Shoot #2 1950's diner

Today we filmed our second shoot in Frank B's diner in Kingston, the location was perfect for our 1950's cheesy Americanised theme, and the staff were overly hospitable, which made film much easier & less stressful (on a tight time frame & budget). The restaurant was practically deserted allowing us to fully utilise and embody the 50's style without any additional customers, dressed in contemporary costume to interrupt our work. 

It took a long time to plan costumes in order to all correspondent to one another & the era to match the vibrant mis en scene and props. We relied upon the diner's bold decoration to amplify the performance style, as we couldn't produce proper actors the music & dance vibe helped to loosen up our chosen cast members (only some of whom had performance history) & receive short snaps of confident displays of energy. 

We made sure we stuck meticulously to our storyboarded shots (shooting in a mere 45 military minutes) in order to keep an orchestrated structure to our work & thus majorly followed through on our previous planning (we had carefully constructed each image through bullet points & then sketches).