Group Task - Initial ideas

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Group Task - Initial ideas

Lighting ideas 

For the lighting part of our short film we wanted to use mostly artificial lighting. This helps create an unsettling atmosphere. We wanted to do this through :

o Uplighting
o Silhouette
o Spotlighting
o Underexposure
o Harsh light (hard light, chiaroscuro)
o Prominent and projected shadows
o Shooting through objects (internal frames)
o Shooting through elements
o Phone lighting

Costume Ideas 

As a group we decided we wanted them to wear everyday clothes however mould what they would usually wear to fit their character slightly.

Jessica – well dressed, proper, jack wills

Sophia  – dressed younger, all in white to symbolise vulnerability

Emma – sensible, warm

Tessa – trying to dress older than she is

Billie – just very casual, what she would normally wear on an everyday basis, jeans and a t shirt

Prop Ideas 

We didn’t want to use many props as we wanted the beginning two minutes of the film to be significantly fast paced and we thought using too many props could take away from that. However we did want to uses phones for FaceTime to bring another element into the film.




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