FINAL LOCATIONS

After much consideration, these are the final locations that we decided we would like to use within and film for our soap opera trailer.

Exterior of church:

We felt this scenic Church would be an ideal opening shot for our trailer. We hope that by using it right away, it should establish a traditional, village feel for the audience, and therefore familiarising them with our rural setting we've chosen.





White houses:

A common convention of soaps is to have a road that most the characters live down, we decided that this set of original looking houses, would be our main domestic focus within our soap opera. We chose these houses as they look quite close-knit with each other, which could reflect in the relationships of whose who live in the road. This theme can echo throughout the rest of the soap, conveying to the audience the strong community cohesion the residents of the village have.



Semi detached houses and village green:

Inhabitants of the village, would also live in these semi detached houses.
We used the village green within the trailer, as we thought it was an effective soap setting. In an episode it would provide a social area, being a place for characters to meet.




The Windmill Pub:

We decided to use a pub within our trailer, as it's a common and successful convention of soap operas. By having this pub in our trailer, we show the centre of the community, and a place that would become so prominent in actual soap episodes. We chose this location to film in, as we had permission to film inside and on the outside grounds of the pub.



Quiet road:

We needed a place for our youths to run away from the camera in our trailer, we decided that this very quiet road which is a way out of the village would be appropriate.
It being quite an empty and quiet area, it adds to the sinister feel of the punch scene, makes you worry about the hurt male, and if anyone will find him.



-Amy Bowman