Props, Costumes and Locations

My main character is a mentally ill patient, and I will start to shoot at a hospital, showing nurses and my main character (Beth) within the hospital. This will involve Beth wearing a hospital gown or an outfit shown with examples below...

These costumes are both white and the simplicity of the costumes deeply represent the mental stability of these people. Using a straight jacket shown in the left image could be possible, however, my character will be escaping the hospital so I could be making it harder for her to get herself out of a straight jacket. An ideal costume for her is the white gown or top and trousers shown in the top right image. However, when she is running I might get her to change into her own clothes, wearing simple outfit such as leggings a top and a cardigan. I will make the final decision at the shoot.


The extra characters I have in my production are only shown in a short clip as flashback shots, and is telling the story about her home life and family members, so they will be in their own clothes that look natural to what they would normally wear in the house hold. For example, Beth's little brother will wear jeans and a t-shit, whilst her dad in his tracksuit bottoms and sweater as these are normal for them to be wearing. I have chosen to do this because I wanted the flashbacks to look as natural as possible.

I am also going to be using lots of makeup in this film, as my actors do not already have any bruises or self harming scaring. So I will be using a range of products such as dark blue, grey and dark beige eye shadow, for bruises, red pencils and lip products for any bleeding or scars, as well as natural skin powders to make it look more realistic. Here is an image of the face makeup I did on the younger actor Laurie.

Props which will be used will include pills, spirit bottles, beer bottle (when the dad is beating his son), a marked exam paper, a suitcase (when Beth's mum leaves) , fake blood (made with red food colouring, water and flour)(used when Beth has found her dead brother lying on the road).

Locations of my film will include the inside of a hospital, showing the bedroom, hallways and the outside of the hospital. When Beth has escaped then I will be filming her walking to the pier at the harbour, including lots of different areas within the island as she is making her way. The pier at the harbour is the main location and most important as it will be leaving the audience with a cliffhanger. The pier is the islands local harbour and is very dangerous because it isn't the highest but is filled with sharp and ragged rocks at the bottom and is a serious suicide spot for islanders.

 This image to the right is the view of the main highest wall from a different perspective. If I needed a long establishing shot I will keep this location in mind to use as a different angle.




The picture below is from the main harbour building where to the left is the high wall, however I wanted to photograph this place because of the dangerous rocks below which are just covered by the sea making it incredibly dangerous.

The two images below are a very dark and cold area of the harbour with two different possibilities to commit suicide. I have circled these two posibilities in red on the image on the left, and the image on the right is a closer look of the best possibility from the left red circle in the first picture. 

 This was the third location I visited and I think it is  the best place to shoot. It has a good amount of light, but also not too much that it looks happy. It has the cold and spooky edge that I was looking for.








This is an image of the wall from behind where I can get good shots of my actor standing on the wall.

The shot above is the main location where the narrative begins. I will have an establishing shot at the beginning of my film to show where my character has been. I will also be adding a voice over explaining my characters situation and story.