We filmed our opening sequences in a few different location around the college campus. The outdoor scenes were filmed on the top floor of the media block, where we had no disruption and got the job done fairly quickly. The scenes in the police station and office were filmed in a small room in the top floor of the LRC. When we first planned our locations, the local library field seemed a good idea, although in practice it looked unprofessional as it was a public area and lots of people were walking in shot of the camera!
Casting
Our film needed 3 actors, which we struggled to find so Laura, Mair and myself decided to play the various roles. We also felt that we knew how to act the parts correctly, as we made the characters up ourselves.
The Suspect, a Femme Fatale and a police officer were the three actors we felt would fit well into the film. We chose to challenge the typical conventions of the Film Noir and used all female characters for the roles that males would usually take.
Cast:
Police Officer - Laura Prigg
Femme Fatale - Shauna Matthias
Suspect - Mair Paintsil
This is the room on the top floor of the LRC, where we filmed most of our films in:
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Costume
As our film is a Film Noir, we had to find costumes and props that looked as near as we could to the 1940's / 50's era. I played the Femme Fatale, so wore a black and white spotty dress which I thought would look authentic on the black and white screen. I also curled my hair, wore high heels and changed my make up to make it look more glamorous. Laura, who played the officer wore a white shirt and a black blazer, whilst Mair wore a long beige trench coat, and black hat and gloves.
Props
We had a bit of fun when it came to props, as we used a gun (police station and Mair scenes) a cigarette - which we didn't actually light as we were indoors and perfume which was used by me.
A glass of wine was poured by me in the office scenes, which was filled with blackcurrant, not red wine (unfortunately!) :-(
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