Location is a key aspect to a horror movie depending on what sub-genre it is. For example in a slasher movie a small town would be chosen as the killer will stalk the final victim throughout the film and in some cases killing people in connection with the end victim. With the slasher the main location would be inside a house as typically the last victim will be stuck inside a place which indicates safety, like their own home or a school.
As we have chosen the zombie sub-genre the location would typically be in a built up urban city where the outbreak has hit the public greatly leaving only a small amount of survivors to move around the city staying out of contact from the "infected". A good representation of this is the start of World War Z (2013) with the traffic jam and then the sudden zombie attack. For our opening sequence location we can study popular zombie movies and construct our location ideas around them.
As we have chosen the zombie sub-genre the location would typically be in a built up urban city where the outbreak has hit the public greatly leaving only a small amount of survivors to move around the city staying out of contact from the "infected". A good representation of this is the start of World War Z (2013) with the traffic jam and then the sudden zombie attack. For our opening sequence location we can study popular zombie movies and construct our location ideas around them.
The locations we have chosen for our opening title sequence are inspired by various zombie movies which have been popular in recent years. For example, our establishing shots include a hospital, in which a series of events will unfold inside the hospital. The idea is inspired by the movie 28 Days Later (2002) and the first episode of the television show The Walking Dead (2010-14). Hospitals are usually portrayed as a safe place to the public, Wes Craven's horror theory suggests that the most terrifying things happen in the safest places. The hospital will be initially portrayed as a controlled and safe space but as the opening title sequence unfolds it will display that it is not necessarily safe as it moves through the audience showing areas which there are infected victims locked in rooms.
In the opening sequence of Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) starts in a hospital bed where a patient seems to have gone under a series of medical tests as there are several wires attached to her, this gave us the idea to use a medical room where a person is being tested on and being infected with a zombie virus. In this instance the medical room isn't associated with being safe as when Alice pulls out the wires she is pain, this goes against Wes Craven's horror theory of the most terrifying things happen in safe places.
(A.D)
We were unable to film our opening title sequence in an actual hospital due to privacy reasons and therefore tried to find somewhere we could imitate the location. We plan to use our school nurse's office as it has a hospital styled bed and lots of medical equiptment. However, we will have to make sure our shots are angled so only certain parts of the office are shown to ensure our location is believable. Also the location we are using is very bright meaning we have a good lighting when it comes to filming.
(M.G)
In the opening sequence of Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) starts in a hospital bed where a patient seems to have gone under a series of medical tests as there are several wires attached to her, this gave us the idea to use a medical room where a person is being tested on and being infected with a zombie virus. In this instance the medical room isn't associated with being safe as when Alice pulls out the wires she is pain, this goes against Wes Craven's horror theory of the most terrifying things happen in safe places.
(A.D)
We were unable to film our opening title sequence in an actual hospital due to privacy reasons and therefore tried to find somewhere we could imitate the location. We plan to use our school nurse's office as it has a hospital styled bed and lots of medical equiptment. However, we will have to make sure our shots are angled so only certain parts of the office are shown to ensure our location is believable. Also the location we are using is very bright meaning we have a good lighting when it comes to filming.
(M.G)