Cast, Costumes and Locations

Cast, Costumes, Props and Locations

We used Adam Nixon as 'the victim' as he seems the most vulnerable and like an ordinary guy. He fits in well with the role due to skinny figure. His large coat helps enforce the view of him being an ordinary, everyday common person.

Max Lake is then used as the 'mastermind' behind the whole abduction and fits in well with his enigmatic role shrouded with mystery of who he is and what is he doing. Max is wearing a suit during our entire production connoting professionalism and that he is an intelligent man which helps enforce his 'mastermind' role. In the beginning shot, Max is shown shaving his beard off, but after an elipsis cut he has the beard again. This is because the storyline is fragmented, much like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, of course this wouldn't be known from the opening. The beard connotes that Max isn't looking after himself really and that when he shaves his beard, it is him starting a clean new life.

I am then is used as the 'brute' of the situation acting as Max's thug doing his dirty work. I fit in well with this role because I am the biggest one of us and the most intimidating. During the film I am wearing entire black, whilst wearing a hoody also to relate to 'gang culture' and the negative stereotypical view of hoodies.







Me made some fake cocaine using flour, baking powder and sugar. This helps replicate the real thing well especially as real films don't use the real stuff. The use of cocaine during our film helps make an enigma surrounding everyone.

We originally used a toy .38 revolver as it connotes danger and death. .38 revolvers are also really cheap to purchase and are a common weapon worldwide for civilians which makes the film seem more realistic as it would be harder for a group of young adult males to acquire armaments. But due to the fact that it looked silly, we replaced it with a realistic replica of a M93 Raffica. This worked better as it made the production seem more serious, as the weapon wasn't bright blue.

We used Max's house for one of the scenes within the film. His lounge helps show that he has a family or a history of one due to the number of pictures around the room, but as the house is empty apart from Max, it makes you wonder where they are or what happened to them. It also raises the question that, is he a hardened criminal, or just a family man with nothing to do with the abduction.

Another location which was used was the street outside of Max’s house. This provided an ideal location for our car following/chase scene due to the road being straight and very long. Not a lot of cars come past either as the house is at the end of the street providing us the ability to film undisturbed.

The main location was Max’s garage which we used for the interrogation scene of our opening. The room was very dark and was lit by one light which therefore made it chiaroscuro lighting. The fact that it went dark very quickly also added to the effect. The garage was also unsettling and made it seem like a thriller as it was filled with power tools which are possible items which are dangerous and could be used in an interrogation, reinforcing our reason for using the garage.