The location in which the opening scene of our movie, “Driving Insanity”, will be shot in a forest to create an eerie mood. When deciding what forest to shoot in, we decided to go with Withlacoochee River Park. Within the park we found multiple areas that would be perfect to shoot our opening scene and some of the locations we already had in mind such as the tower. The places that Isabella, my partner, and I will be shooting on are going to be a river, the forest, and a tower.
We decided to shoot in the forest where there are a lot of leaves and trees to add to the effect of an eerie mood. We also chose to film in this location because from previous research, we found that most horror movies take place in isolated locations such as a forest.
The river was a location we did not originally plan on shooting on, but when we saw it we thought that it could probably be useful in creating the effects we wanted. Although the part of the forest and the river are not anywhere near each other we thought that we could possibly make it seem as if the river and the part of the forest we are shooting on are all in one place.
The tower, unlike the river, we knew that we wanted to shoot there. This location is one of the most important settings and the reason why we chose to film in Withlacoochee River Park. Towards the end of our opening scene, the main character will climb up the tower, trying to escape a monster, and ultimately fall to her death.
For our characters, we decided that the opening scene would focus on only one character from the movie for two reasons. One of those reasons was because we do not want the audience to be overwhelmed with so many characters at the start of the film. Therefore, having only one character be the main focus of the opening scene will help the audience better understand what is happening in the scene. The other reason is because we thought that it would be easier for us to shoot with only one person for the opening scene so that filming schedules are easier to manage.
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