We asked for the actors' participation and permissions on using the required locations through the email. These responses show we got all the required approvals.
The first person to confirm the date was Clare. However, she didn't have the costume we needed. Dora ordered the clothes online.
Then Adam allowed us to use his flat. We had to prove that the blood was absolutely washable before we could spill it on the floor.
The last reply came from Chris. Unfortunately he will be busy On Thursday afternoon, so we will have to let him go at 1pm. This is enough to finish all his shots. He neither has the clothes that he's willing to stain in fake blood, so I will have to borrow them from the school's costume department or to buy in M&S on this weekend.
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Shooting Schedule
After the last version of the shot list was confirmed, Dora made a shooting schedule. It is divided in two sections; with Chris and without him. Filming the parts with Chris will be under time pressure, since he will have to leave at 13:00. After that the pace can slow down.
This Friday we will meet as a group to discuss the schedule. In my opinion there is only one defect - no breaks. The process of filming is tiring and we will need at least 15 minutes between the 1st and 2nd section to regain our concentration and have a sandwich, since the shoot will finish well after the lunch time.
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Shot list
1 Close up, side shot from the right of the hands holding
a knife (right hand) and a capsicum, stretched from left to right, and quickly
chopping the pepper on a cutting board. Other vegetables, spices and mushrooms
are lying around. After the pepper is cut into small pieces, the board is
lifted and moved to the left above a frying pan. The sauce pan comes into focus on the background as the board is
moved away.
2 Close shot from the front of the hands, left hand holding the
cutting board, right hand the knife and swiping the pieces off the board onto the sauce pan, they sizzle in oil. The board and the knife are then put down. Zoom out, the woman's face is revealed, there is a big bruise on her right temple and a wound from a punch on her bottom lip. A wooden spoon is picked up. The woman stirs food in the saucepan. Vegetables, spices and other cooking materials are lying next to the stove.
3 Long shot, of the woman from behind, she puts down the spoon and
the bottle, dries her hands and walks to the right, tracking shot, the bruise on the temple is visible. She reaches a cupboard, opens it to take out a can, when she closes it we see a moving white figure in the blurry background in place of the cupboard's door. The woman walks back to the stove, tracking shot, the figure gets out of the frame. She stops by the stove and puts down the can to the left side.
4 High angle shot, close up on the sauce pan, the right hand gets
above it and squeezes the juice out of half a lemon on the sauce. Then stirs the sauce with the wooden spoon, holding it in the same hand. A tumbling noise comes in as an ambient sound, she stops stirring.
5 Close up of the woman, she is mostly in the left side of the
frame, looking ahead, a sign of fear in her eyes. Another tumbling noise, she turns her head to look to the right.
6 Close up on the radio from the front and slightly the right side, the
hand approaches it and flicks the switch.
7 Close up of the woman from the same angle as in the shot 9, she walks in
the direction of the sounds, tracking shot.
8 Long shot, very slow glide to the left, she walks around a corner, camera pushes out,
there is a curved trail of blood on the floor
9 Medium on the woman, she takes a knife out of the holder on her
left side behind her, uses right hand.
10 Medium shot from behind, tracking shot, she walks to the blood
trail, it is on her left side, slows down for a moment to look at it, then goes
on until she can see the door and a wounded man leaning against it, holding his
left side where the bleeding is, a pool of blood around him, very slow glide to the right.
11 Close on him, he raises the left hand to pull the handle
12 Extreme close on the hand grabbing and turning the handle
13 Close of the woman staring at him coldly and angrily, she moves
towards him, tracking shot and a push out, she throws away the knife to her
right side, grabs his left leg and pulls it.
14 Close on the man, he falls on his back as he is moved away from
the door and hits the head, moans as he is dragged further, tracking shot.
Blood trail is on the floor under him.
15 Long shot, stable, the woman enters the frame on the left side,
her back to the camera, dragging the man by two legs. She picks up the man and
puts him on the chair next to it.
16 Close, side shot from the left of his hands on armrests of the
chair, she wraps the silver tape around each hand, tying himself to the
armrests.
17 Over the shoulder shot of the tied up man on the left part of
the frame and the woman on the right part of the frame stepping back with the
tape in her hands, looking at him. She then turns around to her left side,
walks to the kitchen in the background, turns on the music and continues to chop.
18 Close up on the man, slightly from the left, he is pale and
sweating, staring on the woman with horror, then glancing down on his taped
hands
19 After a pause the man starts to move, as if attempting to free
his hands from the tape, and moans. The woman stops chopping and turns around
to her right side to look at him, holding a knife in the right hand.
Blackout.
Monday, 9 January 2017
Set Design
Since we will be using a real, constructed kitchen, nothing can be done about its dimensions. However, it will be possible to adjust the furniture and other movable objects to create the desired mise-en-scene and visual effects. This will be done by Harriet and Dora on the shooting day in advance of filming. They are the set design artists of our group.
Rick Carter, a Hollywood production designer speak at Art Directors Guild on April 9, 2015 in Studio City, California
Confirmed props
Here is the list of props and markets where our group is going to buy them, if they cannot be supplied by the Media department or the actors.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Mise-en-scene video
Last week we were set the task to film a video that would explain our choices of location, set design, costumes, lighting and props. We should have answered the following questions:
- Why have you made these choices? Think about genre, genre conventions and your audience.
- What do your props, costume etc. suggest about your characters, narrative. What hints do they give towards the rest of your plot as an opening sequence?
- What problems can you foresee with your decisions? How can you avoid them?
- Why have you made these choices? Think about genre, genre conventions and your audience.
- What do your props, costume etc. suggest about your characters, narrative. What hints do they give towards the rest of your plot as an opening sequence?
- What problems can you foresee with your decisions? How can you avoid them?
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