Locations

The start location for our film opening is an everyday park. The location is deliberately simple and a public place to keep the focus purely on the story and the plot. The fact that the scene is a park where other people are puts emphasis on the vulnerability of Blonde, as even though she is in a place surrounded by other people, she is still exposed to the lurking eyes of Stalk. The role of Redhead in the park also makes Blonde seem weak and fragile. With the park scene focsuing on Redhead-misleadingly- we learn very little about Blonde, giving the audience the impression she is shy and timid. The park location is primarily used to show that Stalk is not just trying to get her when she is alone, but instead is following her in her everyday life, watching her wherever she goes.

The dark room scene is the location that is most important to the plot. It is the place where we get an insight to the mind of Stalk, and the main plot of the film is revealed. The shots in the dark room enable the audience to learn about Stalk. The location is key to the story as a whole, as we get the impression that the dark room is Stalk's safety zone, where he spends the majority of the time. We gather this from the wall of pictures of Blonde he has, as you would think he would put the photos up where he is most of the time.

The locations contrast as the park location is just one option picked from a number of settings that would've also worked. The setting has no real importance to the rest of the scene. This is the complete opposite to the role of the dark room. This location is probably the setting which will turn out to be the most important of all the locations used throughout the entire film, not just the opening.