Finding locations in the small town of Saint George is a mixed bag. On one hand most business will let you film at their location for a simple credit in the movie, but it's hard to find certain type of places. In my case it was finding an alley. Not just any alley, something old and dirty.
In Saint George there are a few allies, but they are commonly used as parking for the business they're located behind. But I kept searching for the one.
As for the house, where most of my Capstone takes place. I needed something that showed this family isn't poor, but didn't scream "we're rich."
My house was out of the question do to the wall paper from the '70s and the commercial carpet. I talked to Dan about his house, but his wife was already mad I was having him kiss another women, so that was not a possibility.
Dan did, however know someone that deals with vacation homes and sent me the link for her listings.
One day while in search of an alley I went behind a strip of businesses and noticed there was an actual ally way apart from the parking lot. I snapped a few pictures and saw that there was also a window looking down on it. It was perfect for the scene.
I was never able to get inside to shoot down from the window, but it wasn't a shot that drove the plot.
After I spent a a few hours looking through the website I found two houses that I liked and we set up a time to look at them with the agent.
The first one we looked at was a little to flashy. I want the audience to feel bad for these characters, not think that they were rich snobs.
The second house was perfect. The way the kitchen flowed into the dining area. The space in the master bedroom would allow me to put more distance between characters, helping the emotion of the scene.
So now with actors and locations locked in, it's time to shot a movie.
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