We used two bedroom locations as we filmed at my house first but the layout of my bedroom meant that we were unable to get the high angle shots we wanted. We then used Ella' bedroom as we wanted the location to match the identities of the characters: late teenagers. This meant that on camera, our characters were shown in suitable and relatable settings to their identities.
My Shower room
My shower room acted as a place where our two primary characters could be intimate, away from the public eye. My shower room also has warm toned lighting which is what we desired as we believed it would heighten the and emphasise the romance between the characters, which would be conveyed to the audience.
My shower room acted as a place where our two primary characters could be intimate, away from the public eye. My shower room also has warm toned lighting which is what we desired as we believed it would heighten the and emphasise the romance between the characters, which would be conveyed to the audience.
My Car
Despite it not necessarily being a location itself, it is where several shots were taken. We used the car to isolate our central protagonist from her love interest, Maggie, and Maggie's boyfriend Brad. We used the car to physically demonstrate the distance that is growing in Maggie and Alice's relationship.
Despite it not necessarily being a location itself, it is where several shots were taken. We used the car to isolate our central protagonist from her love interest, Maggie, and Maggie's boyfriend Brad. We used the car to physically demonstrate the distance that is growing in Maggie and Alice's relationship.
My Living Room
We used my living room as the location where we'd film Alice and Maggie's argument. This is to highlight how the negativity and homophobia of their peers has intruded into the 'safe' places, which is the primary issue with cyber bullying, as it doesn't stop at the school gates, in continues into your home life.
We used my living room as the location where we'd film Alice and Maggie's argument. This is to highlight how the negativity and homophobia of their peers has intruded into the 'safe' places, which is the primary issue with cyber bullying, as it doesn't stop at the school gates, in continues into your home life.
Ella's Living Room
We also used Ella's living room as it provided a safe place for Alice to be herself with her friends. Ella's living room also had warm hued lighting which we used to continue the warm lighting throughout the trailer.
The Atrium (School)
We used the our school as one of the locations in our film trailer as it determined the ages of the main characters. This would help our audience recognise their ages and would ultimately increase identification between the audience and characters which is essential in having a successful film with deep and explored character profiles. We used the largest and most open internal area at our school to make Alice seem much more isolated during the shots of her walking alone through the atrium.
The Dark Room
We used the dark room at our school to further enhance the isolation that Alice is feeling. The room is pitch black and Alice's face is illuminated by the laptop screen where she is reading the negative and hateful comments directed at her.The darkness of the room was effective as it attains many connotations that we wished to portray, such as how isolated it makes Alice and also projects the internal despair, Alice is feeling while being bullied for her sexuality, into her external environment. Also, the light of the laptop screen piercing through the darkness highlights truly how invasive cyber bullying is.
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