Final preparation for filming and the final day of filiming

For our final day of filming, Sophie copied and wrote down the script and camera angles we are going to use from the post we created a couple of lessons back, which you can find here. This is so we had something we could refer to when filming so that we and the actors knew what we needed to do so that we got everything.

After Sophie did this, she sent the picture above to me on iMessage to check that it included everything we needed to do and so that she hadn't missed anything, I confirmed this for her.

We're planning to get to my sister-in-law Allison's shop by 4.45pm on Friday, I sent this to Danny to let him know and asked him to pass this information on to Zach, I double checked to make sure he had.

Update: As this scene we were filming in the shop is meant to be the day before, so we decided that a different blouse would be appropriate to wear as the femme fatale will have changed. So I wore the black pencil skirt that we'd borrowed from our friend and the other blouse that we were choosing between before we picked the cream one.

The blouse I wore with the black pencil skirt for our second day of filming.

I also decided to wear red lipstick with my outfit as this is another typical convention for a femme fatale in a film noir.

Danny and Zach were both wearing the same suits as there was need for them to change, because you will cannot really notice that they're still wearing the same suit and as they are men it's not as necessary or normal for them to change outfits everyday. To see their outfits ~click here~

The final outfits

Today we filmed at Elm Hill and in the next lessons we will be able to start editing the footage we have, Sophie has the same software on her MacBook at home as what we use on the Mac's at school so we will also be able to edit our work at her house outside of school, and bring her MacBook to lessons to keep updating so we have more time to work on it.
The boys both wore suits:

Left to Right: Zach who plays our villain/killer, and to the right in this picture is Danny our anti-hero

Here, is my outfit (femme fatale) I am wearing the coat that I mentioned in the previous post because of the extreme cold weather conditions, we were lucky it  fit in with our femme fatale look.

The final props and filming update

Filming: The final filming date we decided on is Thursday 22nd to film the outside scenes on Elm Hill, and we've arranged to do this in the afternoon as me and Sophie have double media that afternoon so we could leave the lessons to go up the city and film because both of our actors could make it. We have arranged to film the scenes inside Camilla Brides on Friday 24th.

Originally, we were going to ask the drama department if we could borrow some hats for the boys as they are a typical convention for film noirs, but from previous experience we learned the drama department like you to ask quite a bit beforehand to borrow their props unless you are a drama student, which neither me nor Sophie are. 

We were also going to use a fake pistol gun from my grandad but after much discussion between me and Sophie, and Ms. Moore we agreed that it would be much safer if we didn't use a gun on the streets where another member of the public could see it, just in case anyone reported us. So, we have just changed the camera angle of how this shot will be taken so that it looks like Zach is pulling out a gun but you do not see what he is holding, so the audience will just guess what it is.

Another problem we faced was the friend we originally asked if we could borrow her skirt for the femme fatale's outfit now can't let us borrow it, so we asked another friend who agreed that we could.

For the femme fatale's outfit we also needed to decide on an appropriate blouse for her outfit, we had three options to choose between.

Blouse number 1

Blouse number 2

Blouse number 3

We got rid of option number 2 because it looked too modern with the stud design around the collar so it didn't fit in with the context. At first, I was a bit skeptical about the third option because it has no sleeves and I would be running outside in the cold weather, so it didn't seem appropriate health wise, but me and Sophie agreed on a black coat which fit in with the conventions that I could wear so we went with the third option as it looked more vintage.

Organising filming

Firstly, me and Sophie decided to sort out props, location, moodboard and sound for the opening scene of our Film Noir, Sophie decided to take on this task. She also took on the job of uploading a post about the script and allocating tasks to people. You can find the locations, props etc by clicking on this link. And the link to the script etc is here.

We have started a Facebook chat between both me and Sophie and our other two actors (Danny and Zach). This will just make it easier to communicate, and decide when and where we will be filming, what they need to bring and who they will be playing. Originally one of our actors could not film on the afternoon we had decided, but we have resolved this by all agreeing to do it on Saturday 25th.

The boys agreeing to be actors for our film.

Next, we needed to sort out my costume for the femme fatale role, we needed to borrow a black midi skirt to fit in with the context of when our Film Noir is set and to stick with the typical conventions, it just so happens that one of our friends Gemma has one so we nicely asked her if we would be able to borrow it for filming and she said we could.

Asking Gemma if we could borrow her skirt.

Update: Danny has now been able to rearrange his original plans so that we can film the scene at Elm Hill on the afternoon of Wednesday 22nd. We have also sorted what the boys will need to bring to the filming scene on Wednesday.