(Rebecca Nightingale)
This is one possible location to use for Sam's House. To make the location realistic, we ideally needed a bedroom that would be typical of a teenage boy as well as a conventional staircase and front door to demonstrate a different house to Sarah's.
The chosen location provides an average looking house. We wanted a house simple and realistic that would be representative of our character Sam. The house provides ideal camera space to film Sarah visiting Sam's House and being invited in by Sam's sister. It will allow us to characterise Sam and use the location as a way to portray Sam to the audience, as a normal guy, before we reveal that he stole from Sarah.
For a brief segment of time we need Sarah to run in the stairs to Sam's bedroom. We wanted to keep this normality consistent, with a very simplistic staircase. The shot will be a medium long shot so the audience can watch Sarah head up the stairs. To achieve this we also want to use a tilt shot which will be possible in the space provided, making it an ideal location.
To make the revealing of Sam's secret more monumental we believe it would be best for the audience to follow Sarah into the bedroom. The shot used will be a close up of Sarah's hand knocking on the door and her entering the room. The location is suitable as there is ample room to shoot at this angle and still get the same effect.
This possible location can be seen as a boy's bedroom. Although it is not excessively evident, it still suggests that it is. Although it provides us with problems due to the size of the room, it will still allow us to shoot in medium and close up shots that are needed for this segment of our film. A long shot of Sam sat on the bed well convey the idea that he is hiding something effectively and is achievable in this location. It will also be possible for us to the tricky shot of the penny spinning in this location, as the room at the bottom of the bed is large enough to fit the camera in and shoot the penny in the air.
This is just one suggestion for a location for Sam's House. Although there are some problems that have being flagged up, this can be addressed and altered to make this choice of location better and therefore meet the criteria of our film.
Possible Location 2
