Locations

The opening will be filmed at two different locations: a typical family home and a local corner shop.

We plan to use this house as the family’s house since it is clearly an average London house while there is also a large hedge in the front garden which will enable us to take a point of view shot of the dad leaving the house, giving the impression that he is being watched.

This house(on the left) was ideal for our location to film our opening because it represents a London suburbian house which most of the British viewers will be able to relate to, and for those who are from abroad and watch our film opening, this location offers an insight into the living conditions of an average britain.

We will also use this house for the scenes taking place inside since the layout will correspond to the exterior of the house therefore will be realistic. In addition, the inside rooms suit our plot, since there is a small playroom connecting to the kitchen so the camera will be able to pan from the dad to his daughter.

The kitchen is already dark due to the dark wooden furniture, this will therefore hint that there are dark events about to take place. This can be emphasized with lighting.

There will also be enough room to easily fit filming equipment so we will be able to film the conversation on the stairs between the dad and his elder daughter.

 Finally, the long corridor will help build tension when the dad leaves the house. We will also add to the mise-en-scène by hanging up family pictures on the wall.

The other location is the local shop. We hope to use The Cosy Corner in Balham for this since it extremely ironic as it suggests a friendly, comfortable place while contrasting events are taking place. Furthermore, it is also a local shop and therefore appears to be somewhere the dad would go to quickly grab some food for dinner.

We chose Cosy Corner over a well-known supermarket like Tesco or Sainsbury's because, first of all, filming inside a local, welcoming corner shop is easier and less hectic than in a big supermarket where it would be very difficult to film inside. Secondly, the fact that we are located in London but the father goes to a local corner shop to get milk, shows the audience a difference in the thoughts that you cannot get that village feel, where everybody knows each other and is loving to each other, in a big city like London.



Locations are so important to the way that a film is perceived by an audience because for many of the viewers they will be able to relate to the lifestyle which is set up in our London city setting. Lots of films are shot in big city's like New York and they'll have a big shot of the Empire State building to set the scene, this then enables foreigners to be able to understand the location and relate to the narrative from then on. This is the same effect on the audience that we wanted to be created with our film.

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