Location Shots

Here is a list of some different locations that we are going to be using for our film opening. We have decided to use four different locations to make the opening more interesting and exciting.


Image of the door that Lucy will be walking through into the interview room.


This is the end of the corridor leading up to the door that we will see Lucy walking down.


This is another angle of the corridor showing a longer view that we will do a shot of Lucy's feet from.

The first location that will be introduced is the corridor. At the moment the corridor is quite bright with a red door and colourful posters. The posters will be easy for us to take down but the door would still be an issue. To overcome this problem we are going to change the colour of the door altering the contrast and saturation during the editing process. We decided that this would be a good location to use because it is a long enough corridor to walk down to record our footage, but not too long that it would take to long to walk down and take up too much recording time. The corridor slightly bends round a corner, which makes it a good thing because it allows us to change the direction of filming where the corner turns. As we are going to be filming in the corridor with limited light, we are hoping that the colours of the walls will not be as intense and so we will not have to make as many adjustments. If this does happen and the colours are still as bright, we will cover the walls with dark paper, making the corridor look as dark and sinister as we can. Another way that we are going to try and overcome the issue of the colours is to try and keep as many of the shots as we can close ups. This will stick to the theme of how other scenes in our chosen genre are shot.


This is a shot from behind the glass, it shows the reflection of the person taking the image. This will have to be carefully positioned to not get the reflection of the camera during filming.


This is the recording studio that we are going to be using as the interview room.


This is the other side of the recording studio behind the window that we are going to use as one way glass.

As the interrogator walks through the door, we are introduced to our second location, the music recording room in our college. We have chosen this room because it appears to be a large and empty room, which is perfect for what we want the location to look like. The equipment in the room will be removed from the area we are going use where we will set up 2 tables and 3 chairs for our interrogation scene. The window in the room will be used as a one-way mirror, a popular prop used in interrogation scenes.

All the lights in the interrogation room and the room on the other side of the glass will be switched off. The only source that we are going to use will be a table lamp in the interrogation room. The door that leads to the recording room from the corridor has a window that allows light in. To prevent light from coming into the room, all the curtains around the music recording room will be drawn to cover the walls, and the door.

To create the CCTV camera shot, the camera will be placed on a table whilst on the tripod, which we found is at the same level as our college security cameras so this should look quite effective. During editing a hazy, distorted filter will be used over the footage. A date and time will be added at the bottom of the screen to make it more realistic.

The third location that we will be using in college will be from the other side of the glass in the editing suite of the recording studio. We want this to appear as though it is one-way glass so we can do a point of view shot showing the interrogation scene. When taking our location shots, we have found that it is going to be difficult to film this without getting a reflection. After discussing the problem, we decided to film
from different angles keeping the camera out of sight to avoid getting a reflection.

We realise that we are not going to be able to keep the shadow of the person out of the shot, but to make it less noticeable, we are going to zoom in on the window so that less of the surrounding area can be seen and giving it a greater appearance of an interrogation scene.
We have looked at a few existing interrogation scenes and we have found that in most of them there is a slight reflection on the glass therefore we are not taking this as a major issue.

Analysis of storyboard

Here is an analysis of the storyboard we drew out to plan for our film opening with an explaination of what is happening in each picture. We are only going to show the first 8 pictures as we feel this gives a good idea of what is happening. We expect this sequence to last around 1 minute 30 seconds.




Our first shot will be a tracking shot of Lucy walking down the corridor. We have decided that we are only going to show the lower body in the shot as we believe that this will build up suspense as we do not want the face of the person being revealed yet. We are also going to use a static camera on the floor showing the footsteps down the corridor which will show the direction of the characters movement. We are going to have natural lighting so it is not to bright and not too dark. We don't want any music in this part of our opening as we want the sound of the footsteps being made on the floor is more defined. Lucy will be wearing smart clothes with shoes that make a loud noise when walking. The mis-en-scene will be a plain corridor with no colour on the walls. It will be very simple. We will expect this shot to last for around 10 seconds.




For our second shot, we are going to do a wide shot of the door, showing only the back of Lucy as we still do not want to reveal her face. The shot will show the full door and the full of the back of her body. Again we are going to have natural lighting. In this shot, the sound will begin to build up. We are going to introduce a quiet soundtrack that will begin to build up suspense for the door being opened. Again the mis-en-scene will be plain not very colourful. This shot is expected to last around 5 seconds.




For our third shot we are going to use an extreme close up of Lucy's hand grabbing hold of the door handle and turning it to open it. We have decided to use an extreme close up as this shows that this is a key point building up suspense. Again we are going to use natural lighting to stick with the theme. The music in the previous will continue and get progressivly louder as the door handle is turned.




For our fourth shot, we are going to introduce the inside of the interogation room so we meet two of the characters. The room will be dark with low key lighting so although the characters can be seen, their faces are not fully clear. We still do not want to reveal the other character (Lucy) yet and therefore, the other two characters in the room can only see a shadow of her from the door. The character that is being interogated (Lewis) will be wearing a vest shirt and jeans to show that he is not well kept and to give him the criminal appearence. The other character which is the criminals lawyer (Alcione) will be wearing smart clothes similar to Lucys; suit style clothes. The mis-en-scene of the room will be very plain and kept dark to build up the suspense.



For our fifth shot we are going to have a static camera and apply a filter to the camera. We want it to appear as if it is an actual camera in the interogation room, recording the interview from a security camera. We are going to have the time and date in the corner of the screen to give the true effect of a security camera. There will be no sound in this shot as we want the suspense to build up. We see Lucy walking through the door and Lewis and Alcione sat at the desk. We still do not reveal Lucys face as we still want the suspense to be building up.



Our sixth shot is when we finally see Lucys face. She walks to the table and sits down with the other two characters. There will be a wide shot of the three sat at the desk. The lighting will be low key with the only source of light being from the desk lamp. There will also be a tape recorder on the table. The only sound we will use here is a small amount of dialogue from Lucy directed at Lewis.



For our seventh shot we are going to use a point of view shot from what will appear as one way glass to add to the effect of it being an interview room. It will show what is happening in the room. The lighting again will be low key, still with only the desk lamp providing the light. The view of the scene will be rather limited and the dialogue will be muffled and not well heard to give the effect that it is being recorded and passed through to the room behind the one way glass.



Our eighth shot is an establishing shot of Castlefield where we are going to film the murder scene. It is going to have natural lighting from the outdoor environment and ambient sound in the background, such as wind, traffic noises, dogs barking. The area in Castlefield that we are going to use is a field area with dips in the ground and a path. There is also a tall brick wall which we will be using for the murder.