One cell or all of the cells in general population?

This is the question posed that is currently giving us a huge headache. We met yesterday to discuss what exactly we are going to do for our filming. Are we going to use one jail cell where the character engage in for the most of their scripts or are we going to have our characters walk around the entire general population and explore multiple cells?

We are leaning more towards using multiple cells because it will add more shots to our film which will definitely make our film more interesting. If we just use one location we feel that our viewer will be rather bored and our film will not unique. But, if we use multiple jail cells and have our character explore all of the general population area as well as other parts of the entire jail and the outside of the jail, then our film will look unique and really catch the viewers attention.

Lighting. Lighting. Lighting.
We need to figure out a way to have lights flicker on and off as well as completely turn off and go into complete darkness for the climax of our film. We have thought about using flashlights but they will not give enough lighting for the exact shot we want. Another option we discussed was the use of a strobe light, only problem is the jail does not have electricity running so the strobe light will not work once plugged into an outlet. Maybe we can find a strobe light that does not require an outlet for power?

We also started drawing up our storyboard in class and so far it is coming along just fine. We are planning on writing the entire script this upcoming weekend, memorizing the script, and finally officially filming over spring break.