Third Filming Location

 The location I chose to film the scene with the boy smoking was on the steps behind the leisure centre. I got my inspiration to film here mainly from the film Brick, by Rian Johnson. In his film he uses lots of easily accessible locations because he's on a low budget.. in my film I have no budget, therefore have taken a leaf out of his book. I have tried to ensure the leisure centre car park doesn't look like the leisure centre car park, I've tried to use low angled and close up shots just on the protagonist, rather than establishing shots. Of course I don't mind the fact there's hints of the car park because that fits in with the theme of heightened realism that I want to display in my film. Also seeing as my film is set in a school, filming there is just being true to the actual plot.

 I got my actor, Jordy, to sit on the metal stairs shown in the picture, I filmed very close up shots of him, some through the bars. I wanted this to represent the isolation he's feeling. It represents the fact that he feels trapped, even though if he just looked at the bigger picture he could see he has the potential to do well. This is why I filmed his bit outside, with the young girl I purposely put her inside because the anguish and stress she's feeling is far more psychological, it;s much more difficult for her to escape. However with Jordy's character it's more a case of laziness and just giving up.