Smokey Saloon
Firstly, the plot. The plot starts as a normal equilibrium, something happens (disequilibrium) and then is left to a new equilibrium, this process of film making was brought along by Todorov. This is the easiest way to create a plot as it hits all the elements of a conventional film. PJ here however finishes this film on a cliff hanger, another disequilibrium. This leaves the audience wanting more and wanting to know what adventure he may go on next. This is how I want to end my short film, people wanting more and wondering whats going to happen next and not just giving them all the information of the story. Although this short film is based on my imagination I want the audience to use their imagination to create an ending.
Secondly, sound. Even from the beginning we have diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Within my short film I need to have something playing in the background, whether it's the sound of birds or woodland sounds or background music that fits the theme and mood of the short film. I need to make a small list of possible sound effects I need to re-record as sound that is filmed on the camera wont be very good. I need to record foley with either a boom mic or possibly my phone. I also need to think about theme music for my short film. I'm personally not the best at creating music but layering maybe two or 3 pieces over one another would be a good way to get some interesting sounds.
Thirdly, lighting. Something I've learnt from Darren S Cook is that you should always use as much light as possible, especially natural light. He told us that it's easier to make the room look darker and still professional than lighter. By pulling up the light in editing you start to get grainy footage and wont have the clear professional look I'm after. Pj also has a great use of shadows in his lighting. By using a large white light for a 'natural light look' he can move this to produce shadows in certain places, the main place the small cupboard. My character does a similar thing of the wardrobe being the main portal into another land, or in my case daydream. I need to somehow make my green sheet that I put in my wardrobe black, which should be able to be done with Chroma keying.
Special effects and costume are what makes this short film special and hopefully mine too. The 'beings' in the bar were created from sheets of black material and LED lights underneath. My costumes will hopefully be made by me as I've looked at tutorials on how to create a jetpack and fake sword. I hope to create a 'stunt flute' from an old piece of piping with drilled holes into it. I also hope to use smoke emitters within my short film for the Shadow Selves. It will just give a bit of movement when they stand there and give the sense, like in this film, that there is a danger lurking there.
Next, camera shots. There is a variation of shots within this short film. Long shots, mid shots, close ups, low angle and high angle shots were all used within this short film and give and interesting variation through out the film, keeping the viewers interested. I need this to keep members of my audience interested but to also add variation. I like the use of the 50mm lens he used to get a shallow focus as I feel it gives a more professional look but also more depth to the footage. I can also add a racking focus to my work if I wanted with the use of a 50mm.
Simple editing was used within this film, but techniques such as eye line matches, shot reverse shot, fade to black and fade to white were also used for the effect of sudden darkness and sudden light. I can use these fades when the girl walks to the wardrobe suggesting the flow between real life and the day dream.
Mise en Scene was used creatively through this short film. The house they used was an everyday home, suggesting that this doesn't happen on a regular basis and is a new adventure for this character. The clothing also suggests this and the prop of PJ eating the crisps also suggests that this was an unexpected turn of events.
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