The reasons for certain choices in terms of genre and representation:
We chose the Crime/Thriller genre because we both know the genre well, to a certain extent, and we felt like it would be the best genre for us to portray and imply representations of the characters.
There are several representations throughout the opening sequence, all of the detectives. Firstly, the young detective is taller than the older detective, which could portray him as seeing himself as having more authority, even though it's his first day. On the other hand, this could be the older detective seeing himself as less authoritative because he is now not the only detective on the case, so he doesn't have full control over everything in or around the crime scene.
The choice of location:
At first, we thought an industrial estate would be the best location for the crime scene. However, after nowhere got back to us about a vacant plot, we decided that a house would be the next best thing. We used David's living room as the main location for the large chunk of the shooting , and it turns out that it was a lot easier to portray the murder and the victim a lot easier if the crime scene was his own home. Also, the lighting acted at our advantage as it portrayed a gloomy and mysterious atmosphere, especially with the curtains shut and a few candles burning above the fireplace.
How the shoot went on the day:
On the day of shooting, it went very well. It was hard to keep a straight and serious attitude at times, but I feel that everything went to plan. However, as I mentioned in my other post, we lost an actor on the day of shooting, which wasn't the best scenario at the time, but we worked around it and I feel that we worked productively and efficiently with the actors we had, and that it worked very well.
Whether you achieved everything you hoped to achieve:
As I stated above, it was difficult to lose an actor on the day of shooting, but I feel like we dealt with it in such a way that, in the end, we didn't need that character and that it worked very well on the day.
It was hard to imagine what our shoot would look like before we got there and before we saw the finished footage. However, now we have seen all of the shots and we have put them together in a rough first edit, we are really happy with what we achieved on the day and our footage is a lot better than what we were expecting.
If there is more to do:
David is currently finishing the storyboards, and we are both finishing our first rough edit. We need to add in titles and extend the song so that it fits with the footage. This can all be done by the end of the week, and will hopefully give us a lot more time to work on the improvements our teacher will give us.
Updates will follow.
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