These next three items on the moodboard I have decided to condense into one blog post as I'll be writing the same sort of thing about each one of them. As of last year, a few of our group have learnt to drive, so this is something which we are hoping to be able to incorporate into our film. Three of us have learnt to drive cars, and one of us a moped, which is helpful as we get a good variety of vehicles. Two of us have the same car - the Renault Clio, so this could come in useful when filming, as we could easily trick the audience into thinking that one car is the other. The Clio is a fairly basic car and there isn't much going for it in the film industry. It's a small, five door, silver family car and it's not exactly the sort of car that James Bond would drive around in. In short, it's the sort of car that is seen on the roads on an every day basis.
The VW Polo doesn't have much more going for it, but it is black, which is a far more cinematic colour for a car. The colour black has connotations of a foreboding atmosphere, so this car could be used as the antagonists car in the film. Apart from that the car doesn't look much different from the Renault Clio. It's still a small, five door family car and not the sort of car that James Bond would drive around in. However we're going to have to get over this, as these are the only cars that are available to us and if we want a scene with cars involved then these are our only choices. We are considering having some sort of car chase sequence in our film, and hopefully to try and film it in a way that it gives the illusion it is filmed in one long shot, in a similar way that the car scene in Children of Men was shot. This could work as the exciting ending set piece to the trailer.
To last vehicle that is on the moodboard is the moped, which would be driven by Richard Young. Car chases aren't nearly as exciting without motorbikes (or in this case a moped), as they are more agile and able to dart around traffic. They add a new dynamic to chase sequences and can also be fun to destroy creatively in these chases. Of course we can't really blow up Richard's moped, but I'm sure the magic of camera trickery can overcome that obstacle. The chase sequence will have to take a lot of planning in advance so that it's completely safe - we don't want to destroy each others' vehicles!
