Mis en scene.

After discussing where the first scene should be shot (either on a hill or a cliff) we finally decided that it should be shot on this small hill in a local town near us. The town looked very old fashioned and had a bright red letterbox that could later be used in our scene when Jenny posts the letter to William.
We also looked at outfits for world war 2 style on the internet. This proved very difficult to get as they were so expensive and would take months to be shipped to our address. This wouldn’t help us in anyway so we decided to have a shopping trip around local charity shops and brought our outfits from there. Most looked very authentic and very realistic, this improved our movie and gave it a fantastic old fashioned feel.
The lighting for our piece wasn’t very important as it was all based outside and was later going to be edited into black and white. However, we did need to film on a sunny day as the editing process would have been to dark and not very clear. We checked weather reports and finally picked the perfect day.
Next we looked for sad depressing music for our piece as this would of showed how Jenny was feeling and would of also of added to the black and white theme. However, most music in the 1930’s was very uplifting and happy to take the depression away from the war and make people feel cheerful for a short space of time.