10.1.2015

LOCATION SURVEY

We went out to survey for the perfect location for our character's bedroom scene. Since he lost his girlfriend his life becomes dull, therefore we were focusing more on black and white colours and thick curtains as he shuts himself out of the world as he morns for his girlfriend's absence these are the panoramas of each location.

LUXX XL HOTEL

This is a very beautiful modern hotel which looks like a house and has a balcony overlooking the city, where we thought could have a flashback between Emmet and Tia there. It looks warm but dark as the same time, the low key lighting makes this place looks depressing. However they will charge us 1000 baht for shooting in this location and most importantly it doesn't fit our mood board and original plan of faded colours, to represent how his girlfriend faded away from his life.

ADELPHI HOTEL 

this hotel is more like a resident for foreigners who stays in Thailand for a long period. We see Emmet as a middle class guy who is not rich and Tia, his girlfriend is all he's got however he lost her, his everything. This hotel suited that aspect of him being a plain middle class guy. However the sink and the coffee table which is the main part where we will use many close ups contains blue colour which does not fit our mood board and what we have intended the 'faded' colour. Moreover the overview of this room is not distinctive enough to be a room for a psychopath.

BEAT HOTEL

A very artistic hotel, each room is painted by different thai artist and has different theme and style varies with each artists. we looked at three rooms. The first room has a cute style with a sky blue coloured wall creating a relaxing atmosphere, this was way off our theme although it is very nice. However, the two other rooms were painted and designed by another artist with black and white elements, this was exactly what we were finding. The bigger delux room has everything we need, the coffee table and a counter next to it for our morning routine scene. The curtains were thick therefore we can play with the lighting more easily and further symbolises the character shutting the world out. Not only it is a perfect fit with our plan but shooting there was free of charge therefore we choose this beat hotel.