Update 23/12

I will be filming the scenes at my house soon. Some of these involve the protagonist's bedroom, which will be mine.

However, in many student-made films, it is obvious that the room does not belong to the character. Consequently, I decided to add things to make this look more realistic.

I decided to add photos of the protagonist in the room to imply this. Therefore, I got her permission to use some of her photographs. I chose one of my actor smiling at prom, to show that she was once happy, and one of her with an older lady. I chose this one to imply that this was her grandmother and that she was very family-oriented, making her suicide more sad. I also made this the lock screen seen on her phone to emphasise that she was close to her grandma and perhaps did not have close relationships with people her own age. I did not choose any with friends; the decoder could then infer that perhaps she didn't have many friends, and was isolated, causing her depression and suicide.

I then got these photographs printed at Boots. I cut them down to size and put them into frames to place in the bedroom.

 I feel that this helped to suggest that the bedroom did belong to the main character and consequently did not distract the audience from believing the story.


I decided that I would pan across the images used before the suicide is revealed as this would make her more relatable and show her family relationships right before the climax, creating more pathos.