Summary of filming days 1 & 2

This video is an analysis of what went well and what didn't go very well from our first two days of filming.

Day 2 Filming

Character Costumes

When deciding on our characters costumes we had to take into careful consideration the style and colours. I’ve learnt from previous films that I have researched, such as LA Confidential (1997) and Pulp fiction (1994), that the clothing can say a lot. For example in both these films the femme fatale wears white which symbolises innocence and purity, perhaps not what you would associate with a femme fatale usually.

  

For the main character, Jake, we wanted him to look a bit scruffy and simple, so it would seem he hasn’t put a lot of thought into what he was wearing or he doesn’t care at all. Therefore we chose a grey jumper, this is simple, slightly dull and doesn’t make him stand out which is how we want to his character to seem to the audience at first. However when the story develops they will discover there is quite a lot to know about him.

  

We have included a scene where Jake meets with the femme fatale at a pub. We chose to style him differently so it shows his character is developing. He will be wearing jeans and a shirt to show he is starting to make an effort and he has put some thought into what he wears. It also suggests that he is trying to impress the femme fatale and he is beginning to like her. 

The femme fatale’s outfit for the bar scene is a red dress, tights and a leather jacket. The colour red symbolises love and lust but also danger and blood, I think this says a lot about her character and what she is like. When thinking of this outfit we considered Laura Mulvey’s theory of the male gaze and therefore left some of her chest showing. However we didn’t want to reveal too much so it would almost tease the audience, this is why we used black tights and the black jacket. Black also represents death, which could foreshadow events in the story.

For the school scene we thought it would be unrealistic if the femme fatale was wearing a dress like the last outfit so tried to dress here down but still keep that seductiveness. We chose a red long skirt and a black sleeveless top, the colours are the same because they represent her characteristics well but the style is much more casual and more likely what she’d wear to school.  

We considered using this last dress because it was similar to one in La Confidential however we struggled to find a scene that we could use it in. Therefore we decided to leave it out for now but if something came up we’d use it.