Research into location

Our location will be quite controlled as the shots take place in Cally's house, the bridge by our school and Bluewater. This makes the filming easier to control as we can access Callys house and road easily and film as much as we need as all locations are close to home. 

First location:

We used an empty spare room in Cally's house, we covered the windows with a green screen in order to make the room dark with only a torch producing light. This was successful as it created a deep blue tint that corresponds with our blue and orange colour tones that are highlighted in our research. 

       

The first image shows the lighting before it was altered and it is clear that it is too bright. The second shows how we blocked out the light, using a green screen sheet to stop the light from coming in and the final picture shows Cally sitting in front of Connor to show how close the torch was held to his face and how this was done.

      

These first two pictures show how our video came out after we altered the lighting which was really successful as we managed to have his face illuminated and the rest of the room black in order to focus on his facial expressions and his seclusion. The third is of our previous research into lighting and you can see that it is quite similar although we have filmed from slightly further away.

Second Location: Bathroom

We then used Callys bathroom to film the bath scenes, this was chosen as the marble on the walls successfully produce an orange tone when the lighting is controlled with only a lamp shining through the crack of the door.

        

 

The images on the left are the ones before the lighting has been controlled, as you can see they are too bright and they lack a suitable tone. The images on the right are shots of the footage once the lighting has been controlled, we put the lighting behind the door and shut the door slightly so that the light was only coming through a very small gap.

    

This was our story board research, the two shots look similar as the bathroom tiles are similar colours and bath have a slight orange tint to them. Our footage is slightly darker, however, that is because our tone is quite sinister.

Third location - road and bridge

The road will be used because there is a bridge that overlooks the cars beneath us. This location was important as it visually represents time passing and life passing him by while he is stuck in his depression and missing life because of his excessive drinking. 

Fourth location: school corridor

We used our school corridor to film the phone, clock and teddy bear scene. This was a useful location as we could easily control the lighting by asking the teachers permission to turn off the lights. The location was convenient as we could re-film it easily. These scenes were filmed in the corner of the corridor, we borrowed a desk from a classroom, added a blanket, some supplies and a boys school bag which was borrowed from one of the students. We did set up the lights however they were too bright, therefore we used a torch to highlight the mise-en-scene yet keep most of the scene dark. 

  

This is a photo of how the desk was set up to look like a boys room, this wasn't shown in the video on its own, we created a pan shot that moved across the location and focused in on the phone. The location was important to create the right tone however it wasn’t a main feature.

This is the clock scene; we attached it to the white brick wall as it is visually successful as the hard brick walls highlight confinement. We turned off all of the lights and held a torch on the clock from the left in order to create a shadow on the right. This makes it appear quite sinister as the clock appears 3D ensuring we get the sense of time passing. The white walls and white clock face link to our desired mise-en-scene as our model wears white throughout and Lilly wears a white dress in the bath. 

  

This is the phone scene that was shot in this location, despite you not being able to see the mise-en-scene it still works as the lighting is dark until the phone lights up, this is successful as the reason for his depression, which can have the colour connotation of black, is because of the drink which is what his friend is telling him to do in the text. The mums text comes first which highlights there is a problem, the fact the friends text comes through second and removes the mum off the front screen highlights how he will choose alcohol.

Fith location: Cally's Garden

We decided to use Cally's garden as we were already filming at her house so it is easy to access and it is quite big and empty so shows him alone in a wide area.

            

This was shot in my garden but on the patio. The brickwork is successful as it has a slight orange tint to it which relates to our colour scheme and previous research for the bath scene. The ash is shown on the floor which adds to the tone and adds a blue colour scheme that matches the lighter and his shoes.

Sixth location: Bluewater car park

This location changed when we went to film it as we didn’t get permission to film in the Bluewater corridors. We chose the corridors as they were grey brickwork which would have given the tone of isolation and related to the brickwork behind the clock. The walls and barriers are important throughout as it represents our models situation. We decided to still film the running scene but to try it in the car park which ended up working better than we had planned. It was quite dark as it took us a while to get denied permission. The addition of the street lamps and car lights worked well as it became quite sinister and scary.

                                          

This is the running scene the car lights behind her work well and the cars and limited lighting creates the correct tone.

These locations vary as each shot needed to be different to highlight the passing of time despite the state of our model being the same throughout. This is to highlight the depth of his depression and alcohol abuse. The locations vary from dark and light as this highlights the ellipsis of time. The dark lighting reflects his state of mind and the sinister aspect to why Lilly doesn't feature in the video throughout. The daylight is used to focus on the bottle and the burning of the photos as dark lighting would have ruined these specific mise-en-scene details.