Below you will see how I visualise the set of the opening few minutes of 'Soul Beneath'. It shows the bedroom of the protagonist, Lia, which will be the location for most, if not all, of the opening few minutes. I have shown the layout of the set with how I think the lighting effect will work and in red are where I think I could have various camera shots. Because Lia is an unusual girl and this film would be unusual also (in the sense that it doesn't conform to the mainstream mould), I want to experiment with camera shots and have some that you won't typically see in a mainstream movie. Also, I think that I need a lot of different camera shots that I can cut up during editing so that one shot is not too long and monotonous.
After drawing this plan, I took some photos of the kind of set that I was after. I took the photos of my room and while I don't have the right props yet, all the main things were in the right place as shown on my plan. The main thing that has to be with my set is that the window needs to be behind the desk so that the flashing lights come from behind Lia's head. My room would be ideal to film in but because it is on the first floor instead of the ground floor, it would be very difficult to do the lighting unless someone brave was willing to stand outside, in the dark, on a ladder, turning a very bright torch on and off for a while. I may be able to use my living room if I can rearrange it to look like a bedroom as that is on the ground floor but it would take a lot of work to move out the TV and sofas and bring in a bed and a desk. Also, my living room has a woodburner in it which would probably give away that the location isn't really a bedroom.
 |
| Basic layout of set |
 |
| View from the window |
 |
| A view showing the window behind the desk |
No comments:
Post a Comment