Studio Production: Locations:Recce + Props/Costume

For the Mockumentary Trailer VTs we decided to film at Cheyenne's student house in Maidstone, as the living room was a  suitable sized area of space for filming and there was a small corner to dress with posters and shrine-type props. We wanted the room to look cluttered with DVDs and film related memorabilia. The walls would also be covered with posters. The inspiration came from some of the fictional characters we found such as 'Max' from Spiderman who had similar attributes to our character Norman and we felt like his bedroom should look similar.

In terms of the room, Cheyenne and Saskia cleared the space and put out things on the desk to make it look like a working desk. They put objects such as old plates and printed cut outs with scissors to give it a cluttered appearance. On the day we all brought other props such as DVDs which we filled a shelf with on the back wall. I also brought in some objects for the box including some long stripy socks, of which he throws out when he is looking for the camera in the mockumentary. Other set design included the posters that we printed out of some very well known films such as Superman and Twilight. Darren who plays Norman sent us some selfies that we used to stick onto the posters to give them a personal touch for the character and give the set more detail.
For Darren's costume, he said that he had a Superman t-shirt from a charity shop that he could wear. To complete his costume, he wore braces and some smart trousers and glasses. To avoid any copyright issues with the Superman t-shirt, we used chalk to draw a huge black 'N' on top which stands for his superhero character 'Nor-man'!

For the last VT - the trivia, the host will be wearing relatively smart clothing as we want it to look clean and professional. In terms of the location, we will be filming at the studios to have access to the studio floor and the gallery. We felt that this was the most suitable location as the back drop would have more context to what was being said than an every day setting such as a public environment.