Making Our Own Cupboard

Whilst filming the final scene for our film we wanted to include a shot of one of our actors taking a glass from the cupboard. We wanted the camera to be inside the cupboard so when he opened it you could see his face. After watching back our first three or four attempts we realised it wasn't going to work because there wasn't enough light by the cupboard and the shot didn't look very good. We tried having the lights in the room on instead but this would have caused continuity problems and if the whole scene was in the light we wouldn't be able to create shadowy effects which is needed for film noir. We therefore decided to construct a new cupboard closer to the light already being used.

Music for Opening Scene

We have decided to include music for the opening scene and the titles of our film as this is common in most films of any genre. The opening scene is our main character at a graveyard looking at his fathers grave and we wanted the music to fit with what is happening. Therefore we wanted a song in minor key as the character is mourning his father and would be sad at this point. Another point we considered was our film is set in the present day and the storyline is based around 18 to 19 year olds. So we thought a modern song would be appropriate, this is also good for our audience as they may be familiar with it.

We choose Intro by The XX as it fits all the requirements above. It also doesn't have any lyrics which means we will able to use sound from the actual video or voice overs at the same time without it sounding indistinguishable. 

Day 4 Filming

Pub Scene Script

Our scene at the pub is quite a vital one as a lot of the storyline is explained to the audience through the two characters lines. As well as this it tells the audience what is coming up and what the hero/main characters objective is going to be. Therefore we decided to write out a script for this scene so we were certain we included everything needed to. Also it was a lot of help for our actors as it helped them give a good performance in this important part of the film.

Editing - Day 2

Editing - Day 1

This is almost like a video dairy of when we are editing our film so we can keep track of our progression.

Filming - Day 3

We didn't plan to film at the pub again however after watching the shots back we realised we needed to go back. The first time round we got shots of the two characters talking but didn't have much variety in our shots. This time we focused more on getting close ups and different angled shots so when we put it together it's much more interesting to watch.