Chris Waddington scouted locations for his post-apocalyptic short film and found an abandoned quarry called Harpour Hill in Buxton that had run down buildings, wasteland areas, debris, and rubble. He photographed various parts of the quarry that resembled locations from the video game Fallout 3 and would work well for scenes in his film, including an area filled with radiated blue water containing a half-buried car. Chris also found a small cave that he will use as the shelter where his main character awakens at the start of the film, and photographed additional settings like a rundown toilet building, burnt car, and pool of green "nuclear waste" liquid.

1. Chris Waddington
Location Reconnaissance
For my post-apocalyptic short film, I had to find a location that had run down buildings,
Desert/wasteland like areas and various bits of debris or rubble. The location I finally decided to use
after various visits to potential places was an old Quarry in Buxton called ‘Harpour Hill’.
This is one of the locations around the quarry that I plan to use in my short film. It puts across the
rundown wasteland effect quite well and shows lots of decay and rubble.
This is another part of the quarry that has the
same effect and atmosphere. I plan to use both
of these in the short film.
The picture on the left is a screenshot from the
game, Fallout 3. The location I found resembles this
quite well and is similar in various ways. This will
help in various ways with authenticity.

2. Chris Waddington
On the right is a photograph of part of the quarry which has
filled with water. There is also a flipped over car which has
been half buried under the stones and sand. The water and
the car will both be extremely useful in My short film as in
one of the scenes, the main character fills up his canteen with
radiated water. (Game reference) The water has been given a
strange blue colour due to the limestone around it which will
give it a weird effect.
The photograph on the left is from the inside of a small
cave. This is where the main character will wake up after
seeking shelter the previous night in one of the first scenes
of the film. The main character will have various
equipment with him such as a sleeping bag and an old
cooker. For the first few shots of the film it will show him
packing away his equipment and putting on his mask.
The pictures below are taken from outside the small cave shown above. The metal sheet shown in
the bottom left picture will be used to cover the entrance to the cave and where the main character
is sleeping. When the first scene is filmed I will have to wait for a sunny day to show the light shining
through and almost blinding the main character as he goes back outside.

3. Chris Waddington
In the photos below, you can see many of the other locations and settings that I plan to use
throughout my film. One of them is a small rundown building which only has toilets inside it. The
others are an old burnt out car, and water which has been filled with green thick liquid, which will be
known in the film (and game) as ‘Nuclear Waste’.