Helloo!! Welcome back or welcome to my blog!! In this blog post, I was given the freedom to write about whatever I'd like. After thinkinggg, and thinkinggg, and thinkinggg, and........ thinkingg I finally recognized an element in the film that is so important, but is sometimes not payed attention to so closely when we get caught up in the plot. Let's talk location.
In our film, my group and I showcase a various range of different locations. As I went through our storyboard, rewatched the footage we have edited so far, and thought about what we have to film next, I noticed that the different locations we already filmed plus the ones we have YET to film play such a significant role in our storytelling.
Each Individual location
The car (flashback):
In the opening, of our film, the girls are in the car driving around. As some may think that the girls are headed to a specific location given the the fact they're are in a car, the location we are actually trying to highlight is the car! In our storyline, we didn't write or plan this scene to have a specific place connected to the car ride. Instead, we really just wanted to hone into that teenage spirit of driving around with your friends, windows down, music blasting, and nothing but good vibes. This location is also essential to introduce our background music through diegetic sound. Vale, the driver turns up the music on the radio, reinforcing the fact that the sound emanates from the story world to viewers. Of course, as the film progresses to the next location in the subsequent scene, we transition to non-diegetic sound but still using the same background music overall.
Vale's Room (present-day):
Following the car scene, we cut on action to introduce our first present day scene sequence in our main character Vale's room. As shown, there is a clip of Vale packing up old pictures, moving boxes, and taking down her fairy light pics. The way we stage her room in this sequence highlights disparity and emptiness. Her room is less personalized and she is taking her memories down from her walls. During the present-day scenes, her room symbolizes the realization of change with each personal item being removed one by one.
Vale's Room (flashback):
Transitioning through a match cut, now we see Vale's room in a flashback. Look at how much one location could change. This is the same place as the present day scene, but the energy completely 180'd. Now the vibe is vibrant and lively. Staging-wise, we included pictures around the mirror, makeup and cups on the floor, a sweater hanging from the door, and most importantly, all the girls getting ready together! If you are a not a teenage girl... which is probably majority of you reading this... it is important for you to know how we work. Most of us like doing things together, even when it's less practical. For example, in this scene the girls choose to all get ready on the floor instead of a desk or vanity because they want to chat while they get ready. Despite the floor probably being more uncomfortable and the mirror being too small to show all of them, their desire for intimacy trumps the practicality- That's real love🥺🥺. This location is so important to the storytelling to give more context into the evolution of the girls' friendship. **btw, don't mind the blurriness of this scene... we need to refilm it😬😬**
The gas station (flashback):
Moving forward within our flashback sequence, the girls are seen at the gas station. This location was honestly super fun to film at, and I think our fun IRL reflected well into the scene. The cashier at the gas station was super nice and friendly with letting us film, and he even got a little role himself! But that's to show for the finale😉. This scene highlights the girls' freeness and even a little wildness.
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