1940's Research

As a group we have decided to set our main task in the 1940's, so in order to maintain continuity we must ensure that we have the same sort outfitting and props that would be present in said time. So I have done some independent research in order to gain further knowledge of how this can be achieved and maintained.



Here we see three men from that time, looking at their hair it is possible to see that the all have the same style. They all have slicked back hair that is well groomed and very need, they all also have rather short hair.

Here we can see that a prominent piece of clothing is the sweater, shirt and tie (or bow-tie). The incorporation of the pressed trousers, which also seems to be a common thing to have, could also be a good thing to do. We can also see that smoking either with a pipe or a role-up cigarette is very much the norm for most men of the 1940's.



In our film opening one of the characters will be using a bicycle, so we have to make sure thatthe bike we obtain and use in the film has the correct characteristics. The bicycles above are of the 1940's era and so we must make sure that we get a bike that is similar to this for when we shoot, whether we have to buy a really old bike of eBay or find a shop that we can rent one form.

We intend to have a radio podcast at the beginning  who we hope will play some music, so i researched popular English musicians of the 1940's. I found that Vera Lynn was a very popular artist, she was nicknamed the soldiers sweet heart. So we intend to play one of her songs, this we hope will do a good job in making the period obvious, above is one of Vera Lynn's classics We'll Meet Again.