Costume

With the context of our film the costume is not something that is crucial in terms of representation. The characters in the film do not need to be dressed that represents them in a certain way. This means that the characters in the film can wear their normal clothes. However, Adam does own a long black coat that he will be wearing in the film which will give him that sense of mystery. In the other scenes casual everyday clothing will be used which gives the audience a chance to create some sort of relation to the characters. In the last scene where it is revealed that Alex has killed Melissa, both of them will be wearing the same sort of shirt. They will both be wearing a chequered shirt which will add to the eeriness of the psychotic issues Alex possesses.     

Possible Locations

As a group we discussed possible locations of where we were going to shoot certain scenes. As we had the scene order in front of us we started to think of ideas of where we were going to film. For the phone messages, writing letter, posting letter, and the dead scene which is the last scene, we discussed and had an idea of shooting these scenes at Adam’s house. All these scenes would work in the house because they will be just what we and the audience need to see in terms of the narrative. If we were going to split these scenes up and shoot them in different places it would be too time consuming in regards to the amount of time we have for the filming. We came up with the idea that the scenes that involve the friends of the two main characters could be filmed with one of them in a pub garden which would be Alex’s best mate. The other scene we came up with the idea of changing the scenery by not having it at a social place by having Alex waiting by Melissa’s friend’s car in the street. This will help vary out the scenes which will make the film more appealing. For another scene we as a group decided to use a public park for the part where Alex is waiting for Melissa to meet up with him. When discussing locations we tried to make as many different locations possible in the limited time we had.      

Casting Decisions

In our film there are not many actors with there being two main characters in the film. The main protagonist (Alex) is a man who is roughly around twenty five years old. We have given him this age to give the film a mature approach and make it look professional. We have decided to cast someone in the group as Alex as he knows the role and how to portray his character. This is because over the duration of the course he has got to know the character of Alex the most as he did introduce the character to the film. Even know the actor is younger than the characters age it will not be noticeable and the use of costume will help this. The other main character in the film is Melissa and we have decided to cast the real girlfriend of the actor for Alex. This is because they can show a real life relationship on screen and make everything more realistic. Even though you do not see Melissa that much in the film it’s still important that both actors have a strong bond. The best mate of Alex will be played by another member in the group because knows the character and how to portray the role. The other two characters that have some dialogue in the film are Melissa’s friends who will be played by a member of the group’s sister and her mate. The reasons for this are that it will save time because we do not have to go and search for actors for a film, especially a short film. Another reason for this selection is that we can easily stay in contact with each other if there is a problem with the film and we can easily re-shoot. These choices we have made I think have been chosen very intelligently and will be a success when producing our film.      

Distribution of our film

As a group we have decided to distribute our film to film festivals around the globe including Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, and the Sundance film festival. This is because our film is in the form of a showcase and we want it to be recognised. We would like our talents to be seen from acting to camera work in order for opportunities into bigger projects within the film industry. At these festivals are agents scouting for the best talent and we hope ours will be noticed. Our film can also be seen over the internet via the popular website http://www.youtube.com/ where most shorts films are distributed for the same reason of trying to showcase their talent. This website is a great source because millions of people around the world it every day so it gives us a great chance of our talents being seen.

    

Dialogue

In our film there is not dialogue in every scene because of the simple fact that it is not needed. The scenes where there is no dialogue show Alex and this emphasises that he can be seen as weird and mysterious. The fact that there is silence in some scenes it also adds to eeriness that surrounds his life. The scenes we do have dialogue in are the beginning scenes where the phone messages are being played. They are the friend’s scenes where Alex is trying to find out where Melissa is and the other friends scene where Alex meets up with his best mate for some advice. This scene was my responsibility and the dialogue can be seen below.