Shooting Locations

The opening sequence for 'Alter Ego' will be filmed in my house. I wanted my opening sequence to be set in a house as it will show how Sydney acts at home with her family. It is Sydney in her natural state, her without the pressure to be the pretty, popular girl in school. I wanted to show this side of her first as its how she starts and how she will potentially finish in the film. Still, I want the audience to see her 'alter ego' as well. I thought I could show this in the house. When she starts snapping at her parents and slams the door in their face, gives the audience the idea that she is not all sweet and innocent. Specfically the scene will be shot in my bedroom, as its early in the morning and Sydney has just woken up, ready for school. Another reason why I chose to film my opening sequence in my house is because its easy to get to and I am able to film whenever I want. It will be easy to create a shooting schedule and its not far to get to.

I am using my house in Oxshott to film the scene.
The scene will open with a long shot view of Sydneys bed while she is still sleeping in it. The camera will explore the room as the credits pop up on the screen with the actors names, producer, director etc... Around the room will be posters of various artists, actors and heartthrobs. This suggests Sydneys age and addresses the audience of her intrests. The room is painted purple, sterotypically a 'girly' colour which shows that Sydney is a typical high school girl. The bed cover will be white, I though that using a white cover will symbloise Sydneys youth and highlight her innocent nature while she is at home.
Why only one location?
I wanted to keep my opening sequence simple without too many complications about locations and scene jumps. The intention of my opening scene is to let the audience see the two sides to Sydney and they can see the two sides to her in the simple location of her home. Plus there is only so much you can fit into a two minute scene, otherwise the scene would look untity and possibly badly edited as all the jumps would be very sqwashed.