Making The Mug Shot Boards

In preparation for this weekends shooting we have been making the props for the mug shots. Originally we were unsure whether we would print the boards in order to get our chosen font exactly right, however, when I went to the stationary shop to look for black paper, I found a white paint pen and some stencils, so I thought we could test that first and hand write them rather than printing them off of the computer. I also located some chalk boards slightly larger than A4. I coloured in the edges of them white so there was room to stick the A4 paper onto it. It would also give the boards a rigid look, rather than the character just holding up a piece of paper, they will be holding something that is fair close to the real thing.

Resources for making the boards: Paint pens, letter stencils, black paper, black chalk board, rule and white crayon.

Myself and Andy made the boards. We ruled lines across the sheets of paper in order to create the appearance of slots (where letters are usually pinned on mug shot boards). We then stencilled the letters and drew over them using the paint pen. We made 9 in total, 3 for website, 2 for the CD Digipack and 4 for the video itself. The photos below show myself and Andy making the boards.

Below are some test shots that I took on my mobile phone to see if the boards look appropriate and to see if our idea worked. The photo on the bottom is the equvilant of the part of the background image for the website, and the photo on the top is the back of the digipack. I think that the boards have worked well and they look very realistic. For both photos, the height chart will be behind, I will explain that in another post.