Planning/Preparing the Photowall

The photowall is the key element within our piece that will trigger the uneasy feeling for the audience.
We know that this is the most important thing to get right in order for the piece to work and achieve what we want.


We decided that all of the pictures should be of our lead character on her own and with the other people, but we wanted the other people in the photos blurred out.

We also wanted a mix of photos, including ones that would appear to the audience that the 'stalker' had taken.
We feel this will give the right atmosphere, mystery and tension for the audience, hopefully making them feel uncomfortable.

To prepare for this, we went out at night with a camera and took photos of our female character from a 'stalker' point of view.

We took many like this, to add into the collection of photos to use on the photowall.

We got each photo printed into photos, to give it a realistic look, rather than printing onto paper.

Location:

We needed to find an appropriate location for our photowall. We looked a many walls, and put up the pictures to look at the sizing. Many walls were too big, and with the amount of photos we had, made the photos look very small, and ruined the effect of there being a big wall full of photos.

We eventually found a wall in my bathroom, which was small and the photos fitted onto it nicely. With the wall being small, it made the photowall look bigger and fuller, giving the exact look we wanted to create that sense of obsession.

Once we had the location and the photos we could put them together for the overall look of the photowall. It turned out great and with the correct lighting, will be perfect for the filming of our thiller.
For an added touch, we decided to add post it notes, with the date and time of certain pictures. We hope this adds to the tension we want to build and get the audience asking questions about the stalker.