Everyday Locations

These include houses/ homes, hospitals, schools, offica buildings or any everyday or normal location. This is because it allows the audience to identify with the characters as they are used to the settings shown. It also makes the audience feel more fear as they are used to feeling safe in everyday life and this feeling is brought into question.

Ie: The house used in Scream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spooky locations

These "spooky locations" are admittedly sometimes just darker and scarier versions of the everyday locations but do include places like forests, graveyards, dungeons, catacombs or caves. These are places that most of the audience would not usually find themslves in and gives a feeling of discomfort due to the unknown surroundings. This also allows for extra dramatisation of the setting as the audience is less familiar with what it should look like, allowing the settings to be adapted to look scarier.

Ie the forest in The Blair Witch Project