Test Shots - House

Here are some test shots of my boyfriend's house up in Stanhope, i thought this would be a great location for shots as it is deserted in the middle of the countryside, it has trees surrounding half of it and a long track leading up to it from a side road. It would be perfect to create shots of a scary house, as in other horror films there is always shots of the outside. I thought if we wanted to film the inside of a house we could use here or somewhere else as you wouldn't be able to tell the inside from the outside as long as it's dark and you cant see out the windows too much. I have permission to shoot here so that would be no problem, the only thing is that it's quite far away from Darlington where Lauren and Ryan live therefore i think if we do need shots of this house we agreed i would shoot them as it's easier for me to get there and back. Also because this house is still not fully finished getting built there is still scaffolding (which would be a safety issue) but this may add to the film and make the house more interesting looking. Also we have been thinking about the weather and have realised that in Stanhope it starts snowing early, (November time) therefore we are thinking of having a few shots in the snow depending on the weather in our other locations and where we are with our trailer.

Here are some shots taken from certain horror films and off google images, these images show typical horror style houses. These kind of shots are what we will be trying to create to make the house look scary and fit to the genre. There is a few different weather conditions including rain/storm (typical weather for a horror film) there is also snow, sun and cloudy. In Stanhope the weather were the house is, is usually cloudy and on a night it rains quite a lot, therefore i think it will go perfectly with the genre. I think the problems that i will face will be lighting! this is because the house is in a remote place there is no lighting hardly s except from a few outside lights that are not that bright so i am thinking i am going to have to find a light source, i was thinking about maybe a few big torches...