Location changes

Due to problems with availability and suitability for shooting, we had to change some of the locations, which appeared problematic, but in hindsight was probably easier and more practical.
The first location which we had planned to use was the Playhouse Theatre dressing room. We decided to initially use this location because it was old fashioned, as well as it obviously immediately gave the audience an idea of the setting. By using a real dressing room we thought this would add to the authenticity of the location, as we did not have to try to create and portray a dressing room to the audience, and would therefore not have to convince them of the setting.
However on the evening before we planned to shoot, the theatre company phoned to announce that the dressing rooms were no longer available for us to film in as they were needed for actors. With a deadline for filming, and no other theatres available it resultantly meant that we had to delay shooting, whilst we tried to think of another suitable location. This deemed difficult with no other theatres available, until we as a group were discussing that perhaps a dressing room was not in fact needed, but a dressing table, mirror and plain wall. We therefore decided to use Holly's hallway, as she had appropriate props, and it also gave us more flexibility as we wouldn't have to rush to get all of the shots that we needed in a one hour time slot allocated to us like if we were shooting in the theatre dressing room. By being able to film in one of our homes, it also meant that we had more flexibility options over aspects such as positioning of props and lighting, unlike if we filmed in the theatre dressing room, as we were not sure if the lighting was suitable.
By using the hallway it therefore turned out to be more appropriate for our needs, as it is  not clear from the shots that it is a hallway, and therefore leaves it up to the audiences own imagination as to where exactly she is, but it has enough essential props for the audience to recognise that it is a dressing room set up.

The second location change was the street, which we had planned to use Elm Hill for, but when it came to filming, realised filming would be impractical at that location, because of the large amounts of visitors and cars which 'gave away' the real time era. We also realised that it did not seem like somewhere Scarlett, an upper class wealthy woman, would live, as the old fashioned street shops and cobbled streets added a sense of vintage 'quirkiness' but not of 1930's industrial glamour or wealth. The uneven cobbled streets would also prove to be difficult to film on, as well as the issues of continuity with the other planned locations. In addition, we decided that we did not have enough time to include all of the planned walking locations and we would therefore shoot a short walking sequence at the entrance to the alleyway, so that there would also not be problems with continuity.

We then decided on using the 1st alleyway photographed instead of the second which we initially thought that we would use, because although both were in extremely close proximity of  each other, the lighting and stairs were more dramatic and an important symbol within our thriller which we felt was essential to include. As well as this, the other alley way had brightly coloured modern day  looking shops which would again ruin the aesthetics of our Film Noir. By using this alleyway, it also conveniently had a church which was also going to be in the next shot, therefore improving continuity.

The other location which we were uncertain of, was the house in which we were going to show Scarlett leaving. We knew that it had to appear vintage industrial looking, to fit in with our urban location, as well as needing to appear large and expensive, to make it apparent that she is wealthy, and not committing this sin as a result of money, but purely because she wishes too. Because we were limited on time, and were not sure when we were able to shoot, but sure that some locations in Norwich were suitable for this location, we planned to do further location scouting when we wished to shoot, as if we planned to shoot, and the home owners were not there when we wished to film, it could have been problematic. We had already mapped out and pre-planned areas of houses which looked upper class, urban and had a staircase (which we again thought of as an important symbolic message about her onwards decline in power) and scouted until we found somebody who was home during the day with an appropriate house, who did not mind us filming.

The house we found was in fact a terrace house, although it appeared large with 4 stories, as well as clearly industrial, and it had an appropriate large stone stair case which was perfect for our location.