Location finalizations

After drawing up a brief sketch in this post regarding the filming locations, I went and found the actual locations. Here are some photos and comparisons with the concept sketches

1. The office
Shoot location: Mom's working room

This room is quite conventional to the genre of thrillers as it's colour palette is very restricted, remaining with colors of more lifeless hues such as dark brown and green. The room's furnishing also gives off a professional impression that can show the audience that the protagonist is a middle class and high ranking Detective.

2.interrogation room
Shoot location: Multipurpose room at a Condo

I think this room is quite interesting because the way it is decorated is differing in both corners. It can be used to show the personality and power of each characters during the interrogation scene.
On the other hand, it did not fully follow the original room I had in my storyboard and the decorations made it look unconventional, especially because of the painting at the back. Positively, if the painting is positioned on the detective's side of the interrogation, it can foreshow his inner fragility and his idealistic perception of society to the audience

3. The detective's house/kitchen
shoot location: a room at my condo

The dining area (the kitchen where we will film is on the left!)

The kitchen area

Where the cooking takes place. The Spice rack may act as a good establishing sot for the film. 

I deliberately chose to use the condo unit as a house setting because it creates meaning and also allows the film to become more relatable to the audience (Particularly in countries where condo's and apartments are rising in popularity). This is because in today's Thai society, the idea of living in a Condominium has become more endorsed due to things such as property costs, living space and the changes in people's ways of life.
Furthermore, these high rise rooms show the idea of isolation and helplessness. In the film, the Detective arrives at the condo to find both his wife and son murdered and feels guilty as he wasn't able to protect them.

The fish tank mentioned .

Bonus picture: one of the fish tank inhabitants!!

In the original opening, a fish tank was to be included in order to convey the idea of creating your own miniature world according to your needs. Within a fish tank, the environment is more easily controlled and manipulated, unlike the real world where there will always be things that remain uncontrollable, such as injustice. It reflect's on the protagonist's strong desire of restoring justice and righteousness onto society, but is stopped as he can't control everything.

4. The "flashback scene" pool+balcony 

*this picture was taken in the evening to ensure that most of the settings can be seen, the real footage will be filmed at night.

The view will give the flashback scene a high amount of significance as it emphasises the Detective's love for his wife and family.  Instead of observing the Skyscraper-esque city views below him, he accepts his future wife's confession of love, showing that she means more than the world to him.