A.M: Location Reccie

                                            

On the 14th december I went to one of my relatives house as I thought there garage would be a great location for our horror opening. 

-Firstly it is very easily accessable and quickly to get to whenever we want. 

-Also as it is such a large space we would easily be able to manouvre the camera around. This will enable us to use a wide variety of shots, high and low angles, pans, LS and ECU, and if we waned to use a dolly there, there would be enough space to do so. 

-Inside the garage are large wooden beams, these will be ideal to hang our origimi crane props off of.

- Also located in the garage is a built in desk which perfectly fits in with our narrative as a character needs to fold paper on a desk

- There is a window situated above the desk which again is great as we can make the supernatural creature appear behind the window and create silhouettes.

-To get into the garage is a old creeky wooden door which is very conventional of horror films

-To get to the door is a very narrow and long pathway this will create very interesting shots.

-In terms of lighting the garage will be very good. Firstly if we need a lot of lighting we can open the huge garage do to let natural light flood in. Or if we decide to shoot at night we could shine car headlights into the garage via the huge door. Also as the garage is next to the house we can use extention leads to plug in any artificial lights we need.

- Another advantage of having electricity near by is the ease of being able to charge any equiptment.

- Also if we have a long day filming we can easy have lunch in the house!

Nearby my relatives house i spotted this area, which backs onto the garden of the house i've photographed above. It had a small wooded area, a very old van which is very creepy, and a pathway. If needed we could also incorporate this area:

RISK ASSESMENT:

Location	What is the hazard?	Who/what might be harmed and why?	How will you reduce the risk?
Outside garage/house by street	Traffic/cars	The crew could be harmed if near/on road when there is traffic. Equipment, such as camera, tri pod and dolly, could be damaged and destroyed if left unattended in the road when there is oncoming traffic.	We should keep the equipment with us at all times and don’t leave it unattended. The crew must stay out of the road and stay on the pavements when possible and always keep aware. We could assign someone the job of keeping track of any cars while another member of the crew is filming near/on the road.
Outside garage/house	Bad weather	If raining or snowing the camera could be damaged and brake if water seeps into it. Floors could become slippery when wet, especially if we walk the wet into the garage floor where we will be filming most of the time. Extreme winds could blow over the tri-pod, camera, and dolly causing damage.	If it starts to rain when filming we could use an umbrella to cover the camera. Or use a clear waterproof bag and place over the camera. This way water would be able to go into the camera. If the floor becomes slippery we could change into more appropriate footware to prevent slipping over and we would have to be more aware and move more slowly when filming. To ensure we don’t make the garage floor wet would would have to either take off our shoes or switch into dry shoes. If it becomes very windy outside we could assign a crew member to hold the tripod down to ensure it didn’t fall over while another crew member would film.
Inside Garage	Items/objects being  on the floor	If there are objects left around on the floor crew could fall over them and land onto the hard concrete floor or into the brick wall. If the tripod is placed accidently onto one of the objects on the floor making it uneven, the tripod and camera could fall and become broken. Hard flooring and walls As we will be in a garage items such as nails could be lying around. This could be very hazardous as could be trodden on or landed on.	To prevent this we would need to clear out the garage before shooting and remove all objects on floor and anything thing could be potentially very dangerous such as nails. It would be sensible to be wearing footwear inside the garage so that if we do tread on anything such as nails it would go into the shoe not our feet.