We are about half way through with getting everything done and ready for production and filming. Our set, along with the characters armature and props are almost complete.

The floorboards are finally done and varnished. We used a mixture of brown and black paint and watered it down. We have also decided that the walls will be a cream colour, as the setting of our film is at night and will have fairly dim lighting. Therefore going for lighter walls will hopefully contrast everything else on the set and make our characters stand out a bit more as well. In addition, the walls will be removable so they will slot into each other. This will allow us to achieve a range of camera angles from all sides of the set whilst just removing the one(s) that are not shown in the shot.

Majority of the Props have been made; the bed, the bedside tables and the arm armchairs. We added ‘handles’ onto the bedside tables which are just needles and a bit of bent wire glued on. The tables and the arm chairs were made using foam boards and stuck together using a hot glue gun. The tables, including the little oval shaped coffee table we will place between the arm chairs and the fireplace, will be painted brown as to match the aesthetics and colour scheme of the rest of the furniture and set. For the arm chairs, we have ordered some green velvet material to cover it all. We have also used the same wooden legs for the bed to prop up the chairs as well, an will glue them on after putting on the material.

For the characters armatures, we have painted the Hares body and the Foxes in order to cover up anything that is not covered with fur, so this way if any of the clothing slides up if it is see through, the armature underneath, all the wires and styrofoam won’t be that visible. We have re done the hares legs also, because we are taking in to account how the characters will move and walk during the film. Even though they are living within a human environment and are supposedly ‘acting’ and replicating human behaviour, we still want them to keep their animal structure and movements etc………. We have added a tale for the Fox, using the same form of armature we used for the arms and legs (wires and biro pens), giving it enough mobility as a form of expression as well. we have covered it with cleaning sponges and will cover it better with “fur”- brushed out and painted wool. We are also hoping to use the tale as a form of rig to help support the character and hold him up right. The Hare is portraying the Old man in this adaptation of the film, therefore won’t be needing a rig as it will be held up with the support of the Foxes character or use the props on the set as support.

Here are the proportions of the characters and props look like together;

Showing how the character sits quite comfortably in the arm chair and how it is the right size for the set.

In addition, here is a birds eye view of everything on our set so far, to get an idea of how everything fits and looks together and where everything will be placed. This is also to get a feel of how much room we have for the characters to move around the set and most importantly, making sure we have enough room for the attack/ murder scene.

We have also managed to start on the clothing for the characters, using old materials such old pieces of clothing. The costume for the Hare is an old victorian night gown, that we are making out of an old white school shirt. As every other white cloth and material we have attempted so far has turned out to be too see through.