Props / Costumes

PROPS

After we had finished our screen play, decided on our film and sorted our locations we needed to sort out the props that we were going to use.The first image shows the plate, cup and teapot seen in one of the very first scenes when Clark is having breakfast with Martha. The plate, teapot and cup are plain white and simple so easily fit in the shot.Next we decided we needed a glass or something to pour drinks out of. We chose this because it is simple but fits in with the times which we based our films around. This prop features in the scene were Nancy visits Clark at the office and he gives her a drink in. Also in the scene at Nancy's house it is sat on the table where her and Clark are having a conversation.The next photograph shows an image of the setup of Clark's desk. We have newspaper stories which he is reading, a cup, pen, ornament, telephone and camera with pictures of Nancy. The camera shows that he took the pictures of Nancy also it is an old style one so it was in keeping with our theme. We have also used the old phone as shown in the last picture to create this effect. In one scene Clark is on the phone to one of his work colleagues so we made sure that the telephone would be in keeping with our time period and not look out of place. Our props work well and looked effective, we made sure we remembered to keep them fitting with our time period so they did not look out of place in the shot.

COSTUMES
We then needed to decided what type of outfit our characters wear. The outfits shown on the left are Martha's, we selected these outfits down to our thoughts on the characters. The two blue suit skirts are very similar and are the outfits we chose Martha to wear in the day time scenes with plain black shoes and a white top. The flowery one is seen in the first scene at Martha and Clark's house and works well showing her housewife role with Clark. The two outfits aren't hugely flattering on Martha but give her a reserved look.
The black dress was an outfit we chose Martha to wear in our last scene. This outfit contrasting to the others and showing more of Martha giving her a more powerful look but in the end we decided not to use it because you couldn't see the dress under the coat. We chose this coat again as it contrasts against the two dresses, it is long and gives Martha an elegant feel and the fur around the neck makes Martha look much more glamorous than her other housewife role. We used this coat in the last scene to give the character a completely contrasted look.
This next set of costumes is for Nancy. We again selected these carefully deciding what Nancy would wear. The first outfit is the black dress on the left. This dress was shown in the very first scene where Clark and Nancy where at the premier together, with this outfit we wanted to show Nancy as a celebrity hence why we chose a long black dress with sequins and sparkle. I feel this costume does work but I think that we could have got a more flattering and glamorous costume to fit Nancy's personality. The next costume is the blue dress and jacket, we chose this outfit for Nancy to wear in the day and it is shown in the scene were Clark visits Nancy's house. This outfit works quite well as it fits in with the times but is maybe something more that Martha would have worn even though it is quite smart so suits Nancy in that way but isn't hugely glamorous. The grey dress was another option for Nancy to wear in the day, we filmed her wearing it in a scene in the office with Clark but in the end decided that just her in the fur coat would work and you wouldn't actually be able to see the grey dress, also the colour is a bit dull. I think the fur coat works well and is quite glamorous for Nancy.

This photograph shows Clarks costume. We kept it simple with Clark, in film noirs that we had watched the male always wore a suit and maybe a hat. We took this and decided that clark would also wear a suit and hat. He wore a grey trouser suit with thin tie and a white shirt. He also had a grey hat to match the suit and black framed glasses. In some scenes Clark isn't wearing his hat or has his glasses tucked into his pocket. this adds a different edge to his costume and makes him looked relaxed. Overall we wanted Clark to look smart and ready for work which fit in the time era.