Locations

As my film opening contains flashbacks and lots of separate scenes I have quite a few locations to shoot from. However, I think I have most of them covered.

Police station
This is the very first shot of the opening sequence and needs to be a large room with harsh, cold colours to connote sadness and loss. I attend and teach a drama class on Saturday morning and there is a room within the building which I think will be perfect to film in. It would also work really well because the protagonist (who I've cast) also attends the same class so would be there in the morning and I teach a class of 3-6 year olds on the same morning which means one of them will be available to play the young child. I am very happy with this location visually and logistically.

The Flashbacks
Flashback one: My house, very simply handheld shot of a family laughing from over the girl's shoulder.

Flashback two: More complicated. The actual filming could be done in my house, handheld following the girl as she walks into the living room, close up. As she turns to face the TV the camera follows her giving us an over the shoulder shot of the TV. As she hears the news story she turns towards the camera so we can see her face and walks out. I will also need to film on a green screen to create a fake news story that she can be watching.

Flashback three: Handheld shot following the girl running through the woods.

All flashbacks will be done from over the shoulder of the girl (except for the end of he second where she turns to the camera so we can see her reaction). This is to signify that these are her flashbacks.

Operating theatre
This is the one location where I haven't got a set point. I just need a white background to help create a bright location that's almost surreal to make the audience wonder whether it's heaven or a physical place.