Choosing a Location

To get a similar effect to that in The Lovely Bones I decided that it would be best to shoot in a forest or wooded area. The closest and most convenient area is at Trentham Gardens. Before renting a camera from University I decided to use my own SLR and take some photographs of the area.

This location looks very similar to the location used in The Lovely Bones. There is a lot of dense tree cover with little light falling through. The only difference is the time of year that I am going to be shooting. It seems that The Lovely Bones was shot in either Spring or Autumn, so there is a lot of nice yellow colour to the trees and the surroundings. However, as I am planning to shoot in the Winter there will be little leaves and colour left in the trees. But as you can see in the above pictures there is a lot of nice colour in the leaves that have fallen to the ground.