SET DESIGN

 Before going into the filming portion of the opening my partner and I wanted

to design a set for the main characters room. 

There were many ideas that we wanted to develop in this set. 
For example, the opening is about a boy who moves from a different country to a new one, so we decided it would be smart to include a bunch of boxes lying around and some suit cases. We also removed the sheets and pillow cases from the bed in order to give it a new, unprepared feeling. 

Another thing we had to keep in mind was what he kept out of the boxes. The character we are developing is not necessarily a boring character we decided to make him seem cooler and more interesting as that is an idea we want to push in later development so we left out some nicer, designer shoes. 

One more thing we wanted to make sure is to tend to our character's interests for that reason we left out a record player that he likes to listen to music on. The music is an important part of the film opening as it acts as an escape for him from the place he does not like to a place he really does. He also keeps above his bed a Honduran flag, to keep his heritage and to hint to the audience that he is not from the United States.

Here is how our set actually turned out. We are very proud that we were able to emulate our plans into a real life almost identical set. We still kept in mind all the things we wanted to develop while managing in a room that was not previously empty and we were able to work around it here.