My main contribution to our opening title was the mise en scene. I found my costume which had to be of a certain 1940s style. This was an important part, as if we did not have the correct look it would ruin the whole mood of the work. We had chosen the 1940s, as that was when most film noir films were made and we wanted to show our research into that period of time. The costume itself was a flowered knee length dress, and black lace up mid heel shoes. The dress and shoes were in dark colours as our final product would be black and white, and we needed them to come out on the film clearly. The character was meant to look quite sophisticated and feminine and the costume reflected this. Originally, I was just going to wear the dress and shoes, but because it was so cold, I had to wear my purple coat, which fortunately turned out to be of the right period look. The makeup had to be quite minimal with bright red lipstick and the hair was a simple 1940s flick, this gave it the complete 40s look.
The setting of the forest meant we could not control the lighting conditions, but as it was a cloudy murky day, it made our shots look very atmospheric and scary. The inside of Ge’s house was where we did all the inside shots and we chose an old fashioned looking arm chair. We then moved it against a brick wall to cover hide the obvious Christmas decorations in the background. The background also was in our favour because it had no particular style, meaning it fitted into our time period. When it came to putting the final product together, I chose the font for the opening titles, as the original one was not so interesting and did not fit the theme. The font we finally picked was Bordeaux Roman bold Ltd as it fitted it perfectly. Comments are closed.
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