Victim
When deciding what we wanted each of our characters to wear, we first discussed what we wanted our characters to look like (You can find this on a blog post titled 'Developing our ideas,Treatment and Casting'). Once we had decided this, we then talked as a group about stereotypes of what the Doctor and the victim should be wearing. We discussed horror films that we had watched for research and took down notes. Next we then had to link in our costumes with our story line. Therefore we decided to put the victim in a short black body-con dress, this emphasized the age and the situation the victim was in (she was going out clubbing),however we could only do this due to our story line and we had to make sure it fitted with our target audience and overall piece throughout.
We really wanted to keep her costume simple, therefore we went with the black dress and a pair of high heel shoes. Furthermore, we knew when discussing the ideas that we would have to buy this dress, we also knew from our story line that the dress would be cut open to reach the stomach of the victim in our piece, therefore when buying it we knew we had to find a cheap one so that we wouldn't be ruining an expensive dress. The picture below shows the final dress which we brought.
Doctor
When discussing what the male should be wearing, we all agreed that we wanted him wearing something that shows that he might know the profession, therefore we decided that he would wear scrubs, however due to us wanting it to look unprofessional, we only had him wearing the t-shirt half of the scrubs and not the trousers, we wanted to show that he wasn't bothered about hygiene, we also gave him a stethoscope to show that he knew the profession well and to indicate this. Moreover, we gave him some blue rubber gloves, but to show the unhygienic location we put dirt on them, this really emphasized the danger of not only the man but also the unhygienic location and that he was about to operate in bad conditions showing the high risk of infection etc.
Overall i was very pleased in the costumes that both characters were wearing, i think we manged to portray them both in the genre of our film very well, by sticking to the typical horror conventions we were able to create the typical main characters the audience would expect.
Props
When it came to our props we were very lucky that our location was already set up and we didn't need to do much with it. this helped us a lot, as we were able to focus on what we needed on the day. By using this sheet (See picture above) we were able to sort things out quickly and efficiently, we used people who had those specific things, this made it easier so we were not spending money and time on trying to get these things together for example Desiree brought the make up and we all knew this as it was on the sheet that everyone had making it a lot easier to get organised.
When it came to writing this list we put down the most obvious things that we would have with us such as our camera equipment etc. Some of the props were essential to the final piece, for example the table and the light as this was the main focus and most of the filming happened around both props and the victim was lying on the table with the light hanging down above her. Furthermore we wanted to keep the props to a minimal so that our piece wouldn't look to over the top and so that we could focus on getting the finish we wanted on the final piece. overall i was very pleased with how we organised our props and manged to arrange it so everyone knew who was bringing what. The props we used in our filming were very helpful to the look and feel to the piece as a whole and they helped create our genre.
Location
When it came to deciding our location we had to make sure it fitted our theme and genre of the film. As we wanted the location to look and feel as though it was somewhere abandoned, we decided to use a garage. By using this location it would give the film an unhygienic and abandoned feel which we really wanted to create. Once we had a rough idea of what we wanted our location to be like and what would fit our story line best, we discussed our ideas and Lauren said that her family owned a local garage. We then visited the garage and decided that this would be the perfect location to use for our film.
Below is a picture of our chosen location:
By using this location it really helped as we knew the owners and didn't have to hire it out for the day which really helped budget wise. Due to us knowing the owners we were also were able to find out the best days for both our team and the garage, and what part of the garage we were able to use (shown in the picture above). Furthermore by using this location we were also able to identify all the possible risks quickly which helped as we didn't have keep going back to check certain things, this made it easier when writing the risk assessment.
Overall i was very pleased with our location, it was exactly want we wanted and in the film highlighted the ideas and themes we had discussed
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