1st Day Of Filming Christchurch Mansion

Filming Day One (Christchurch Mansion)

Today we set out too film our flashbacks for the Film Noir proejct, the location we found we much better suited than we first thought, the room's are actually how we wanted and because we booked it there was no schools or vistors to stop us filming, we headed down to Christchurch park around ten after collecting all the equipment from college, we also spent half an hour checking the equipment worked and that we had our tapes.

This has provided better imagery for the audience than a typical church, we felt the mansion has more of an eerie feeling which would contrast with the goings on in the actual scene which were optimistic and in general, very bright feeling. Considering someone was getting married. It was perfectly functional inside for all our needs and wants due to the long staircase, the wedding room which people from the public actually rent out for their personal weddings, and the feel and look of the place added to the atmosphere of what we were aiming for, with the marble status, and fireplaces, alongside large portraits and grand chairs.
The lighting and colour in the mansion was very gloomy and dim, very much low cast lighting, it portrayed a feeling of almost, being haunted, compared to being outside where the couple walks into the mansion where it’s apparent to be daytime, and the mood changes as it’s such a contrast between the two locations almost. The couple were holding hands outside the mansion as they walked in, we thought this would really signify their love as the sun was shining down, so there would be high key lighting and the audience would be able to tell this was an upbeat part of this performance.