Thriller Location

Here are some pictures of where the setting and location is for our thriller. Both pictures below show the mysterious-middle-aged guy's bedroom. One (to the left) shows a chest of drawers and more drawers in the desk-like table. The furniture in the room was quite minimalistic so it was already suitable to be the characters room. The red walls give it quite a tense atmosphere. The picture on the right shows the bed in which Simon (the main character) will sit on and hide under when he realises the owner has arrived home. The window is in an appropriate position too- one of the reasons we decided to go with this house. In one of the shots, Simon is going to look out onto the road, where the gang should supposedly be. The curtains will be drawn whilst he does look out, hiding any possible light. Again, more of the features shown are quite minimalistic which is more suitable for a man's taste. The bed should maybe be made to look a bit more scruffy when it comes to the actual filming. Despite this, there is some unorganized items in the corner which could give it away as a man's house.

The stairs to the left are going to be shown in our thriller as the banisters are a good thriller signifier. Banisters can often give a sense of being in prison - a lot like how in Essex Boys, the reflections on the car windscreen look like prison rails.

The picture of the hallway is where the older guy will walk through, from returning home and then going up the stairs. There were a couple of mise-en-scene problems which were: the fish mobile and the family photos to the right. However, we took the fish mobile done and then thought the pictures would show a contrast to how innocent people can be against the dangerous and cruel side of people.

From on the top of the stairs, it looks an interesting shot, as we're looking down, almost a birds' eye view but more of a high angle shot. This could be used to show the man coming back home and going through to the kitchen.

This picture shows the kitchen shot which we are planning to use for the shot when the man finds that someone has let themselves in. It may come to the audiences' attention that surely the intruders would close the window before them and tidy the things they've knocked, BUT the characters/intruders are not experienced, therefore leaving signs of the invasion. Also, they would want the man to go upstairs to find them...

This is the front door from the outside which will be in the shot when the man is arriving home. I think the front door is a good feature of the house to show. It looks quite important and seems to draw the attention in- which I think is due to the light.

This shows the house from further away, showing the bedroom - the left room with the two windows.

The final pictures are of the street outside the house which was perfect for the guys to gather on.