ONE OF OURS MOOD BOARD
CONTENTS CHARACTERS LOCATIONS CINEMATOGRAPHY PROPS PALETTE
CHARACTERS BIAN Vietnamese, in her mid-twenties. She has a brooding energy and quiet resolve. Our casting will be inspired by Jillian Nguyen.
FOSTER Black British, mid-twenties. His easy, likeable exterior belies his frustration with life. Our casting will be inspired by Alex Okoampa.
CHARACTERS CHAZ White British, mid-twenties. Left: Nick Lester, who has already expressed interest in the role.
PHIL White British, mid-fifties. Our casting will be inspired by Brendan Gleeson.
DONNA White British, mid-fifties. Jane Danson from Coronation Street would be perfect.
AARON Chaz’s son, a cute toddler.
“Hold on, little man...”
LOCATIONS
Location scouts of houses, pubs, and garages in and around Lydd, Kent, have revealed ideal locations for the Foster’s flat, place of work, and lockup. The producer’s long term residence in the area brings local knowledge and an authentic understanding of the landscape, already explored in his previous collaboration with the director, Pistachio, set on Romney Marsh.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
the right place to be if you voted Brexit and worry about immigration.
This coastline has already appeared in Channel 4’s The End of the F***ing World and Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men, as well as our own short, Pistachio. It also plays home to Derek Jarman’s famous cottage - this is a part of Kent with rich cinematic history. Its muted marine blues, greys, and greens are ideally suited to a bleach-bypass filmic look. We will draw on the cold tones of contemporary British realist films like Fish Tank but eschew the trend for 4:3 aspect ratio in favour of an expansive Cinemascope widescreen, which captures the bleak expanses of the landscape whilst being ideal for the low-ceilinged claustrophobia of our interior flat and pub scenes.
PROPS
CHAZ’S RIG
CHAZ’S CAR
The lorry in which Bian’s brother was stowed when he died.
A classic muscle car he’s been restoring - but it’s still not fast enough to get Aaron to A&E in time.
STAND BY HIM HE’S
ONE OF OURS
PALETTE Shingle
Blue shadows
Marine grey-green
Rust on Chaz’s car
Flat greens of the Marsh
Bleached green highlights/skies
Bian’s cap, her apron, Chaz’s rig, t-shirt text, anti-freeze
Seaside scrub
Beachfront houses