Location Ideas

We wanted to create an idealic, family home environment for our film.  We want to confuse our audience about why Sarah is depressed about her life. 

We knew that we wanted the scene between Richards and Sarah to be in a kitchen.  We therefore needed enough space for Richards to sit down at a table, and Sarah to move around, making tea.  When Sarah leaves the kitchen, she leaves to go to her bedroom.  The chair by the window was a key moment within the original story, so we wanted to keep this element within our film.  We also wanted to film a shot with Sarah looking out of the window and looking at the birds in the tree, creating a symbol of freedom. 

We didn't feel that our houses fitted this specification.  Jess suggested her aunty's house. 

Jess went around and took a  few shots of the location, and a few still shots of various close ups and long shots we are planning to use in the final piece.

This shot is the most important shot of the film.  This is the moment that Brett comes home, and shocks Sarah into a heart attack.  We will need to work on the darkness of the shadow on the characters face, so that it is a mysterious figure.  We will need to make more light behind the character and less light in front to achieve this.

Sarah opens the door to find Richards outside.

I really like the lighting in this shot, the light comes from under the cupboards, keeping the character looking slightly dull but we can see what she is doing with her hands. 

Sarah Walking upstairs after talking to Richards, and being informed of Brett's death.

Angle 2

There was a choice of three rooms for the bedroom scene. Each room has a chair by the window but decorated differently. I like the simplicity and neutrality of this room. I want to keep the lighting to a minimum and use as much natural light as possible, throughout every sequence.  The only articifial light will be when Sarah is having a heart attack, and this will be done within Jess' editing role. 

Sarah looking outside - longing for freedom.

The lighting in this room is perfect, there is no orange glow, everything is simple and easy to see. 

 There is a shot of a a bird in a tree that Sarah stares at for a while. This is particularly important as it shows her want of freedom. The three different rooms offer different views of trees. I decided to show the view from this window as there was a bird sat in the tree. 

Angle 1

I liked the barred windows.  This shows the characters captivity

Sarah longing for freedom

Shot of door - sound of Richards calling through door

This is the second room, it would need a little clearing up, but the view from the window is slightly different. The colours of the room are darker than the last, and personally i prefer the simplicity of the last.

Surrounding environment - trees, naturalistic - English heritage

Artificial light has been used here to light this shot. There is a slight orange glow, so we would have to experiment with the lighting. The stairs are in perfect distance from the front door and the kitchen. 

At the beginning of the film the camera pans across a sideboard with pictures and other items on it. There is a sideboard just to the right of the door that we can use.