We had 5 locations;
1. The park
We used the park for the location of the kidnapping as parks are usually innocent, unsuspecting places. We had to make sure that the day we filmed at the park the weather was a grey day, so we would get the desired gloomy natural light we wanted to reflect the kidnappers mood. Again, the bare trees symbolise her bare and empty life.
1. The park
We used the park for the location of the kidnapping as parks are usually innocent, unsuspecting places. We had to make sure that the day we filmed at the park the weather was a grey day, so we would get the desired gloomy natural light we wanted to reflect the kidnappers mood. Again, the bare trees symbolise her bare and empty life.
2. The family house 
Only the living room of the family house was filmed as this is where they were all together for the last time, and we tried to make it look homely. The fireplace indicates they are a warm, caring, loving family, but also danger. Warm colours such as oranges and browns have been used to make it look warm and comforting, and the lighting has been made to look warm also. The drawn curtains reflect the protectiveness of the parents over their child.
Only the living room of the family house was filmed as this is where they were all together for the last time, and we tried to make it look homely. The fireplace indicates they are a warm, caring, loving family, but also danger. Warm colours such as oranges and browns have been used to make it look warm and comforting, and the lighting has been made to look warm also. The drawn curtains reflect the protectiveness of the parents over their child.
3. The kidnappers house 
We wanted to kidnappers house to look strange and disjointed; it was only one small room for her whole living area, and had little inside. This was to symbolise how empty her life has become and hint her mental problems. However, during the flashbacks, we used lots of colourful props to symbolise a happier time.
We wanted to kidnappers house to look strange and disjointed; it was only one small room for her whole living area, and had little inside. This was to symbolise how empty her life has become and hint her mental problems. However, during the flashbacks, we used lots of colourful props to symbolise a happier time.
4. The graveyard 
The graveyard was used to evoke emotions and used as the last shot for this reason. We wanted the audience to feel for the kidnapper and perhaps understand her more, although they are left confused as to whose grave it is. The pink flowers suggest it is a female grave, although this is not the case. The flowers were chosen because pink is a colour of happiness and joy, which reminds the audience of her flashbacks and the pink colours used there.
The graveyard was used to evoke emotions and used as the last shot for this reason. We wanted the audience to feel for the kidnapper and perhaps understand her more, although they are left confused as to whose grave it is. The pink flowers suggest it is a female grave, although this is not the case. The flowers were chosen because pink is a colour of happiness and joy, which reminds the audience of her flashbacks and the pink colours used there.
5. Outside the kidnappers house 
The setting outside the kidnappers house was a small garden and an alleyway. The garden was made to have the same strange look about it as her room; an empty rabbit hutch symbolising her empty life, a bean trellis with yellowing, dying bean leaves mirroring her dying, lonely life, and poison ivy climbing up the walls, suggesting she wants to make her life better, but is doing it the wrong way (poison).
Alleyways are often associated with danger, so this location shows her to be a dangerous, powerful character. The low angle shot inforces this idea. The door in the alleyway is peeling and rotting like her life, and an air vent near the bottom shows pieces of fluff blowing away, symbolising her need to escape from her house full of sad memories.
The setting outside the kidnappers house was a small garden and an alleyway. The garden was made to have the same strange look about it as her room; an empty rabbit hutch symbolising her empty life, a bean trellis with yellowing, dying bean leaves mirroring her dying, lonely life, and poison ivy climbing up the walls, suggesting she wants to make her life better, but is doing it the wrong way (poison).
Alleyways are often associated with danger, so this location shows her to be a dangerous, powerful character. The low angle shot inforces this idea. The door in the alleyway is peeling and rotting like her life, and an air vent near the bottom shows pieces of fluff blowing away, symbolising her need to escape from her house full of sad memories.
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