Location/Recces - Drama

When deciding on the location for my drama piece, I looked at where the scene takes place in the original drama. The interrogation scene in Broadchurch that I am looking at takes place at a police station as it is an official meeting between the investigators - D.I Alec Hardy and D.S Ellie Miller and the suspects - Nigel Carter and Susan Wright. In a real life situation, this sort of meeting would only take place at a police station because what the suspects say needs to be recorded or written down so that it can be used as evidence in the trial. When it came to choosing a location, I decided to keep it the same as it is in the original series to give it a more realistic and authentic feel to it. As the scene is an interrogation where the investigators are trying to retrieve information about the case from the suspects, I wanted the location to evoke a sense of heightened tension in the scene so that the audience can feel a sense of pressure that the suspects would be feeling in the moment which would then translate onto the audience so that they in turn feel under pressure. I also want the location to reflect quite a clinical and plain environment because what the characters are saying in the scene is quite gripping and serious, therefore I would like that to be the center focus of the scene rather than the audience being distracted by a busy background. When it came to choosing a suitable location for filming, I decided to find an office space. I think that one of the small lecture theaters at Maidstone Studios would be ideal for an office space. All of the theaters are newly built and very plain looking with white walls and plenty of desks. I am planning on setting up a few tables in the center of the room and filming each interrogation in the same place. In the original series, the meetings are happening at exactly the same time with Miller and Hardy meeting halfway through the scene to discuss what they have found. I have decided to cut this section as I did not think it was important enough for the scene and would take out about 30 seconds. As police offices should all be relatively the same, I thought that using two different offices didn't seem necessary, especially as the location isn't hugely important in the scene.