On the 17th of January, we began shooting. I went to collect costume at props which had previously been arranged the previous Friday from the backstage crew. Then we left for out first location, Cornhill Manor to shoot in the kitchen of the family home. When we got to our location we discovered that the house was very child friendly, which wasnt the look we wanted. As our inspiration was from the film 'The Collector' and 'Scream'. Therefore we had to change our story line slightly and have our 'couple' as perhaps a man who remarried, but with children to a previous woman. Therefore we had lots of shots with childrens drawings, and photographs with the children in. Fortunately we didnt have to make any drastic changes to our setting, as we only used a few props. This was surprising as we hadnt previously visited the set. We were well prepared for the day, but there were a several hiccups, which were dealt with accordingly. Our storyboards we drew completely differtent to our finishing piece. But I believe that this shows how we were able to deal with change effectively and still capture some briliant shots. i was not to sure about how it was going to look when we chnaged are mood board. it was difficulte to picture how it was going to look without the dogs and a couple of other things missing
Location Shots
The types of shots that were chosen were used specifically to deliberately hide things or to show things. In our establishing shot, when we arrived to our location, there were several cars in the driveway. Which didnt fit with the narrative of our sequence. Therefore we had to place the camera in a high angle shot to show the brickwork and side of the house. Then we panned down and showed a Ferrari pulling into the driveway. Later, we had a shot of the actress getting out of the car, but we noticed there was a reflection on the side on the car of a transit van. Therefore we had to move the car over to a more open area and shot her getting out of the car there. Thererfore we were still able to create an interesting shot and work around the problem. This could have been unnecessary if we had arranged for the people visiting the location that day to park elsewhere. But we were able to move around the issue therefore we succeeded in the end.
we choose really well on are location they could not have been any better. Our establishing shot fitted perfectly. It was one of our best shots. It worked well as it really helped to extend this image of the woman being a goldigger as the house was so large and the car helped portray this image as well. Later, the kitchen scene, although it wasnt what we orginially wanted, it continued showing the image that she is a lot younger and she is only with 'Teddy' for his money and that she doesnt like his children. Although what made some of theses scenes difficult were that we had to move some of the items around the house and due to filming in a boarding house, we had lots of fire exit signs, no smoking and fire door symbols on the doors, which we had to cover subtly. Although the shots ended up looking excellent and I was really happy with them
The use of costume and props worked very well. We used a red dress, high heels, red designer handbag and a big fur coat. This helped to portray her image as a goldigger and that she had a lot of money. It also juxtapposed to the scenery in the background of the shots. As the house looked very warm we put family pictures up so it looked very family orientated, . Therefore maybe showing how she is an outsider in her own family . The red clothing symbolises how she is dangerous. the black high heels symbolises shes sharp and takes no for an answer she has got attitude Therefore we can leave all these links for the viewers imagination, and let them develop their own opinions. We found it very hard to cast for our film. As we were uncertain of the type of person who was reliable, fitted the casting and was available for filming. But in the end we found Helena, who was a superb actress. The first problem we were worried about was her accent as she is originally from Italy. Therefore we thought her accent may get in the way. But in fact it was her accent that really made the whole trophy wife, goldigging image. She would most definately appeal to the target audience, as she was gorgeous, which would draw more men in to watch. She brought a lot to our film and for that we were most grateful!
The pictures below are the props and costume used.
