Showing posts with label unit 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unit 3. Show all posts
Friday, 22 February 2013
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Unit3: From Script to Screen- Artwork Character Design
My Influence map has changed for the third time
Following Tutor Phil's useful feedback on my character design, I have decided to look at some more influences to give my character an expressionistic look using some sort of cubism style, I have used bold, sharp and straight lines to express his feelings (anxiety, fear).
Even though he will be wearing stripped uniform, I have tried to communicate his general mood by using a different style, I have used different brushes and manipulated them to give them an expressionistic look and used them as a texture for the character and this could be seen in the 3rd Concept.
I have also used a different technique by using different expressionistic paintings and manipulating them in photoshop which could be seen in the 4th Concept.
Unit3: From Script to Screen- Camera Angles and Shots
Following Phil's feedback, I have been thinking on how to make the camera angles and shots more interesting. I am trying to use a certain psychology of camera angles and shots to get closer to the character and then after his identity has been revealed, we get far from him or not go back to him.
After a further research I noticed that a close-up shot is used to get closer to the subject face and trust it and either make the audience feel very comfortable with the character or uncomfortable, depending on his situation, In my situation, the audience will feel concerned about his case, as we feel sorry for what happens for him during act 1 and 2. A dutch shot is very interesting in terms of depicting madness and disorientation in German Expressionism.
Concerning the camera angles, a high angle is used to make the subject less significant, powerless and makes the character look swallowed by their surrounding, low angle is used to inspire fear, insecurity in the viewer and psychologically dominates the character by the setting. In this case, the attic will be dominating the character's mind in act 3 and the character will be shown from a high angle to show how weak he is.
So for instance, my storyboard starts with a long shot showing the character in his bed and attic door and an Eye-Level angle, but as we start noticing that the character is having problems ( hears strange noises), the camera shot changes to a medium shot and the angle to a High Angle.
In the scene where he is about to gets out of bed, the camera shot changes to side view in which the psychological impression is different and means that the viewer feels unnoticed and invisible, which means that the character isn't aware of our presence, therefore this shows his loneliness and gives the viewer an advantage and control, because they see him but he doesn't.
When the character starts to light up the match and flashback occurs, the camera shot is a close-up to the character's face which becomes a POV to show the flashback scenes and then an extreme close-up when he lights up the second match as well as a Dutch shot while he is lighting up the match.
I have also looked at some reference from Tutor Phil to help me add more panels to my storyboard to effectively use the different types of shots in order to express panic, disorientation and terror.
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Unit3: From Script to Screen- Idea
Well, It took me a while to come up with a satisfying idea for my story about the executioner in the attic with box of matches, I thought about using some kind of psychological genre, suspenseful bits and some sort of idea that will keep the audience a little bit far from the truth until I decide to reveal it.
This automatically made me think about a few movies I have watched such as Revolver (2005) by Guy Ritchie, a psychological film in which the main character is fighting against his ego.
and The Machinist (2004) by Brad Anderson, a psychological thriller which tells the story of a machinist who suffers from insomnia and paranoia and struggles to put together his hallucinations and memories.
This automatically made me think about a few movies I have watched such as Revolver (2005) by Guy Ritchie, a psychological film in which the main character is fighting against his ego.
I have tried to combine the use of psychology of these movies with my own ideas to come up with this story that I am quite happy with and I would really appreciate your opinion or suggestions.
The executioner has mental disorder that pushed him to become an executioner, however after having executed an innocent man, he's been haunted by it and decides to isolate himself in the attic. He has been looking back at what he's been doing, he got this kind of awakening call, in which he became more conscious about what he's been doing.
Since then he's regretted killing the innocent man under the law's order. He used to spend his time thinking about it, his thoughts are haunted by it.
This developed anxiety in him.
Every time he wakes up, he finds the attic all messed up, broken lights, things moved around. He realises he's being pursued by the dead guy's ghost.
On day he's been running away from the ghost in the attic and accidentally steps on the box of matches which struck against the wooden floor and start a fire in the attic and causes the executioner's death, only to realise that there is no ghost, he's been sleepwalking and under the haunting thoughts of the dead man he started to hallucinate and create scenes about the ghost due to his anxiety.
Monday, 14 January 2013
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