Urfer park was our initial idea of where to film as it is a popular park in Sarasota and it has a trail that could have worked for the plot of the movie. With a majority of the film being about running through a forest, it was important for the greenery to feel full and natural and Urfer's trails easily supplied it. The reason that we did not use Urfer's Trails was because of its popularity and the pavement of the trail paths. For our scenes, we needed a trail that was dirt and an area that was almost overgrown and covered the trails because the audiences are not supposed to hear or see any kind of civilization.
Rothenbach Park
Rothenback Park is a large mostly forest trail that would allow for our crew to take advantage of. The forest is not maintained regularly and has an overgrown feel and in some parts, there is nothing but forest within view of a camera. The main issue of filming at Rothenbach is that there is no pest or animal control and because of a large lake/pond that is on the property there are a large number of alligators and snakes. Another issue was the sound, further into the park there is a waste management facility and it can be really loud and would interrupt our filming.
Arlington Park
Arlington Park was brought up briefly for a few scenes that we had in mind that ended up being cut very early on and never really materialized, but the park lacks a wooded area for us to film in and due to the larger cast that we have, we thought that filming in one location would be easier.
Red Bug Slough Preserve
Red Bug Slough Preserve is the choice we ended up making to be the location that we would film on. The preserve has this feeling of eerieness and the trails are mostly hidden from sightlines. The paths are all made up of dirt and sand. The location has very little activity and we found perfect spots for the final part of our movie. Red Bug was our initial pick for the location as one of our crew members will walk the trails frequently and noticed that it would be perfect for the ideas that we had in mind for the project.
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