Location

I, John Stammers, received a text from Sam Ranaghan asking about where we going to film our scenes for our thriller. I told him what Rosie and I discussed as well as told him about the parks/playgrounds I was aware of.

We thought that my house had a good aesthetic for the thriller, as it is not completely modern in decoration, so it looks a less like a set and more like a real house, which is good for adding realism to our thriller, as not everyone lives in a modern up to date house.

  

The playground also helps add realism as it is urban, with a supermarket not 2 minutes from it, and you can faintly hear the traffic now and again, which we could use to our advantage as diegetic sound.

As a group we decided that we could use the Sainsbury's Park as one of our locations. This become one of our ideas because this park is usually quiet which is beneficial for us, but also I don't think a lot of groups have chosen this idea.

I think the idea of having a park in a thriller opening is fairly original, and I think using this is beneficial to a psychological thriller because they are commonly portrayed as a mysterious, and suspenseful location and also a park is a recognizable place for the audience as nearly everyone had memories of visiting the park.