Day Two Filming

Scenes we filmed on 19/02/12

• Scene 12
• Scene 5
• Scene 9

The filming today was good but quite tricky especially the kill scene (12). Because of our choice of death our main character Sheldon Rex (Ben Cartwright) had to knell down in the water and eventually end up face down in the freeze cold springs. Because of the conditions we had to make sure we done this quickly and in one take as moral was low and everyone was cold. The scene looks really good because of the fantastic location and a big thanks to Lucy and Ben for going in the water. The other scenes filmed today went well in (9) we filmed a flashback/thought of what Sylvia has been up to with Rex. And Scene 5 we needed to find a classic phone box as they are used often in film noirs such as Brick. We filmed in:
                                                   -Ashwell Springs
                                                   -Ashwell Phone box
                                                   -My House

Characters required:

• Sheldon Rex
• Sylvia Freeman
• Reece Freeman

Props required:

• Red dress
• Gun
• Trench coat
• Two suits
• Blazer
• Black dress
• Bed
• Umbrella
• Fur coat
• Classic red phone box

These are some shots of the location that we filmed at Ashwell Springs:

These are taken from google and when filming it was darker and gloomy which added to the eeriness of the scene





These are some shots of the location that we filmed at My House:

These are taken from my phone and they just give you a rough idea of the proximity's and the scenery.









The filming at my house was easy as the clips we needed were only a few seconds long. We included a good shot of the femme fetale Sylvia Freeman leading Sheldon Rex up the stairs and this shot looks very effective and seductive. She is definitely in control in this scene and is practically dragging him up the stairs to her bed. I filmed this scene and I used a few different angles such as, low angle, high angle, close up.

A classic noir convention is venetian blinds and is a concept we really wanted to include a shot of the femme-fetale eyes, this creates mystery and hides the identity of the women. We didn't have any of these blinds so we had to make do with my parents blinds in their room(left) as it was dark when we were filming we needed to make light pass through the blinds to created the desired shadows, this was a lot harder than expected as the bedroom is on the first floor so we improvised (right). This involved using a torch and having an Ben Cartwright take the shot as Jack Squires was not available/not needed for this scene.

The final shot of the venetian blinds was (bottom left). I was pleased with the final result as it hides the identity of the women and the next shot is her at the door revealing who she is.

The telephone scene was good camera work from Jack Squires. A noir convention is a slanted angle and when Sylvia is walking up to the phone box it creates mystery and once again does not reveal her identity again. It is a quick tempo scene and the music that we have added to it is also quick. Another shot we used in this scene is the close up of Sylvia Freeman's lips which is a classic shot seen in film noirs. Once again it is a very seductive shot and adds to the intensity of the relationship.