R+P Post 15: Our filming location, set design and props

My house 

Set Design- Within all the set-pieces used in my house we tried to use low-key lighting as we thought it would make our antagonist seem more mysterious and in turn spread anxiety throughout the audience.

Props- We used a phone and a Laptop as they were required to allow the story to flow and link. For example, the phone is required by the antagonist to make the call at the end of the film opening while the laptop is the platform on which the antagonist watches the news broadcast, thus without these props there would be no story to watch.

A master shot of the room our antagonist enters

The Classroom

Set Design- For this set we moved all the tables, bar 1, to the other side of the room from which we were shooting as we required an open space. We then placed 1 table and a teachers chair in front of a glass window to give the room the feel of a news room. Behind the window you can see people working in order to represent members of the actual BBC news station.

Props- We used a laptop and some notes to help signify that the character on screen was a realistic new anchor whilst also having a lapel microphone on his shirt and an earpiece with a wire to imply he is listening to the news reporter.

The table at which the news anchor will sit behind, within the classroom set

The Forest

Set Design- We did not make any set changes to this location as we wanted to make it seem as natural as possible.

Props- We used a microphone as this is conventional of an actual news report, in turn it made our opening sequence seem more realistic and therefore familiar to the audience. Moreover, the microphone also helped add to the thrill at the end of the opening when the reporter goes missing; the prop can be seen lying on the floor and thus implies that she was taken against her will as she may have dropped it.

The forest in which the news reporter introduces the story