Guns and Girls

I am feeling much more confident in my idea after today. I had no set mood for my shoot and no direction. I was given a few references to look at and they really inspired me. The ones that have most inspired me are Russ Meyer, in particular his film "Faster, Pussycat kill Kill."  These gave me the basis of the mood and aura for the film I am going to make for this project. I then began picking out more reference points such as "Kill Bill", Lara Croft from Tomb Raider (Both the films and the video game.) The character India Stoker from the film Stoker, Norman bates from psycho, Hit Girl from Kick Ass, and Luli McMullen from the film Hick.

I realize that is a long list of references and inspiration but those references have helped me to build my idea and vision into something much stronger. I know who I am making. Now I have to think about how I am going to make it fashion. Since I am using guns for my shoot and they are the main premiss of my whole idea I was thinking about having different colours of nail polish in the shots or maybe lots of rings and bracelets to try and make it a jewelry story. However I am leaning more towards the idea of a nail polish story.

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Part of my mood boards (Image authors own.)


I need to begin thinking about story boarding and making props. I also need to plan the styling and make decisions on the looks my model will wear for the shoot. I am shooting on monday so I have to get everything done and organized precisely over the weekend so that the shoot runs smoothly and my film turns out good. Location is also a tricky thing. As there is a particular shot in the film "faster, pussycat kill kill." where one of the characters was walking in the distance through the desert towards the camera. It looked so cool. There was also a strange looking plant or fallen tree in the foreground. I really just felt like I wanted to create a shot similar however I cannot get to a desert, unfortunately. I was thinking however that I could maybe use a large space like a park or street or something. I am also wanting to use a car. I cannot drive and my model cannot drive so this is definitely an issue. If I was made of money I would rent a convertible cadillac or an ashton marten to use for the shoot because they have a classic feel that would fit well with the film.