Location Scouting

The locations needed for this film are crucial not only for the plot, but to solidify the setting in terms of time period and to establish a little bit of context for the background of the scene. For example, by showing shots of the forest, the audience has the idea that the character is in a secluded area therefore being more vulnerable to any kind of danger. I already had a basis of an idea of where I wanted to film our opening scene which is in the middle of the woods. I used to walk through the nature trail at Markham park and think it would be a very unique and fitting place to film the scene since the mysterious lake that resides next to it could give the whole scene a 'Friday the 13th' type of feel. Also the many trees in the area can be interesting to use to create certain transitions with.

However, a 2nd option that could definitely work well is vista view park. I think that since that park has so many hills, it could be interesting to utilize it maybe have the story not necessarily take place in Florida and maybe another state that has more elevation like Oregon or something. It can also be really cool to film during the sunset with the big hills so it could also fully take place in somewhere like California during the 80s which was known for having a lot of serial killers.

For the 2nd half of the scene, it will take place in a classroom so i'm fully prepared to take the set design into my own hands and transform one of the rooms in my house as a classroom, but just in case, I was thinking of going to the Weston public library and maybe using one of the study rooms or just out in the library if we have to.