Original and images from films within the same genre to show the locations we are using.

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Locations of full shoot
-Inside the home
-school shots
-symbolic shots

2. Inside the home
-protagonist’s bedroom
We chose to have this location as Ellie’s bedroom because it would represent a teen
bedroom with it’s patterns, colours but also props within it. The Apple Macbook is
used in many teen based films to represent the popularity of these devices in teens, as
Seen here in ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. Similarly, we decided fairy lights on the bedframe
Would add a similar aesthetic to the set , as it shows a girly and youthful approach.

3.  This location will be used throughout the film . It will symoblise the
absence of a family unit as Ellie will sit here alone surrounded by pictures
on the wall of her , her mother and father before the death of her mother
and her illness. It will also be the set for the final scene. This scene from
film ‘Contagion’ is what we hope to achieve. We will hang fairy lights and
a ‘Prom Night’ sign to give the representation of a prom dance.
Inside the home
-lounge

4.  We will only use the kitchen in establishing shots or as a set for
casual dialogue . It is seen as the heart of a home and therefore
because our initial impression is that this is a broken family we will
make sure the kitchen is a set to represent that.
Inside the home
-kitchen

5.  This shot will simply show the absence of Ellie in school by a dolly of the
boy looking over to an empty seat. Therefore to do this we will require a
classroom , along with 10-15 extras . It should be equipped with learning
materials to give a conventional classroom look.
School
-classroom dolly shot

6.  This set will be used to show the school social environment. Sam will
get asked to prom by another girl here and she will say there are
rumours that Ellie is not coming back to school. This will give the
connotation of a gossiping teenage environment and infer how in a
teenagers life their social image is everything.
School
-locker shot

7.  We have been given permission to take some of the more symbolic shots
of our film in a local private wood. From this we can produce seasonal
shots to symbolise the passing of time , but also the sun setting and
rising again for the passing of shorter periods of time like days. Also, a
shot looking up to the sky through the trees could signify the scale of a
problem compared to the character, which in our narrative is a prevalent
subject. Furthermore, in reference to ‘A Monster Calls’ the monster itself
derives from a tree , therefore by continuing this imagery in our film will
give it close reference to the narrative we have chosen to follow.
Symbolic shots