Choosing the right setting

I knew that setting and lighting was important, and even more important that it bodes well with the change in atmosphere during the film. At the start i wanted to use a lighter, more relaxed, natural setting with the couple, and after the first phone call, during the running scene i wanted a more rural, busier area to suit the overlapping video and increased cutting speed. Even further on in the film, after the main character wakes up from being knocked out by another unknown character, i wanted the lighting to go darker, making the scene more mysterious and ominous as he approaches the door of the house with the lamp on outside. I feel like i have succeeded in choosing the right setting to accomplish this.

Another very important setting was where the girlfriend would be filmed tied up, to have a good effect and shock element the setting would have to be convincing so the audience quickly figure than someone has been dangerously kidnapped. The setting i used in the final piece was what looked like a young girls room in an abandoned bungalow, it is also my favourite setting in the project because i think it works perfectly along with the POV shot of the perceived kidnapper walking with the camera and the sound of broken glass when kicking the door open at the start of the clip.