Mamet shoot 'The Dog'

First off, I said I would post about my studio shoot and how that was going and didn't, so sorry.

First thing we had to do for the script was come up with a concept to set it around (it was a monologue about a man talking about his dog, so not that difficult).There were a lot of ideas in the group for the concept; whether he is has an OCD and likes things to have his place, whether he is an untidy/scruffy person (which I think gave it a sense of irony), and there was even an idea to give him a mental disorder and that he was imaging the dog the entire time.

We decided on the concept to be that the man is going through a split up with his wife and we kind of split the set in two; in the type of way that her belongings are on one side and his on the other. Also we didn't set a particular time period, we wanted it to be more contemporary, more modern so it didn't limit us or the actor... so we kind of went for a tidy and organised house with out bordering on the obsessive compulsive.

We painted the set white (we wanted a bit of colour i.e. cream or a hint of peach, just to give it a bit of personality but ran out of time due to timetable mix ups) with props and belongings from the wive that added little hints and pops of colour which I feel gave it a little personality, we also put in photo frames and divorce papers which I feel gave the set a story and history of the character.