Although a variety of popular sites were used for filming in Central Scotland, the key location was always going to be the flat in which the characters lived. Reconstructed slightly larger than life-size in a warehouse on a Glaswegian industrial estate, this flat would be a property buyer's dream: four bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, lounge, and spacious hall, with splendid views of the Scottish capital. At ninety feet by one hundred and fifty feet, it is the biggest set ever built indoors in Scotland. As the film progresses, the flat almost takes on a personality of its own. "What we always wanted was that it should be a flat worth dying for," reckons Danny Boyle. "A flat that stirs up feelings of slight envy about these people's lives, making you want to join in and be with them in a way. This flat shouldn't just be a place where they sleep; the whole world is in there. The characters have to go to work to earn money, but apart from that they appear to have no other life - only the flat and each other. People are not invited back; nobody's ever expected to come round; people ring up and are told to get lost, basically; the mail is carefully censored on its way in. It's a cocoon really, that they have made for themselves."

1. Explain what the words/phrases underlined mean.

1. What plans do Juliet and Alex make ?
2. Complete the questions asked to David by the police
   • Did you.........................................?
   • Have you seen...................................?
   • And the other three people in the flat, did.....?
3. How do the police react to David’s answers ?
4. What conclusions does David make when he confronts Alex and Juliet ?
5. Describe what happens when Alex goes to work ?