Possible Locations

The settings we needed for the filming of our footage included: a deserted road, with trees and fields around it - for the running, car, and gun scenes; a hotel-style room - for the girl / phone scene; and an isolated but warm, romantic area - for the date scene. We looked around the local area, and then during one of our production meetings, we brainstormed ideas with each other, considering using local parks with trees and roads, but still not knowing what to do for a hotel room. We thought about having to get a room at a hotel nearby for the scene, however, we wanted to try to avoid this, keeping a low budget for the production; it would be impractical to pay the full fee for a hotel room to shoot for a small amount of time.
After some thought, I suggested that we could use an associates property and facilities, which would allow us to capture all of the footage we needed in one session, if they agreed to allow us to film there. I contacted them, but we kept searching for an appropriate location until the associates kindly agreed to allow us to use their property. The location included the isolated road, surrounded by trees and fields, noisy gravel, bridges and lakes we could make use of, and a clock tower, which would allow us to get an aerial shot.
The location proved an excellent success. Due to a tight shooting schedule, and restrictions set on cast members, we had to quickly find a different location for the date scene, after which we headed over to the main location, and got the rest of our footage before the evening got too dark. The associates also agreed to let us film in the main building for the hotel scene, which allowed us to complete the majority of the footage. Everyone was very pleased with the result.