location ideas needed for KISS script

[Randall_Oelerich]

Thank you everybody for the great suggestions. I am going to compile them all into a text document or webpage and then add that here as an attachment and postings for future reference. Keep adding any more ideas, but I think we have a pretty good list from all the suggestions!
randall :beer:

 

[Bob Gruen]

And Randall - wouldn't it make sense to find a location that you have/could get access to, and then work the script around that?

I think you have it backwards as well. Scout around for the location first. When evaluating a location keep in mind the range of imagery, access to electricity (and office), and sound quality.

Range of imagery: A house in the woods near a cave. 1 shooting location, three different story locations.

Electricity: You will need it. You have to be mindful of overloading circuits especially with tungston lighting. If there is a room that can be isolated as a production office then you can have an editing workstation right there on set.

Sound quality: You want as many soft surfaces as you can get to keep the sound clean.

Once you have a location you can get a vibe for the setting and see what kind of story elements it may enable. Above all your story has to be marketable, so when you are dreaming it up you have to keep in mind what will go in the trailer and what will end up on posters.

Best place to start: write what you know...

Best of Luck,

Bob

 

[Randall_Oelerich]

Bob-- that was the whole point of my original posting here, that I want to compile location ideas first, then make a story around a location. I do not need to scout available local locations because for a feature film I would be willing to travel to wherever the location demanded. But for no-budget short films it is definitely smart to look at local available locations and then think of stories to work around those. But for a feature-- if I need to rent a sailboat and film it on the sea, or travel to a Greek island to film it I would do that. But the story whatever it develops as would need to develop around locations that function for KISS stories (e.g. NOT a jumbo jet-- too expensive, too hard to get access to; NOT the Whitehouse).

I think you have it backwards as well. Scout around for the location first. When evaluating a location keep in mind the range of imagery, access to electricity (and office), and sound quality.