If I were to make the film inspired by my 12th observation, I think I would want to keep it very minimal and restrictive in setting. I want to treat this sort of as if I were to be writing and creating a play. I want the film to have just two settings; the house and the roller rink. I think the contrast of the action and emotion given in these two settings work in juxtaposition and would show great contrast.

A roller rink like the one above generally uses coloured lights and gives off a sort of 80s vibe which I really like and think it is a dramatisation of a happy setting and nostalgia. Whilst if I have the setting of the house in an old suburban house with little character and blue lighting then this would really show a contrast between happiness and misery.

Still from Snowtown (2011)

Robin shared the Thomas Hardy quote to me, “Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain”, and I think the idea that I am working with is portraying this, maybe even visually using the locations and settings to show this.