Our earliest ideas were to use a cemetery, graveyard, motorway crossing or even a low-lit car park. However, it was soon noticeable that these places were either too busy, incident prone or not completely fitting to what we wanted to achieve in the first scene.
Instead, we found a railway bridge that had steps either side, small use of light, trains passing underneath frequently and a general feeling of eeriness as it was barely being used by the public. Also, it complied with our ideas of the scene, as before the stairs there was ample room for a car and aesthetically it was the type of place normally associated with horror.
These are some words that describe our first location and also explain why we chose it, it fits well with what the characters are trying to achieve, that is hide the body that they have found. It was practical when filming as well because there was no risk of the public being in any of the shots or us needing permission to actually film there.
Only Michael and Reece feature in this location and we felt it was necessary to match the conventions of the mise-en-scene with the character's costumes and appearances. This meant the two males wearing dark clothing, having their hoods up and making sure the shot was only made up of horror orientated scenery and nothing that may detract from the darker meaning of the scene.
