Thoughts on shooting so far

.... -cat

Friday - Shooting

Guysssss i was wondering if we could pop back to my house after school on friday before we go out to london so i could 'lady myself up' a bit...It wouldn't be for too long and then we can play around with my hairstyle without running out of bobby pins etc etc
what do you think?
-cat

BLK feedback

hat and coat both bought and paid for, have paid the extra for the speedy hat delivery so we're all set. will try and sort out the shirt and tie tonight.

good work today folks, get some imagery from your shoots up on here as soon as possible

Hat and coat to buy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELEGANT-BROWN-FELT-TRILBY_W0QQitemZ320286729241QQcategoryZ0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m221QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSKWL%26its%3DK%252BD%252BC%26itu%3DMBMS%252BUCK%26otn%3D12%26ps%3D47#ebayphotohosting

http://www.burton.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=false&catalogId=20553&storeId=12551&categoryId=95219&parent_category_rn=&productId=790572&langId=-1

All we're waiting for now if my 'lady' shirt and tie to wear and possibly a skirt and we're all set =)

-cat

Need to buy/get

James
- detective coat
- shiny shoes
- detctive hat
- suit

Cat
- coat
- skirt / dress
- black high heels (x)
- seamed stockings (x)
- crazy hat thing

- Cat

Group Meeting

We have decided exactly whihc version of 'Gold' we're going to use and have all confirmed our four locations in enfield town. Also, we are awaiting the go-ahead to purchase items for our shoot.

- Cat

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on friday we're going to go to central london and check out a number of locations e.g. trafalgar square, leicter square, natuaral history mueseum, southbank and we need some stairs....enfield town can still be used as another location or as a back up.
We've decided we're going to use some graphic matches in our footage...good visual hooks etc etc
We're still going to keep a loose storyline so that the audience but make everything abstract (use editing to mkae the audience create their own more detailed storyline)
I really feel we've moved forward today and everything seems to be coming together =]
-cat

Costume

I think we need to hurry up and deside what we are goign to buy for the detective and the woman because we are filming at the weekend so we need to allow time for delivery.
James

Location 2

We are also going to shoot in the drama block for our performance. These are the pictures I took. We chose this location because:

1. The lighting is amazing and can all be controlled from the back of the room
2. There are black curtains surrounding the whole performance area, so we don't have to worry about distractions
3. There are platforms that we can use to raise the drums up a level
4. Its so easy to access (with permission)
   
   

Luke

Location Idea - Enfield Town

I got loads of pictures for our location. I couldn't get any of the cobble stones in the town market because there were way too many people. But it still looked good.
We chose Enfield Town because:

1. Its close to everyone
2. The market has loads of cobble stones
3. The houses are old down Gentlemans Row
4. There are no cars down Gentlemans Row
5. The streetlights all look quite old

I have colour versions of the shots as well if anyone wants to see them.
James

Shoes for Detective (James B)

Should they just be shiny, leather man shoes?

What shoes size is James B?

Where can we get them from?

-Angela
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Yes i think they should be shiny, black, leather, man shoes.
Im size 12.
James
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I got size 12 leather man's shoes.

No Problemo

xx Luke

Hat Possibilities

We think we need a hat for Cat during the narrative portion. Here are some hats I found just now on the internet.

From Debenhams, at http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10001_72348_607655_-

-Angela

Myspace pages? (incomplete)

Group meeting

Focus on organisation....
Wrote up a timetable for the next 2 weeks and put it on docs.google.com and a group email address so we can update it whenever we want

Need to

• confirm drums and keyboard for wednesday afternoon
• book instruments and dram block for tuesday

- Cat
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All done =)
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we went and everything's fine for tuesday and wednesday! drums, AND room!
xxluke

Trench coats

I found a few trench coats and hats on ebay. They might be too expensive.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-SKINNY-LONG-TRENCH-PEA-COAT-JACKET-indie-mod-M_W0QQitemZ290254526155QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELEGANT-BROWN-FELT-TRILBY_W0QQitemZ320286729241QQcategoryZ0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m221QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSKWL%26its%3DK%252BD%252BC%26itu%3DMBMS%252BUCK%26otn%3D12%26ps%3D47#ebayphotohosting

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELEGANT-BLACK-FELT-TRILBY_W0QQitemZ320286728923QQcategoryZ0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m221QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSKWL%26its%3DK%252BD%252BC%26itu%3DMBMS%252BUCK%26otn%3D12%26ps%3D47

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACK-SKINNY-LONG-TRENCH-PEA-COAT-JACKET-indie-mod-bn-M_W0QQitemZ290257897595QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290257897595&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14


James

BLK feedback

we're researching the smolke machine possibility; will let you guys know :-)

Budget

• Smoke machine?
• Femme fatale stuff?
• Detective coat?
  

-Cat

Femme Fatale Props

Miss Thrasher brought in her femme-fatale-style hat and cigarette holder and they look quite good.

Hat:

Cigarette Holder:

What do we reckon? Shall we try and get some of that veil-netting stuff for the hat?

Things we need for the femme fatale character:

• Hat?
• Cigarette holder?
• Red lipstick- Saxon said she'd bring some in tomorrow (10th September)--I now have it (Angela, 10th September)
• Face makeup/foundation/powder and some to possibly add highlights/shadows to the face subtley (though could go very wrong)
• Mascara
• Wicked femme-fatale style dress/skirty outfit
• Coat- possibly mine?
• High-heeled shoes
• Seamed stocking? (or too much?)

Though we still need to watch tons of films noir to get the costume etc. spot on.

