Like Dreaming, Backwards, is a short film that I am currently co-directing. In the film, there is a scene where the character, Nell, is attending a therapy session with a psychologist, Dr. Heimlich. For some time, myself, my fellow director, and DP discussed what kind of look we wanted. Were we going for a more sophisticated, medical space which would be a psychiatrist office? Or were we looking for a more comfortable, intimate space like a therapist's office? Ultimately, we decided that a therapist/psychologist office would be best for the scene and would further serve to tell the story better. The location we chose to shoot the scene was at one of our friend's house which proved to be convenient for we had the space, time, and ability to shoot, a freedom which was also cost efficient. However, for the scene we needed it to look like an office and not a house which means we had to cheat the space.
In our friend's house, he has two living rooms. In one living room, is a long wall that is essentially one long bookshelf. My fellow co-director felt that having the bookshelf and putting a desk next to it would really capture the feel that we were in an office when shooting Dr. Heimlich's coverage and I agreed. Although, if we were to reverse the shot and get coverage of Nell, the open space behind her would have been the kitchen. Our DP came up with the brilliant idea to cheat the space which led us to shooting Nell's coverage in our friend's second living room which had a closed off background.
Above, are the screenshots from the footage we recently shot of both Dr. Heimlich's and Nell's coverage. As you can see, it appears as if each shot was filmed within the same room. By doing this, we were able to achieve the look of a psychologist's office without having to shoot in an actual office.
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