Bobby's House - Scene five - Part Two

In this scene we chose to use an office that belonged to Antonia's Father, we wanted an authentic office, and i believe this one looks nicely old fashioned with the simple desk layout, white walls and black support beams. It also has a nice triangular ceiling which gives it a unique edge, therefore we can make an audience believe that it belonged to someone wealthy. We had to set up the office to make it look old fashioned, which unfortunately did take a while, for example we had to take pictures off the wall and move the computer off the desk. (As there wouldn't have been flat screen computers in those days) - The blinds were red which projected a dark atmosphere on the room, we also tried to keep the desk simple with an authentic lamp, put of food, large decorative gun and some papers to show that he is working (and a business man).

Detective Carter has on him a slightly smaller gun (pistol or revolver) which he keeps in his pocket, this is because he wants to try and keep it hidden most of the time while he is working, yet he still wants the protection of having a gun on him. What the audience doesn't know is that Bobby has another large gun which he pulls out from under his desk, this is to show his boss like status as he can get hold of weapons whenever he wants to. This increases pressure and danger that Carter is facing because Bobby has two very powerful guns and Carter only has a smaller gun.
Both men wear suit again to show their professionalism and business-man nature, Carter's is normal, sharp, gray/white and black, he also wears his hat as he believes that he is in control of the situation. Bobby however wears a slightly more elaborate suit to show off his wealth and power, he wants to try and intimate the Detective. We attempted to show the nature of conventional Film Noir rivalries here, both of the men are rude and catty (In an attempt to intimate, or show off to the other) despite both of them having been played by Bonnie in similar fashions.

When Bobby get shot he decides to tell Detective Carter about Bonnie's plot (Obviously Bobby also has feelings for Bonnie as he tries to cover up her actions) - When Carter realises Bonnie isn't all that she seems he helps Bobby, telling Chester to help Bobby to the hospital. The Detective has obviously put aside his differences with the mob boss, or has decided he wants to get his revenge when Bobby is actually doing wrong (and therefore named the hero). However there is a strong feeling that he doesn't want to kill Bobby, therefore sending out the ethical issues with murder being wrong. Bonnie gets away with her actions and trickery...but we decided to challenge the convention of a heartless male protagonist (main character).

On the day we had a few problems with shooting, getting some of the props became difficult as other media groups/drama groups had obviously borrowed the same things for their own performances. We also had a problem with one of our actors as he decided to arrive 40 minutes late, this made us really pushed for time as we only had a 2 hour slot. This is why we didn't get as many angles as i wish we had, however overall i am quite Happy with it. I was the main director/camera person of the scene because i didn't have to act in this one, so i really wanted to make it perfect, Hence why i added to mirrored fan on the start to really set the scene.