Rekon we should do a quickie test-shoot tomorrow in the media block of the dashing femme fatale? =0

-Angela

Film Viewings/Screening

Mrs B has lent us 'Double Indemnity' and 'The Last Seduction', and I've still got 'The Third Man' rented.
I watched Double Indemnity yesterday, and now have The Last Seduction and will hopefully watch it tonight and Cat's got Double Indemnity tonight.
Luke and Jim do you want to take a DVD each home tomorrow to watch?

-Angela

Dress Rehersal/Test Shoot

We are going to dress up Luke and James, and possibly some of the other actors for the band, and play around with hair styling and costume ideas. We shall take pictures and maybe some video footage of the actors once dressed up to check the visual effectiveness of it and evaluate whether we should change anything, and if so then what.

Things to bring:
James:

• White shirt
• Skinny jeans

Luke:

• Hair styling products
• Costume

Cathryn:

• Girl blazer that might not work

-Angela

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I messaged Tom Henry (via a popular social networking website) and unfortunately he is unable to make the shoot tomorrow due to his prior commitments as a house officer/senior pupil (I forget which it is). I think we should try to arrange another date to do the test shoot with Tom Henry, possibly Wednesday lunchtime or after school on one of the days this week.

-Angela

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I think rearranging until wednesday is a good idea...try to get everyone together blah dee blah

Also that means it's less likely people will forget stuff

So yeah...guys still try and bring all your stuff tomorrow (tuesday) and we can leave it at school

-Cat

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Right, I just spoke to Luke and we reckon that perhaps we could rearrange this slightly rushed, short notice-y schedule.

What do we think of dress-rehearsing and test-shooting Luke and James tomorrow lunchtime, including hair, makeup and costume, and collaborate props and costume that people are bringing in tomorrow. We then arrange for our actors to come to a lunchtime session on Wednesday lunchtime, as there is more notice for them this way. Tomorrow we can perhaps use some stand-in actors to practice shots if we still have time after practicing the costume of Luke and James or even do some practice lip-synching? This would still be a good use of our time?

-Angela

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Hmm maybe but why not just do all the 'dressing up' on wednesday when the whole band are present? I think james practicing his lip syncing tomorrow though is a good idea...but costume not necessary?

-Cat

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I just figured that any extra practice earlier on, especially seeing as James B is the main singer and should look old etc. would be good? Gives us longer to re-think his costume/hair etc. without leaving too much to be all last minutey?

-Forever yours,

Angela

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During this lunchtime session we discussed the organisation of the next shoot, and looked at and discussed the appropriateness of the props which people had brought in that day.

-Angela

Inspirational Images

Cat

Luke

Angela

I think cobblestones would look great in the video, I thought the ones in 'The Third Man' looked great. I'll try and find a still shot of them if possible, along with some other good looking locations ideas.

Performance

Actors
James Burrough - Lead Vocals
James Woodbridge - Guitar
Tom Henry - Keyboard
Luke Diamond - Drums
Vivek - Bass???????

Costume
Everyone - Black skinny jeans (excluding luke beacuse he's sitting down)
James Burrough - tight white shirt, skinny tie
James Woodbridge - tight white t-shirt
Tom Henry - blazer, t-shirt?
Luke Diamond- Black shirt, white tie

-Cathryn

ricky gervais

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G9uGPQsVNk

This is funny, but it has a purpose. He is young and 80s, and the clothes probably wouldnt be out of date, if skinny jeans were worn instead of the tight leather trousers.

James

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I really like this look and after looking at it as a group we have decided to basically steal it for james' performance...
-Cat

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Steal?!

Now now Cat...

"Get inspiration from" surely....

xx luke

Shoot

We have our first shoot on wednesday from about 1 until the open evening after school. It is monday today so we have a lot of stuff to get ready before then. We need to sort out:

• Costumes for all four members of the band - One blazer, four shirts/t-shirts, three pairs of skinny jeans (luke isn't wearing any because he will be behind the drums)
• Find two more actors for the band
• Get the music department to let us use thier drums, keyboards, mic stand and mic.
• Get a guitar and maybe sax.
• Plan a few shots, storyboard?

This is the stuff that we have, can people add to this list so we know what we need to get.

1 x dark grey skinny jeans - James

1 x black blazer (maybe not tight enough) - James

Black or white t-shirt if needed - James

James

Group Meeting

Whole group attended.
Things discussed:

• The band are going to be modern, but heavily influnced by 80s e.g. franz ferdinand
• The gold blazer idea appears to be abandoned
• We're filming test shoots in the drama department

Whole group!

Detective Costume

Hi this is just copied and pasted from my blog because I thought it's probably relevant =)

On the detective character:

He will need to be a hardcore, conventional, cliche, iconic detective man to make his identity/character type and hence the genre of the 'film' and what is going on in the narrative clear. Hence his costume will clearly be VERY important.

Images of Film Noir era detectives:

coming soon...

Detective Hat

We must have a good hat. Quick google search of 'film noir' presented me with the following images (these all taken from first two pages I believe):

........hat hat hat hat. We must have a hat like this!

Beige/Camel trenchcoat/raincoat

I think veeeery important. Second only to hat. See above 'detective hat' pictures, and most feature such a coat.

(eBay items).

-Angela

Gold Blazer Idea

During our group meeting yesterday (3rd September) we discussed and researched costume.
Luke's suggestion is to have the lead singer (played by James) wearing a gold blazer/jacket.

Something similar in style to this (jacket only, not the trousers or Rod Stewart hair) I believe:

The sleeves would still be pushed up however. I think everyone was ok with this idea?

-Angela