Final Cut- Main Task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC-ZrmnytTc

Props Research

Props:

• DVD's (Star Trek, Superman, Doctor Who, X-Men etc.)
• Bin (overflowing)
• Laptop
• Laptop Mouse
• Chair
• Desk
• Metal Frame Bed
• Pot of Pencils 
• Desk Lamp
• Bowl of old, uneaten cereal
• Monster Energy Drink 
• Books (fiction, non-fiction)
• Superman tin lunch box 
• Black dressing gown 
• Clock 
• American sweet wrappers 
• Newspaper cutting on pin board ( linked to shootings)
• Glasses 
• Death wish poster 

We used the props to dress the room to fit Peters personality. As the story is set in America we wanted to find a way to make that clear to the audience, we did this by having some uneaten American sweets on the desk where Peter was sat.

We wanted to give the audience some clues that it it based around shooting in schools without giving away too much, this is when we came up with the idea of newspaper cuttings linked to school shootings.

Costume Research

Our main character is a teenage boy so we wanted to dress him in typical clothing for a teenager. As we are trying to communicate that he is depressed and it is one of many stereotypes of teenagers, we decided to dress him in a plain black t-shirt. He is wearing wire rimmed glasses so that he comes across as 'geeky', we decided this because in the book 'Nineteen Minutes' Peter is bullied as having glasses is a common and stereotypical thing to get bullied. Another reason we wanted to have him wearing glass was to create our end shot, which is a very effective shot of Peter looking at the camera with the reflection of the computer screen in them that clearly shows he is looking at pictures of guns.

Lighting and Colour Research

As we wanted out main character to come across s depressed we wanted to have a little light in the room as possible, we did this by making sure the blind was kept shut at all times. Our film is a Drama so we wanted to have some tones of blue in the shots aswell which help represent loneliness and depression. To change the colour of our shots we used a programme called 'Colour', as well as having some blue tones in our shot we also added a tint of red to communicate to the audience Peters anger and frustration.