Costume

1940’s

We have had to plan what costumes and props we are going to use when filming the 1940 period ‘flashback’ parts of the trailer very carefully. We have researched school uniforms that would have been worn during the time of the Second World War using the internet and also by looking at school photographs displayed in the corridors of our school.

We ordered 3 grey pinafore dresses from EBay for our female actors and we asked them to bring white school shirts and old fashioned brogue shoes with white socks to finish off the 1940’s look.

We bought some red ribbon from a craft shop to put in the character Cassandra’s hair. The ribbon plays a big part in the film as the red is used to connote danger and it also sets Cassandra aside from the other school children, emphasising that she is the main character in the film. The actress playing the role of Cassandra had a side fringe which is a modern hairstyle and didn't look right with the costume so we clipped her fringe to the side with a hair grip.

We asked the boys to wear their school trousers, shirts and ties as they attend the same school and the uniform is simple and similar to what 1940’s boys would have worn.

2014

Planning costumes for the modern day footage was easier as the majority of our actors are still at school and can wear their everyday uniform and also we didn't have to worry about the costumes being inaccurate.

The character of the teacher was asked to wear clothes that she would wear to work, as she has the occupation of a teacher in real life.

In the modern day of our film, Cassandra comes back to haunt the school as a ghost; we decided to use a white contact lens so that viewers can distinguish between the time she is alive and when she has returned as a ghost. It also makes her look scarier which will make the audience more scared.

We took photos of the actors in their costumes to make sure there were no continuity errors in the trailer.

Film Poster Conventions

Annabelle Poster Analysis

I researched the conventions of film posters so that when I create a poster for North Chamber, I include all of the relevant information.

Production Diary 4 - 5/12/14

Call Sheet - 5.12.14

For this shoot, we planned to film the Cassandra bully scenes with Loan, Sophie and Robert.

In one scene, a bully rips a page Cassandra’s book; the page is a drawing of Cassandra, her mother, father and little brother. We wanted the page to rip between the drawing of Cassandra and her family to show that they had been separated and to connote how alone Cassandra feels. By scoring the page beforehand with scissors, we made sure that it was ripped in the correct place.

One problem we had was that we were filming in winter which meant that it went dark outside early. In the classroom bullying scene we realised you could see it going dark outside because of the windows behind the actors. As we were filming a scene set in the day time, I decided we should close the blinds so that the audience couldn't see how dark it was outside.

We wanted to use a focus pull when Cassandra turned around to face the bullies and it took us a few attempts to get it right. We had use a different camera that allowed us to focus manually in order to get this effect and Becky had to make sure she was in a comfortable position to focus the camera smoothly.