A scene we have in our opening sequence is our main antagonist's lair. The location was filmed at my group member's shed (Grace). The shed has very limited space and has stairs leading to a little level that can be used for storage. We liked the fact that it was tight and had restricted space as it could symbolise that the stalker himself is like that, that he is creepily taking pictures of the woman instead of going up and talking to her. We thought he could have a wall of pictures he has been collecting, almost like a shrine, to reinforce the fact that he is obsessed with her.
We wanted to make our setting look authentic, so we spent a good amount of time trying cut, stick and arrange all of the photos. But to be more effiecient, Danni & Grace set up the first level while I filmed Cameron coming in through the door and walking up the stairs. We first of began to shoot him coming in with the camera straight on. Then, I thought it would be more creepy if I did a dutch angle shot, which was true. I think the way I did this was subtle but effective in sub-consciously letting the audience know that something is not quite right with the character.
If we were to film this scene again, we would have taken certain objects out of the background that don't quite fit in with the scene (such as a paddling pool and vacuum cleaner box). However, the filming was successful and we all did a good job of making the setting and video look creepy.
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