Courtroom scene
Omana pleads her case and talks about the years of shared trauma, even as Mathew carries her handbag, with his head down.
The courtroom scene was different because even at that point, we weren’t sure what Mathew was trying to express. Was he going to open up? There is a little cunningness to Mathew’s expression, which can be noticed in the close-ups. For a few shots, we went wider because we wanted to include Omana and Mathew and give them equal importance. But when Omana is talking about her pain, it’s her shot, but you can still see Mathew standing behind her.
We didn’t move the camera too much in the bedroom scenes. For instance, in the shot where Omana is typing on the computer and Mathew is sitting on the opposite side, the camera is static. But in the courtroom, the camera is continuously moving to show the moving process. The house has seen 20 years of silence and loneliness, so the camera doesn’t show any movement. But the legal case changes everything.