Fashion: Constructed Image: Response to meeting 27th Feb

The group has now come to the decision that we will definitely have an Asian female model & a European male model in our shoot; we have also decided that our hotel room will have a low to middle end Western feel.

There were a series of props we discussed a little during our meeting such as a TV, telephone and trouser press which we found we could rent out from a site called http://www.tvfilmprops.co.uk/ if we want to, we were quotes £45 to rent out all of these items for a week but would have to pick up the television if we did this; however Lucie thinks her nan may have an old 60s style telephone we can borrow.

Other props we brought up in conversation were:

-          A tray holding kettle, cup & saucer, glass etc.

-          Ashtray

-          Lamps

-          Top secret documents- blueprints etc. possibly in Chinese

-          Curtains

-          Door

-          Light switches & plugs

We are discussing these items while we continue to search different locations that we can rent or purchase them from including, charity or vintage shops, ebay & other prop rental sites.

We are now exploring the colour scheme for the room, although not agreed on a couple of the group are still happy with the muted, dusky colour swatches I brought to the previous meeting; however we want to incorporate it into a simply patterned wallpaper. I did some investigation into this sort of wallpaper and found some examples that I really liked and thought could be a definite contender when making our final choice.

 

 

 

We are still very interested in wooden panelling on the walls as I feel this was highly featured in 60s décor as seen in the image below:

The group also decided that the scene would be at night therefore we would have the look of completely artificial lamp lighting. Now that we have decided on this Ian our lighting lead can begin to play around with lighting plans. 

We had previously decided we probably wanted the female Asian model to be wearing a red dress to highlight this oriental side as well as the idea of danger; however after looking at some 60s style dresses I really liked a golden dress which thought also gave off an oriental feel. 

We thought that rather than being obvious with the colour scheme there could be accents of reds throughout the image such as in the models accessories eg. handbag & shoes as well as items such as the Top Secret documents. 

I found inspiration for this in a photo shoot by Banner Barrett which was set in a 60s style hotel room where shoes, lamps, telephones & curtains were highlighted in red. I also found these images to be very voyeuristic with continuous inclusion of windows and what looks like a one-sided mirror. 

 

 

When experimenting around with a set model I made I tried out some different camera angles looking through a window with the layout we have finalised; I then made a floor plan, 3D and camera view image of the scene we plan to shoot.

I found through this that we are going to have to consider building an exterior wall as well to frame the window so that we can shoot an edgy angled scene to reflect the edgy espionage scene we hope to create.