Problems so far

First scene editing

We have finished the editing of our first scene. At first we used way too much of the footage and although it looked good the scene was around a minute and a half long, we therefore had to cut it down significantly. After much editing we have managed to cut down the scene to around twenty five seconds which suits the trailer much better. We will have to come back to this scene to do more editing when we have more scenes filmed to make sure that they flow together nicely.

First scene filming

We have now filmed our first scene. This is the interrogation scene in which our detective interrogates a mobster. When filming we made sure to film many different angles and style of shot to give us more choice during the editing process. The filming took about two hours in total with many re does as we wanted the perfect shots. There was one scene where one of the actors had to fall back on a chair but we made sure this was safe with a soft landing.

Gun prop

For our production we need a 50s style pistol. When we looked online and in the shops we could not find a realistic gun that would work for our production. I have instead bought a red plastic pistol which I will pain using a metallic paint. We only have one gun as we think this is enough and there is only ever one gun needed in any one scene and so we can use this one prop as multiple guns for different characters.

First scene

Yesterday we shot our first scene with characters which was the interrogation scene. I feel that the shoot was a success and we got a lot of very useful footage to use. As usual we took more shots than we needed so that we have more choice in editing.

Establishing shots

Recently we went out and took some establishing shots for our trailer. We wanted shots to realistically portray 1950s culture. This was an equilibrium of sorts and so these scenes are quite peaceful.