Hey Blog!! Long time no see! This week was spring break for us, but our final film project was is due tomorrow, so we still had to work to complete this on time. First we filmed the therapist scene which took place in the library.
This was supposed to represent the idea that the shadow figures Lily saw were really all in her head. We did this by having Lily confess to the therapist about her visions, but her therapist, played by Sam, seemed rather uninterested in her "delusions".
First, we decided to line up the slam of the car door from the first day of filming, to the slam of the binder by Dr. Fernandez, the therapist, in his office. This took a few tries to get the exact sound effect of the slam that we wanted so that editing would be simpler for us to have the shots we wanted to line up clear. My group really wanted this transition to work because it was a harsh transition. In my mind, the abrupt slam took Lily from her fractured mental state after thinking she saw a shadow figure, to the harsh reality of someone not believing her and forcing her to become extremely upset.
This is the final shot we decided on to match up with the car slam for a seamless transition:
Here was an example of the therapist not believing in Lily:
Our group really wanted to emphasize the fact that the therapist did not care about Lily and made no real attempt to understand her story or problems. This is common of psychological thrillers and drives the protagonist crazy because it makes them feel isolated and alone because no one will listen to them or try and understand. Small details like the therapist clicking his pen annoyingly or staring at the clock infuriated Lily even further and lead to her completely panicking and leaving his office. This is an example of the therapist obviously looking at the clock indicating his lack of care for Lily's visions:
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