Turning the staffroom into a living room

For one of our scenes where Mohamed returns home and starts relaxing and having a drink, the plan was to use one of our houses for that in an attempt to make the room feel more homely. However using someone's home was a tricky situation due to availability and interference so we came up with a back up plan. We used the staffroom. The school staffroom has a kitchen unit and it also has a set of chairs that when pieced together correctly it could create a mock sofa effectively. This is the area we worked with:

 

With the help of artifical lighting and camera positioning we got our location to look like this:

 

As you can see we have created an illusion with our protagonist Mohamed that he is a homely environment without actually having to be in a home. We made the decision to use the staffroom because it meant that we did not have to transport our equipment, such as cameras, tripods and lighting equipment, and actors to one of our homes, making the staffroom an effective shooting location.

Gaining hotel access

For our film there was one location we needed for one scene in particular. Within our story, the dead victim is found in a secluded alleyway which had a dark and dingy look to it. We felt that this would suit the concept of our short film really well as it gave the film a darker undertone as a murder takes place there, due to the contrast of the expensive looking hotel shown at the beginning in comparison to the alleyway the two detectives walk down.

 

 

 For that reason we contacted the hotel, the Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, asking them if we could gain permission to use that area and they were more than happy to accept our request. We had plans to visit that location on two seperate occasions and both dates were arranged. This was helpful to us because it enabled us to stick to a schedule which dictated what would be filmed where and when.

Flashback Locations

Our film in total is planned to include 5 flashbacks. These are:

1. Mohamed and Kausar coming out of a pub together

2. Mohamed and Gracia strolling through the park together

3. Mohamed, Kausar and Gracia in a park together

4. Kausar and Gracia in a secluded place talking to one another when Mohamed catches them

5. Mohamed assaulting Kausar and running from the scene

 

For these we needed 5 different locations.

 

For flashback 1 we used a local pub for convenience and we gained permission to film the property.

 

 

For flashback 2 we used a local park, again for convenience.

 

 

For flashback 3 we decided on using a park again however we used a different park with a more casual scene in attempt to make it seem like the three of them had met up for a quick catchup.

 

 

For flashback 4 we used another outdoor location and for this we wanted a secluded location so we opted to use a public space opposite our school as we could count on the place to be empty early in the morning. This is the location for a scene in our film also.

 

 

For flashback 5 we used the same location of where the murder took place at the beginning of the movie to make sure that location consistency was kept.

 

Making Logos

For our film and posters, we felt we should create logos to represent our studio - KAGS - and our production company - Twisted Pages. Both of these pictures were made through the use of Ipiccy, a free online editing service that we were able to use the web browser to use. Ipiccy was used rather than Photoshop due to its ease of access outside school and in-between our group members.

 

The website. Requires no downloading, just click and start editing.

 

Our studio logo. The black squiggly font is used to bring out our studios aims to be dark and gritty, further connoted by the grey background. The name KAGS was brought out from our members first letters of their name (Kausar Aram Gracia Sharmarke)



The Production company logo was made in mind to bring out the theme of being 'twisted' literature. The splattered paint font brings this theme out, while the book cover behind the 'T' brings out the theme presented by 'pages.