We used today to set up the location, as our film is being shot entirely within a single room, therefore everything within it needs to be carefully placed and suggest something about our character.
After arriving at location, we all signed in and introduced ourselves to the staff and informed them of our plans for the day. We went to the room that we are filming in on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and spent some time viewing the room as it was already set out, before working out where to start with the rearrangements. We decided that we would not need to use the bathroom, as we really wanted to keep the film focused all within the one space of the room. We decided to use the bathroom as storage space for all of the items we had brought to fill the room with before we started on progressively building up the set, as well as any items that were previously within the room that we did not need.
We discussed the script as a group, and in terms of blocking we worked out that the second part of the script will be the most convenient to shoot first (whilst the room is full and set up like a long lived in space), followed by the first half of the script (when the room is shown to be empty).
The last thing that we film on Wednesday will be the progression scene - from the lived in, messy room shot, we will spent a lot of time very gradually taking away and replacing elements of the set (some hardly noticeable), in order to create the impression of the passing of time. Within the editing, this can be adapted and experimented with, and can be reversed to show the room getting very gradually messier, then maybe tidier as more and more time passes.
Empty Room Shot Layout
Perception of Time Shot Layout -
Within this scene, elements of the room slowly begin to change. With this, we are aiming to experiment with the viewer's perception of time; we would like to show the passing of time, but also on a narrative level make the viewer begin to pick up on the fact that the character has not left this room in some time.
Visually showing the passing of time
Character connection with the outside world
The colour red will be used within our film as a symbol/recurring motif, relating to the way in which our agoraphobic character tries to connect with the outside world. There are a few subtle ways in which this will be used throughout, such as the red plant pot (the plant being another form of connection between the character bringing the outside in) and the more noticeable change to a red tie in costume. The one main connection that our character makes is when they write down (with a red pencil) in a filled diary at the same time every day what happens at a fixed spot that they look at repetitively outside of their window.
The below shot can in some ways be used to sum up our film within a single image; it will be the only area of the room that stays exactly the same throughout, even when the empty to messy transformation scene takes place - to show the importance of this one obsessive activity that our character takes part in as part of their structured, daily routine.
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