CONSTRUCTION: WOMAN AND DOLL IN MIRROR

Today we went to film the scene of the mirror, which shows the woman stroking the dolls hair in the reflection of the mirror. I directed the scene and Amber filmed whilst Georgina acted. We began by simply zooming into the mirror as the protagonist played and plaited the dolls hair, to show the connection and obsession she has with the doll. We then thought that it would be a better idea to pan up so we end up looking into the mirror with the protagonist, as if from her view point.
Instead of filming the protagonist from the front, we decided that we would film her over the shoulder as she looked into the mirror. This is in order to suggest her psychological state. She is essentially a very private person who hides her scared scarred psyche. She rarely lets others see her secret desires, such as fustrated desire to be a mother herself. As she gazes into the mirror, she is imagining herself as a mother, how others would see her if only she had a child herself.