Possible Locations

Free locations

School:

First of all, I wanted to look at a stairwell that's usually used during fire drills but the doors were locked when I tried to enter. I wanted to shoot there because there were no school displays - only images photographs like any other lobby. Instead I settled for the resource centre (An ICT suite for post 16 students), as the colours were bright and the area was usually well it. There is a nook where the toilets are hidden, and various signs; the walls are green and it could look interesting if the walls were cleared and additional lighting was added, especially for tracking shots following a protagonist in my potential film opening or just for a close-up of a hand opening a door.

Home:

Despite how small our home is, it's more or less well kept due to my dirt-phobic mother, and is a controlled environment where I can shoot for free (and there's access to food for my actors as payment)

Bathroom - As you can see, the bathroom is small but the beige granite surfaces are reminiscent of the peculiar designs for rooms seen in The Shining and Only God Forgives (see Refn blog post). If cleared of household objects and products for the filming, it would be an interesting place to film in and bright enough due to the spotlights overhead.

Master Bedroom - Blue décor that would look interesting under pink lighting at night. The feature walls of blue floras would be a nice juxtapose to my actors and the addition of music and flashing lights could create an artificial club scene if the actors prop themselves against the wall and drink from cups(?)

Hallway - White walls, brown carpet. The blankness of the hallways could act as a canvas for various lighting techniques and would be a good place to explore match-on action and a variety of shots. Not all scenes have to be filmed at home so an actor could be seen entering one of the tangent rooms and the setting could be in a completely different building/location. Said location could possibly be....

The Pit (for hire)

The Pit Studio UK

£45 Half-day, £75 full day

Nottingham


I have yet to explore the Pit firsthand but their facebook photos look promising in regards to location. The bare brickwork and dilapidated feel is befitting to the genre (i.e. Se7en, Reservoir Dogs). This location is often used by photographers, though I think that it would be a very interesting setting for a film opening, even if it's used for just a few seconds.