We needed a very specific television-sofa layout for the shot where Luke, our protagonist, watches the political speech, so we decided to use Laura's living room as there was a decent sized TV and the sofas could be easily rearranged. The walls and sofa were also neutral colours, which meant that they would not draw attention away from Luke and the TV screen.
After setting up the mise-en-scene in terms of the room, we turned our attention to Luke; we asked him to wear the same clothes he wore for the other shots of him, to keep a sense of continuity and minimise confusion to viewers. As this shot was a close-up of his face, we decided to experiment using our injury research. With basic make-up and a face-painting kit, Hannah managed to create a very realistic black eye, broken nose and split lip for Luke - we tested how convincing it was by posting the photograph on Facebook without explaining that it was fake, and monitored the responses. Everyone was very shocked to find out that it wasn't real, which was a real encouragement!
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