Costume, role allocation and props
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thomas brown
The roles are as follows: -
Director - Tom/Michael
Lighting - Tom/Michael
Location Photography - Tom
Storyboarding - Tom/Michael
Costume - Tom/Michael/actors
Editing - Tom/Michael
Scripting - Tom/Michael
As we are in a small group, it is feasible that both of us have a hand in everything. Although some parts of the process need both of us anyway, the script or storyboarding, which would normally be allocated in a group of 4, can be done by both of us. Most of the roles will be shared.
The acting parts are proving difficult to fill. Fo the young girl, Tom's younger sister is ideal. For the part of James, who is 19 years old, any suitable student from Performing Arts or Drama. As for the mother, we may need to put up audition notices around college. This part will prove hardest to fill, as a college student would be unconvincing without correct make up or prosthetics, which we simply can't afford. We may have to manipulate the lighting to hide her appearance somewhat. A similar technique to Apocalypse Now, when Francis Ford Coppolla was filming Marlon Brando, he could no show Brando's weight gain, so he countered it by hiding him in the shadows.
As for costume, we will have to use regular clothes, a few weeks in a cellar won't reduce them to medieval peasnats, but we will have to taint the clothes. Hair must be unstyled and rough. Skin must be diry and unwashed. Lucys costume will consist of her regular clothes, but with an oversized jumper over the top. The cellar is a cold environment, and the candles provide little relief from the conditions. James will be wearing typical fare for a young man, jeans, check shirt, trainers, maybe shoes. He'll be wrapped up in a fleece or a jacket. Johanne will be wearing a fleece, skirt and trousers and thick walking shoes. The costumes themselves are nothing special to get hold of, however, the deliberate dirtying of them may mean we have to use old clothes.
Props wise, we will need candles, a chess board with all chess pieces, cans of soup and beans, a battery radio, and a can opener. The candles are for use because the electricity is out. The chess board is used for dramatic effect, and symbolic of their situation. The cans of soup and beans will show that they've been holed up for a while, and canned food keeps well, so that's why canned food is the only thing they are eating. The battery radio is for the closing radio message, and the can opener is for the cans. We may need a budget to attain some of these props, but we have yet to decide on a fair price.
Director - Tom/Michael
Lighting - Tom/Michael
Location Photography - Tom
Storyboarding - Tom/Michael
Costume - Tom/Michael/actors
Editing - Tom/Michael
Scripting - Tom/Michael
As we are in a small group, it is feasible that both of us have a hand in everything. Although some parts of the process need both of us anyway, the script or storyboarding, which would normally be allocated in a group of 4, can be done by both of us. Most of the roles will be shared.
The acting parts are proving difficult to fill. Fo the young girl, Tom's younger sister is ideal. For the part of James, who is 19 years old, any suitable student from Performing Arts or Drama. As for the mother, we may need to put up audition notices around college. This part will prove hardest to fill, as a college student would be unconvincing without correct make up or prosthetics, which we simply can't afford. We may have to manipulate the lighting to hide her appearance somewhat. A similar technique to Apocalypse Now, when Francis Ford Coppolla was filming Marlon Brando, he could no show Brando's weight gain, so he countered it by hiding him in the shadows.
As for costume, we will have to use regular clothes, a few weeks in a cellar won't reduce them to medieval peasnats, but we will have to taint the clothes. Hair must be unstyled and rough. Skin must be diry and unwashed. Lucys costume will consist of her regular clothes, but with an oversized jumper over the top. The cellar is a cold environment, and the candles provide little relief from the conditions. James will be wearing typical fare for a young man, jeans, check shirt, trainers, maybe shoes. He'll be wrapped up in a fleece or a jacket. Johanne will be wearing a fleece, skirt and trousers and thick walking shoes. The costumes themselves are nothing special to get hold of, however, the deliberate dirtying of them may mean we have to use old clothes.
Props wise, we will need candles, a chess board with all chess pieces, cans of soup and beans, a battery radio, and a can opener. The candles are for use because the electricity is out. The chess board is used for dramatic effect, and symbolic of their situation. The cans of soup and beans will show that they've been holed up for a while, and canned food keeps well, so that's why canned food is the only thing they are eating. The battery radio is for the closing radio message, and the can opener is for the cans. We may need a budget to attain some of these props, but we have yet to decide on a fair price.
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