We had decided, when first planning our film, that our thriller opening was going to take place in a wood. This was the only location we ended up needing as all the scene was to be set there. We all had a few ideas of local areas that could be suitable, but when it came to 'going on location' we visited two of the ideas we though would be best. The first location was along Marriot's Way, Reepham in the wooded areas. Although we found a suitable crater in the wood for our sense of entrapment and intimidation, the area was very overgrown and difficult to get to and walk around in. Thus we dubbed this location a bit useless. However, our second location was Cawston Heath - another public area commonly used by dog walkers, etc - and this was a heavily wooded area but was more maintained and therefore easy to navigate. There was also a crater in this wood where we ended up filming most of our opening. The grouping and types of trees (as well as the weather and season) was suitable for the desired effect of our filming. When it comes to the final edit of our opening, we will probably make all the shots darker as many of them are fairly light. It would have been difficult to film at a darker point in the day without professional equipment (and as I discovered by working with another group -as an actress- one becomes very short on time when attempting to film when it's dark but not too dark).
Woods are a part of popular thriller conventions of entrapment, a feeling of being lost and therefore isolated.
Here are some examples where woods have been used as locations in thriller films:
Dog Soldiers
Blair Witch Project Evil Dead
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