LOCATION RECCEPrepared by Lewis Slingsby Date 21/01/2015

Location Details The Filming is going to take place at Bluebell woods in Armthorpe. We have chosen their because we believe that it is a suitable place to film a horror movie. The fields and woods their can add an eerie effects which could help our trailer look more scary. The woods itself is quite dark and you don’t see many people there which makes it better, there are also lots of leaves and other debris that adds to the effect of spooky and scary when walking through the forest.

There are also some paths to follow downs but you can go off the path if you want to. In the end it is a very suitable place to shoot our horror trailer as it is dark, spooky and adds a great effect once filming has started.

Scene/Purpose of filming

The whole purpose of filming in a forest is to try and add an eerie sort of effect to the trailer. When we did our research into the horror genre of films we found out that in order to create a good and effective horror trailer then it needs to be filmed in a suitable location that bests suites the genre.

Our purpose or goal is to try and create an effective trailer that clearly states what genre it is as soon as people view it. I have researched different locations to do our trailer and as a team we have decided to go with Sandal Beat Wood. Not only because it is easily accessible but also it had a history of people going missing here and other spooky sort of stories that have been in the newspaper years ago, this adds and extra effect and will help to make our trailer by more real.

Site Contact Name

Sandal Beat Wood Address Sandal Beat Wood Doncaster South Yorkshire Doncaster Race Course

Contact telephone

Doesn’t have one

LOCATION RECCEPermissions It is a public area meaning

you do not need permission to enter the area. However, there are places that you are not allowed to go such as the buildings when they are closed and the railway. The railway is trespassing and you could have a hefty fine. As for the building it is breaking and entering as well as trespassing to enter that building or try and go on the premises.

Access Easy- you could either take the road from Doncaster Racecourse and drive into the care park or you could enter the woods from multiples paths around on the walk paths

Electricity Supply

There are electricity points but they are only available in the building which is situated the main building, but these electric points are only available when the building is open which is usually in the summer period when its warmer and not in the winter when it’s too cold

Availability This is a very good site which is pretty much available at all times no matter if it’s the middle of the day or the middle of the night. This site does not close and so if easily accessible whenever we like

Food There is no food on offer as we will have to bring our own if we are spending long periods of time their

Parking There is a small car park which is available to members of the public but the car park is never really busy and there is always a parking space free, so this makes up for it being small

Points of Interest

- It is dark and dreary which is very suitable for a horror trailer

- It is very quiet - Not many people

are there which makes it quite isolated

- The trees are creaking and making weird noises

Toilets There are toilets along with the main building but because the building is locked over the cold winter period, so are the toilets

Sunlight It is a forest which can be quite dense in some places which limits the amount of sunlight that reaches the floor of the

Suitability/Possible shots

There is lots of room to take as many different shots as we can want to take. We are not restricted for space but some of the bushes and trees could block the shot unless we get a good angle

Windows It is outside so there are no windows

Flooring/ground

The flooring and ground are muddy because it is a forest after all. We will have to be careful where we step otherwise we could slip and become really muddy

LOCATION RECCESafety Issues There are no real safety

issues. There is the train tracks that can be dangerous because of the electricity and the trains but I don’t think they are in use anymore

Noise This is a wood/forest so it has people walking their dogs etc which is about as long as it is going to get. There is nothing else that could create any more noise. There used to be the trains that could create noise but they have stopped coming now.

Space We have all the space we need in order to create a very effective trailer. We are not restricted in space and the places where we can go are almost limitless in the woods

Here is a map of the area we are going to be filming at.

Here are some more images of this location

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