Practical Investigation of Locations

In ATM (2011) the killer has a garage room within a large garage complex. My garage has shutters that look identical to those of ATM's. So, already this garage could be appropriate for our project because it is a 'typical' modern looking hideout for a killer.

It is very messy and there are shelves which we could put things on, such as black bin bags which could contain bodies, and we could make a hand come out of one so the audience knows that the bags contain dead bodies. Or, we could put chains, knives and other harmful weapons on there so the audience establishes that this garage is where the killer kills people.

 Standing at the end of the garage the door looks quite far away and in our opening, we could have the character looking at the door in a POV shot, and that could portray how the door, her only way of quickly escaping, seems too far away, and that she knows she is about to die. This will make the audience feel sorry for her, but also wonder what has made him want to kill her.

There are cracks along the walls and the ceiling, and the walls aren't painted and have plaster splattered all over them. This makes the garage look like the killer doesn't cares about decorating it, he only uses it to hide and kill people.

Next, I looked in my attic. It is quite big and there are joists and framing along the attic. Moving around the attic is difficult because of the framing so moving lighting and other props may be difficult. However, we could take advantage of this and, perhaps, print 'bloody' hands on the framing to make it look like the victims tried to saved themselves by gripping onto it. This would help identify our slasher genre, also bloody hand prints are a typical slasher convention to show the audience that people have been killed there.

The single light bulb within the vast attic creates a dim and low key lighting. This produces a somber atmosphere which reflects the killer's personality, thoughts and actions. However, if we were to film using that one light bulb, we would not be able to see much so we would have to bring other sources of light.

This brick wall is intriguing, especially if it was to be used as the killer's den because the bricks are flawed. Also, none of the attic is decorated, and this wall has not been plastered and painted and this, like the garage, could characterize the killer into being careless as to where he kills his victims, but determined to do it.
Also, there is a chest in the corner of the attic which is similar to the one in Sinister. It makes the audience begin to wonder what is in there and whether is has something to do with the victims or the killer.