Pictures of locations and actors

ACTORS

Leon- Horatio Milton Baxter

Leon plays the role of Horatio Milton Baxter because he is in our group and he has the same frees as us therefore it is easier to film when we need to. Also, he was chosen because he's tall and stands out from the crowd therefore he was the perfect choice. He is not typical of the male leads in psychological thrillers because the male leads are usually adults, white, tall and are found to be disturbed individuals from the beginning. For example in "The Secret Window" the opening scene is of the character talking to himself and telling himself to "go back" whereas with Horatio we find out that he has an obsession with Mia later on when the camera reveals the various pictures he has taken of her which shows that he has followed her various times.

Jemima- Mia Charles

We chose Jemima to play Mia because she's already in our group and she is typical of female leads in psychological thrillers. Women in psychological thrillers are usually white, petite and have long hair. For example in "The Secret Window", the woman who was introduced in the hotel has long blonde hair, white skin and she seems to be petite.

LOCATIONS

We decided to shoot the first scene on Welham Road in order to set the scene of the film and establish the school setting. This scene is where Mia is walking down Welham Road and Horatio is following her without her knowing. We cut out the scene where he falls down and the girls mock him because we felt that it revealed too much about the plot.


This is the computer that Horatio is going to use to type the article about Mia. We chose to use this computer specifically because above the computer is a space where we can put the collage of Mia because the the camera tilts up to reveal Horatio's obsession with Mia.


This is the whole newsroom. In order to give it a more 'news-like' feel. We're going to create our own school newspaper template in order to make it appear that Horatio is actually writing for a newspaper rather than on a plain word document. Also, the fact that Horatio is sitting alone in the newsroom emphasises Horatio's isolation from the rest of his peers which further alienates him from the mainstream school society.