Dressing Our Set

The day before our shoot day we went into the studio and dressed our set. We started off with a basic three wall brick set in which we created our under-ground war bunker. We dressed the set with items of clothing from the war, like shoes and coats, we also placed a lot of suitcases in our set to make it look as if they had just packed up their house and moved under-ground. Along with this we placed books, food and photographs on a shelf that we nailed into the back wall. This gave a homely effect to the shelter.

We managed to get hold of a small bed which we placed in the corner of the room and covered this with an old fashioned woollen blanket and pillow. This was where our young girl would spend most of her time in the sequence. Around the walls we placed propaganda posters in different sizes; some A3 some A4 and some leaflet sized; this was to show the era of our piece. On the floor we scattered around some war time toys and chlidrens magazines to show that this was where our little girl spent all of her time.

At the back of the set we placed a desk where we put a typewriter, a photo frame, a radio and newspapers and letters. Our final set looked very much like how we had planned it; the only difference is that it did not have a curved roof to create a tunnel effect.

Some of the props we found in our homes from our relatives who lived in the time of the war. Other props; like the newspapers and leaflets we brought from the Imperial War Museum, in a replica memoribilia pack. Our set plans and prop idea's turned out really well and created the atmosphere and era of our sequence.