After considering Emmas, Tammys and my own house for filming locations but concluding that none were quite right or available to use our friend Frankie kindly said that we could use her house to film in. In preparation, we visited the house to start to visualize what the footage would look like, where the camera could be positioned in order to get the appropriate shots and conduct a risk assessment.
Here is the front of the house which will be the establishing shot to our film, letting the audience know where the action will take place and setting up the scene and location. The fact that this is a detached house shows the viewers that the character living inside is all by himself as even his house is separate from others. It helps to create the representation that he is a bit strange and independent so even before we meet the character, the audience start to question what they are like.
This is the bathroom which is where the beginning of the scene takes place. This shot angle may be used to show the antagonist looking in the mirrored cabinet as we get to see not only the setting but also him placed within it. The clear shower door will be steamed up and then our actor, evan will wipe away the condensation, leaving a gap where the title of the film will be positioned in during editing.
This hallway can be used to film a tracking shot to show the character moving from the bathroom, into his room. The colour scheme of the hallway and the rest of the house is neutral which seems normal to the audience and therefore the weirdness of the character is shown through objects and his actions. The masks at the end of the wall also seem strange and keep the audience wondering who this man is and what his temperament is like.
Once he's entered the room he can do things which show the audience that he is OCD, solidifying their knowledge that he has mental problems. These tendencies will be shown through straightening things on the bed such as pillows and the duvet andthings on the desk such as a calculator, pens, and note books which may indicate to the audience that he is a teacher. The empty wall shown in the picture picture below will be the wall which all of the pictures and newspaper clippings will be stuck. This is the ideal wall as it is clear and so can be filled with the pictures.
The shots filmed on the stairs will show him approaching the door to meet the unknown (to the audience at this point) person. The low angle shot from the bottom of the stairs is used to show that the antagonist at the top of the stairs holds power in the situation, making the audience feel vulnerable and intimidated. The high angle shot from the top of the stairs allows the audience to see that he's approaching the front door.
When Oliver (the antagonist and main character) goes to open the front door either of these shots can be used to show him, and the person on the other side of the door. The fact that the door is translucent works to our advantage because it will be clear that the character is a girl but we won't be able to see her face and this adds to the suspense of the unknown.
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