Pop-up Location

We have based our idea of what bank cashiers look like from online research that we have found, as well as our own knowledge. This is an example of what we intend our Pop-up to look like:

We have thought about the most suitable place that we can use for our location. We decided that our School would be the best location to shoot, because it is easily accessable for us and has a screen that looks similar to that of a Bank, along with the computers which create the illusion of being in a Bank.

We have chose to shoot our Pop-up in the location below, which is our school reception. We chose this location because the screen, along with the computers creates the illusion of being in a Bank. There is also a slot at the bottom of the glass which is similar to a cashiers desk where the money gets passed through. Here is our chosen location:

At first we thought about having it from the cashiers point of view, this way the robber would be pointing the banana at the camera and this makes it clear and obvious to see what he's done wrong. The intimacy would have meant the viewer could really see the humiliation and mistake that the robber made. Additionally, having it from this angle also makes it look more real. We took a picture from this angle but later decided that it would be better to have the shot as if its from CCTV footage.

Here (above) is an example of what it could look like if it was shot from the robbers side of the glass screen, and below is what it would look like from the cashiers side of the glass screen:

Having it shot from a CCTV angle makes it more eye-catching, different and adds to the realism of the situation. By using CCTV, it makes the problem of having bad eyesight more realistic and the viewers may buy our products as a result. We have been discussing which angle looks the best and we have decided to shoot it from the same angle as the black and white picture, this is because it gives the best view of what is going on and gives the viewers a clear image of the problem. If we chose to shot it from the cashiers point of view, this could be difficult for us because there are things in the Mise en Scene that you would not normally find in a Bank, for example the posters, notice boards and stairs.

We decided on the angle of black and white picture because it is more clear that it is a Bank because of the computer, but we will remove unnecessary things such as the mug and messy pieces of paper. These are our draft pictures and we will go back and shoot the final one very shortly. The one thing that we are unsure about is the colour of the picture, we like the black and white effect because it looks a bit more like it was shot from a real CCTV camera, although we think it would be hard to make it clear that he is holding a banana and not a gun. One thing we were going to try was editing the colour and perhaps leaving the banana in yellow somehow? We will have to take the picture and see which one we prefer.