The beginning of the screenplay calls for the depiction of our protagonist walking through a busy market, on his way to a meeting with the manager, aka, his new boss. With regards to my wish of including a number of long takes I looked for inspiration as to how I could film his walking around without needing to cut. Instantly I thought of The Shining and Kubrick's long takes, made possible though the use of a steadicam. The most obvious shot to imitate would be the one that follows Danny around as he cycles through the hallways.

After being introduced to A Single Man (2009) in class as part of the two minuet character study, I discovered further material that would, in part, inspire elements of the ten minute film. The scene inn question includes a lovely looking shot that follows Firth's character as he walks though a busy school. The scene grabbed my attention for a number of reasons, firstly, the crowded location makes for a visually interesting shot, a sharp contrast to the desolate Overlook hotel. Secondly, unlike Kubrick's framing, Ford's shot is composed much higher up the body than the example above. Obviously this is partly because the actor is taller but it has the effect of the camera seeming to be looking down at Firth, resulting in a completely different feel to the 'eye-level' framing of Danny (above).

I imagine that the beginning of the film would start as a tracking shot of the floor of the market then, as the actor enters frame, begin panning up, dissecting his appearance before resting at a similar height as the examples above. As seen in the screen grabs, when the character reaches his destination the camera will start to pull back, allowing him to get smaller in frame before going through a door at which point the camera will stop completely and cut to the next scene.