Here’s a small part of the Director’s Statement. Anymore would give away too much of the plot.
LIVING IN A MORALLY AMBIGUOUS WORLD
The first notes I have on The Maid’s Room script go back years, as the situation of an immigrant maid working in a wealthy family has always appealed to me. What started as a simple situation meant to illustrate some aspects of class divide, the script has evolved to deal with some complex aspects of power and how that power plays out, not only in a personal way, but also with regard to the politics and state of the world we live in.
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The Maid’s Room is basically separated into three parts.
Part one: Drina
Part two: Brandon
Part three: Mr. Crawford
Each part will have a different look to best reflect the perspective of each character and also the mood of the story.
Drink’s look will have bright, sharp focus. Sharp colors. Wide angles. Drina sees things clearly. She is wide-eyed and has a bright outlook on life. This part of the film will have that look as well.
Brandon’s look will have low depth of field, more narrow lenses, things are not clear, they come in and out of focus. Murky colors, more grain. He’s still trying to figure things out in the world. He doesn’t see things as clearly as Drina. It’s a world of shadows and fog, an atmosphere where the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred.
Mr. Crawford’s look should have a feeling of tunnel vision, with the edges of the frame dark and/or blurred. He sees very clearly, but only what he wants to see.
