Preparing for your individual role
Mise-en-scene (typically this role needs to be fulfilled by both members of the group) - Provide details of costume, hair/makeup, actors, setting, set dressing (how you will make the set look interesting), lighting, colour, etc. In particular it is important that you discuss what sort of star persona you are creating, what messages do they communicate?
Camerawork - What movement and how much? What angles? What shot distances.? (for example if you want a performance how many different camera positions will their be and why/what will they be?)
Editing - how will the editing match the track? Lip synching? Cutting on the beat? Use of transitions? Split screens? Other effects? Is there going to be a strong link between the music and visuals in other ways? (instruments? Dancing? Etc.) Is it going to edit between different scenes? (Performance? Narrative?)
Before you begin anything, you must complete:
- A detailed storyboard (digital or sketched)
- A comprehensive shot list
- A detailed location research document
- Costume designs (optional)
- Requisition documentation (optional)
- Complete health and safety documentation
Shooting guidelines
In order to maximise your grade, it is essential to include a variety of technical codes and visual codes. This list may seem overly didactic, but following it will ensure you include a variety of visual and technical codes
Technical codes
- Three different shot types
- An extreme close up
- A long shot
- A high/low angle shot
- High key lighting
- Varied pace of editing
- A temporal effect (time lapse, slow mo, reverse, fast forward, freeze frame…)
Visual codes
- Generic iconography
- Use of graphics (could be extremely brief)
- Distinctive mise en scene
- Two distinct facial expressions
Other
- Consideration of modes of address
When do we start?
Start of principal photography is the week starting Monday 31st October 2016. That's your first lesson back after the half term. We expect you to roll up, grab equipment and clear off. In order to do that everything related to preproduction must be finished before this date. Use the holidays to meet up, look at fields and woods, source props and sort out costumes.