CONSTRUCTION: BASEMENT SCENES

We filmed various scenes in the basement of my house.

The image below shows that we filmed India's eyes. This is an extreme close up that will begin the opening. The mis-en-scene helps to create an eerie and cold atmosphere straight away. We made sure the lighting was dark to create this effect. We wanted to present the genre as dark and as a thriller straight away. The use of the extreme close up helps to portray the emotion and the fear as India remembers her ordeal and has a flashback of being taken.

We filmed a shot of the kidnapper, played by Jay, reflected in the mirror. We had to create this shot in two stages. We took a shot of Jay punching the mirror. He acted as if to punch the mirror without actually meeting the mirror so as to avoid injuries. We have had to take into account safety issues with broken glass here as we knew we had to break the mirror. After we were happy with the shot I placed a towel over the mirror and broke it using a hammer. After this we had to film another shot of Jay pretending to punch the mirror. We made the shot realistic by using fake blood on his hand as well as applying it to the mirror. 

In this shot below I filmed a tracking shot. The lighting used is fairly warm here. We wanted to provide a homely feel as the male kidnapper Jack is mentally ill. His personality contrasts with the appearance his house gives off as he lives in a homely, old fashioned house. The cold side of his personality is reflected in his violence and in the horrific dark cold basement that India is locked in.