Why did I choose the setting of a rural town?
I chose the setting of my hometown of St Neots for my film, a rather rural town. I did this as it fits the thriller genre of a grounded but generic setting that makes the film seem more real because it seems more benign. A lot of thriller films have rather unexciting settings:
Psycho-motel.
Rear Window-block of flats.
Primal Fear-courtrooms.
The Sixth Sense-Philadelphia.
Se7en-unnamed city that is usually rainy and has dull colours.
The rural setting however is something that is familiar in horror films as it helps to add a sense of isolation. Films like Get Out and The Wicker Man uses rural locations of forest towns and entire islands separate from the city to make you feel alone and helpless. This choice of a forest like setting adds to the loneliness of the picture and allows my film to gain atmosphere and identity while still being generic enough to be marketed like any other film.
Pictures of St Neots:
Psycho-motel.
Rear Window-block of flats.
Primal Fear-courtrooms.
The Sixth Sense-Philadelphia.
Se7en-unnamed city that is usually rainy and has dull colours.
The rural setting however is something that is familiar in horror films as it helps to add a sense of isolation. Films like Get Out and The Wicker Man uses rural locations of forest towns and entire islands separate from the city to make you feel alone and helpless. This choice of a forest like setting adds to the loneliness of the picture and allows my film to gain atmosphere and identity while still being generic enough to be marketed like any other film.
Pictures of St Neots:
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