery and keep the criminals face hidden to show that he almost doesnt deserve to have his face shown in the light.