We've chosen Butcher's Wood for a location for multiple reasons.
Reason A being the fact that it's public. There are no permissions required to walk in and film, thus making it easier on us.
Reason B would be how easy it is to access. Literally down the road from my house, and 2 minute's walk from the station. This reduces the amount of distance to carry equipment, and also allows for an easy to access storage area, thus reducing risks of damaging or equipment.
Reason C is the wood itself. It's called "Butcher's Wood" for a reason, and it would work well with a thriller for the connotations to murder. It can also get some very nice lighting through the trees, as well as some nice soundscapes from the breaking of twigs to the trains passing nearby.
The risks would be getting lost (which shouldn't happen, it's not too large), dropping equipment in water/mud, and slipping on wet wood or ground. We will need to be mindful and make sure to keep everything safe and in sight.
Our storyline centers around our mentally ill protagonist finding a noose that he may or may not have used to attempt suicide, and being triggered to the point where he sees hallucinations and experiences dysphoria. This wood has plenty of sturdy trees that would be able hypothetically to hold up a man's weight without snapping, which would mean someone committing suicide through hanging is not an entirely unrealistic scenario. Woods also give us a few hallucination ideas, such as judgmental dog walkers and talking trees, both of which are in our storyboard.
Reason A being the fact that it's public. There are no permissions required to walk in and film, thus making it easier on us.
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| Butcher's Wood in the spring/summer |
Reason C is the wood itself. It's called "Butcher's Wood" for a reason, and it would work well with a thriller for the connotations to murder. It can also get some very nice lighting through the trees, as well as some nice soundscapes from the breaking of twigs to the trains passing nearby.
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| In full bloom |
Our storyline centers around our mentally ill protagonist finding a noose that he may or may not have used to attempt suicide, and being triggered to the point where he sees hallucinations and experiences dysphoria. This wood has plenty of sturdy trees that would be able hypothetically to hold up a man's weight without snapping, which would mean someone committing suicide through hanging is not an entirely unrealistic scenario. Woods also give us a few hallucination ideas, such as judgmental dog walkers and talking trees, both of which are in our storyboard.
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