After conducting a few shoots and getting a better understanding of how I can film the scenes I want to film I’ve discovered that my research questions are being altered slighting. My original thought process was to keep dialogue to an absolute minimum however i’ve been finding that each scene suddenly becomes more alive with the most natural dialogue from my actors. It’s the moments in which they are alone and the conversations that are said aloud when alone that are the most interesting. For example, the test shoot in the empty bedroom proved to be really intriguing with the actress signing and being on the phone. Thus I’ve decided to add this as one of my research questions.

Updated Research Questions

1. How can I produce a visually engaging scene through production design, including costuming?
2. How can I produce and engaging scene will little conversation but still elements of dialogue from only one featured person?
3. How can I produce and interesting scene that creatively shows the action of being on and interacting with a phone?
4. How can I produce engaging scenes that use natural lighting and phone lighting as a key light to frame actors?
5. How can I create an interesting scene that highlights the relationship between a character and their location?
6. How can I combine these elements of a scene including acting, costuming, lighting etc, to direct and produce a compelling scene?

Edit: I don’t think  i’ll be re shooting my scene in the bedroom as a final scene. I’ve gone over different ways I could film within that space and I don’t find it any more interesting or particularly inspiring to me, when compared to the other locations I’ve sourced. I’m just going to focus on my other scenes, paying more attention how I can make them better.