Location Scouting

We want to base our film in an isolated office as it is the stereotypical environment of a typical office worker. We have chosen to use various rooms within our school as they mimic an office style workspace and all of the props such as desks, computers etc. are already available in an office layout which saves time for us and looks very natural.

We have chosen to use an isolated location by a bridge for the shot where we introduce the main character as it allows us to create a secluded theme as if the man is cut-off from the rest of the world.

For the rest of the locations such as the corridor and the canteen we have also chosen to use locations within the school campus again. The reason for this decision as we explained before is that they already have an office style layout which saves time and makes them look more natural, we based our storyboard on these locations.
We have also chosen to use these locations for the reason that most of the walls are a plain white colour which we hope to create a neutral feel with, but also one of lifelessness because the colour is plain and draining. The location as a whole creates a realistic feeling as it is a real, ready available workspace not a studio set-up.

Detailed synopsis of our film

It would start off with a quick montage of shots of newspapers, commercials, etc of the Darren Brown Experiment, then we would introduce the main character. He would be coming out of the subway on the way to work and would see several signs which would influence him to be stuck in his chair as Darren Brown did by placing signs in the newspapers etc. They would start off very basic like a man sitting down asking him for help to get up then they would turn more obvious.

Next we see the man working late in the evening alone in the office. He is a designer for a company who make specialist chairs for extreme comfort, he is working on an idea for a new design for a chair but his mind is blank. He looks at a poster by his desk which says "So Comfortable, You can't leave" which acts as another influence. Suddenly he receives an email from an unknown source, when he opens it there is just a short flash of an image of someone stuck in a chair which he barely notices, then the window closes on it's own. At this point he is fed up of work so he decides to get a drink, but no water comes out of the fountain.
He then makes his way back to his desk but the door is jammed so he takes the long route around the other side where he sees more posters of chairs. He eventually gets back to his desk when suddenly he receives an email from an unknown source, when he opens it there is just a short flash of an image of someone stuck in a chair which he barely notices, then the window closes on it's own. He doesn't pay attention to it and decides to try to draw some ideas so he fetches his pencil and lays out some paper in front of him. As he tries to think he spins his pencil in his hand but it slips and falls on the the floor which frustrates him even more. He reaches out for the pencil but it's too far so he tries to get out of the chair but to his surprise he is stuck and can't get up. He carries on struggling in an attempt to free himself and the story ends with a black screen as the credits roll.