Location Rec

The location that I have chosen are all interior settings. For example, the locations that I have stated in my script are dinning table, unknown space, living room etc. The choice of using interior location makes it easier to control and adjust the lighting, and it also made it more suitable for me to build my own set to fit my story narrative and mood. The use of an interior setting also adds to the emotion of feeling trapped and imprisoned that the protagonist (Krittika) feels by the words and sayings that she remembers and still feels controlled by. 

Example of location, 

Dinning Table

Dining table-day. 

By using an interior setting, allows me to build my own set such as using cloth as a backdrop to reflect the mood of the film, and add to the aesthetic and colour scheme of the film, but it also allows me to add essential props to the setting such as a table, fishbowl etc, which would've been harder to use if I had chosen a location that was outside. My setting is near a big window which is one of the sources of light. Having it being natural light creates a soft tone to the imagery, however, natural light sources aren't reliable and isn't always consistent which is why for the "softer moods" or the day time (at the start of the film, Act1) I use another white lighting source which creates a more consistent look for the lighting through out the first act. 

The dinning table is also the most used setting in this film, as a lot of the old wives tales are associated with foods 

Dining table 

Another example of the Dining table location. However,  this scene is located in ACT2 (in the middle of the film) which is where the lighting is much harsher and artificial, meaning I have chosen to control it more compare to the first image. Because of the interior location choice, it makes it easier for me to control the lighting in each scene to make it consistent and reflect the feeling of that scene. The use of the props also made it more suitable for me to use an interior setting.

Unknown space 

Unknown space- "what looks like a small pink room"

The Unknown space is supposed to represent a place in Krittika's mind, a young teenagers mind which is a very vulnerable place.  The thoughts that she feel and suffer are not easy to relocate because of how sensitive the teenagers mind is as it is not fully developed, making it easy for teenagers especially to engrave things mentally without realising. The use of the solid colour portrays a sense of imaginary as this scenery is happening in her head.   

I created this "location"/ "setting" by using coloured paper to create an illusion of a room. This allowed me to save money and time of  having to find an actual location that fitted my need and narrative . The fluidity of using coloured paper gave me the ability to be able to chose and use colours that were already apart of my colour scheme which made it uncomplicated for me to stick to one colour scheme throughout the film. This made my film's mise en scene aspect stronger and more valuable and also meant that the colour scheme was consistent through out the film. 

Unknown space- "little blue room"

Similar to the "little pink room", I used coloured paper to create an illusion of a room to represent an unknown place in Krittika's mind. The use of baby blue is to reflect the colour scheme, the blue also contrast with the red very well, creating an automatic highlight for the red tomato.

Therapist room 

the therapist room is seen to have the same colour backdrop as the dinning room, however, due to the editing, I have chosen to fade the colours in this scene, to reflect how Krittika now sees the world. The uses of the same colour scheme in this scene was to also mirror a repetitive feeling that can metaphorically represent how the words in her head feel repetitive and the trauma that she has been through feels like a loop