The script features four seperate locations in the film and me and my team set ourselves the geographical boundary of London in order to research suitable settings to shoot our scenes.
Urban Environment
Our initial focus is providing a visual for our architectural theme. For this, we know that we require an urban area with a high density of tall buildings and skyscrapers. Living in London, we ofcourse came to the conclusion of Canary Wharf which has a total of 16 completed buildings which stand at over 60 metres high with One Canda Square, 8 Canada Square, and 25 Canada Square being the most prominent skyscrapers in the area.
We also strongly appreciate the corporate tone of the design of the general area of Canary Wharf. There is a very modern and minimalist sense of the area with reflection being a major element. This tied in perfectly to the script of our film.
Relaxed Conversation Area
The centre-point of the film is a conversation between the protagonist and his brother-in-law. This is where the audience learn of the protagonist’s struggle for change. The brother-in-law character provides that change therefore, we decided to make this area his home. Rather than using an angular or rigid setting, we decided to juxtapose this setting with our first setting in the film. In order to provide a contrast on deep cityscape and very solid colours, we decided that a very basic and modern kitchen would make an ideal place for the protagonist to be outside of his comfort zone.
Traditional Bedroom
The climax of the film features the reveal of the specifics of the protagonist’s troubles – his wife wishes to have a child. This then leads to the argument sequence. The key aspect of this scene is for the lack of intimacy between these two characters. I envisioned the protagonist to be standing and staring out of a window as she speaks to his back.
Final Scene
In order to show a clear change in the protagonist, we decided to completely downscale the shots seen previously by using an urban area with no skyscrapers at all. As a newly developed and still developing area, we felt that Stratford would be a suitable option.
Frame 