As my movie is about a security guard I had to locate it in an area where it needs a security guard, otherwise, the location would not make sense to the audience and they may not be engaged into the movie.
Therefore, considering this, I thought it would be best to set it at Emersons Green Retail Park. This is the perfect setting that it has many back alleys around the retail park giving me the opportunity to exploit this to my advantage and create a different atmosphere to a not interesting location. Here are some pictures of Emersons Green Retail Park:
As you can see in the pictures, the setting is clearly a retail park just from these few shots but also has these back alleys and even though this is taken in the sun you can distinctively see the shadows and darkness. I chose this place to film because this darkness in light represents that even in the day you are not safe and there are always something hidden, mysterious and concealed. I also thought that this place was interesting too because the light and darkness conforms to Levi Strauss’s theory about binary opposites. This adds an extra detail of tension and opposition to the clip and makes it more engaging and interesting.
The setting when he is getting ready would be a bedroom as it is the stereotypical location for someone to get dressed ready in the morning. For this part I chose to use my bedroom as it is accessible all the time and looks like an average bedroom and can be tidied so much that nothing is on show and can represent that the character is a ‘neat freak’ and very self proud. The bedroom is mainly white which symbolises that he is pure and innocent which is a complete contrast to the character that was in his dream/fantasy. This also conforms to Levi Strauss’s theory of opposites about innocent and evil. The use of oppositions creates a very opposing atmosphere where there is competition everywhere and engages the audience into the film.
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