Monday, 25 November 2013

Setting Inspiration - Shutter Island

Setting Inspiration - Shutter Island

 After considering the office setting from The Usual Suspects, I moved onto another psychological thriller, Shutter Island. 
This setting is a lot more fitted to our idea of our office scene as it is more confined. We wanted the space to be extremely personal to the Employer and a space that could represent him as a person.


The desk is more of what we wanted as it doesn't have the numerous amounts of papers like in The Usual Suspects. Ben Kinglsey's character looks in control with a less cluttered desk. This is something that I believe we should consider as it would make the Employer seem powerful and needed to have things like papers and folders on his desk, but too many may look as though he is swamped and in a lesser position of power.

The colour scheme in this environment is something we would also something to consider when finding a location suitable for this scene. The colours are mainly on the duller side. But when particular attention is paid, certain colours stand out and create imagery. for example, the top left image shows quite dull ordinary colours apart from the yellow accessories on his person. This could be an advantageous idea for us as the final result of the conversation scene at the end of the film isn't expected and the colour imagery could be a useful hint. This idea is something I have noticed in poster research so this could also be useful to do in that scene. The colour red could be used in some way as it is a symbol of danger or even blood and could be used as a foreboding technique.
 
On the other hand, the windows still give too much light into the room. It is more confined than the office from The Usual Suspects, but I feel that the windows still make the office seem a lot too open. I feel that this would give too much freedom to Kyle and we would like to create the idea that he has no where to run.
Even though his monologue will be a clear representation of his dominance, we would still like physical attributions to show this, particularly the physical environment.

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