Title Design: See You Soon PT 1

Unlike previous films like "Al-Kimia". "SeevYou Soon" did not have such an elabprate theme that runs the story, this time "See You Soon" is a drama narrative, the only themes are the ones defined by the characters rather than the story.

I started Simple, title on black, all caps, and a classic book font. Already it looks appealing, simple, gets the point across. however, there's nothing special to it, so then I tried rearranging the words to see if i can find something that can look even more pleasing.

By simply moving them on top of each other I began noticing patterns, already I can see the three O's in the title forming a slight triangle. This made me realise that I can tie this to the story, The film consists of three main characters, evidently the only characters you see anyway, the characters are important as each other, they also work as supporting characters with each other. Since the three characters are so interlinked, I was curious to see what happen if I merged the three O's in a chain like fashion.

As interesting and relevant joining text, it can look very cluttered, and if the logo becomes to much of a factor it can eat away from the story, joining the letters made it look alien, and that's when I felt I should lay back in over complicating it. I realised the more I play and complicate it, the more it takes away from the main feature. The title has so many advantages, but making a Saul Bass piece would not not help the story.

Starting from the beginning and deciding to leave it simple, I thought I should at least see what I can do with colour. Since the film is showcasing  life of a professional runner, i thought it would be nice to see what can be done with blue-red-white (colours on a medal belt)

the following where ideas playing with that.

This is the start of approaching the title, the art of it is to find a balance between making relate to the film, and also not to be distracting.

See You Soon: 2nd Draft Analysis

Scene 2

This is the first time we see Pearl and Thea talk to each other, and since they’re sisters maybe pearl shouldn’t be as formal as she would be with her other patients. E.g. when Pearl says, “You have a perfectly healthy child.” It would be more realistic if she talks like she would talk to her daughter normally, something like “Perfectly healthy.”

Scene 3

Concentrating on the scar can take away from what they’re actually saying, instead of showing the audience what’s wrong with her straight away, it would add more to the development of the short story if they figure it out for themselves. E.g. we start by seeing an X-ray in the doctor’s office, then whatever they talk about within each other would be in context that there’s something wrong with her chest, which will foreshadow in the next scenes.

It would be nice to see the doctor talk more and talk more dominantly, it would signify whatever Yanna has it is out of her control, it would also be unlikely to find an actor who’s willing to be in for such a minor role.

Scene 5

The hug between the Yanna and Pearl is very well placed, it maybe nice to add on to it more by emphasising what happened with a direct juxtaposition. Adding some humour might help us acknowledge the hug even more.

In the script a flyer falls from her coat pocket, I assumed she was wearing sports clothes.

Scene 8

The “smothering” of the baby in the script makes sense that Thea would have these worries, on the other hand it’s too drastic for the script, emotionally for the audience, it would overtake Yanna’s death later on. I would prefer it if Thea is tearing up and just talks about how she feels she’s not ready.

Scene 9

Is there a better or subtler way of showing her taking the shoes? it makes her look very evil in the scene.

Scene 11 & 12

The scenes are too dramatic for the build up we already have. It would be difficult to sell it to the audience in the amount of time given. Instead of showing the death have a new scene or extend one we have already to give more clues that she’s dead without actually having to showing it.

Suggestions:

·      Have a new scene with an exterior (maybe have Yanna running, and overdoing her goal, as well as showing her struggle because of her chest), it’s also a change from all the talking, and more visual language is applied.

·      Yanna’s room should have more personality to it, showing trophies interests etc. That way we see them again post death, and they mean a lot more when the Pearl inspects the room.

·      The very beginning where the heartbeat is a strong factor it would be nice to see that play out

Great Britain Project: Set Build

When it came to building the set, Charlotte, Edrei and I went to Homebase to find the colour we chose. returning back to carry the walls all the way from the KN Studio to the B32 Studio, then begin painting.

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances and miscommunication our set building time had been set back, making it near impossible to reaching our goal.

Great Britain Project: Finding Actress

The difficulty of finding a child actor at a realistic time frame was near impossible, luckily my little sister fit the description of the character we wanted, but before we agreed she would be right for the role, I thought it would only be fair if she auditioned in case Charlotte and Edrei wouldn't think she was good enough for the role.

Luckily they agreed with the decision, so we started recording her voice straight away.

Great Britain Pre-Production

Organising the shoot was important so we know realistically what we should be realistically aiming for.

After talking and discussing ideas about what we wanted to achieve, and how we wanted to achieve it. I created a timetable for the three of us to use and keep reference of our goals.

I had to meet with Rosie on Monday to tell her what our plan was, to make sure what we have in place is right. after the meeting she advised me before signing me off that I have all the risk assessment and make sure that I have all the right permission for using a child actress.

discussing the equipment we want to use we compiled a list of things we needed:

- Sony EX3

- External Recorder

- EX3 Lens Conversion Kit

- Glide Cam

- 2x C-stands

- 2x Red Heads & stands

- Marantz PM661 Recorder

- Floor Mic Stand 

-Sand bags

-Scrim Set

-3 Arri Fresnals

The Ex3 as of my knowledge was if it was to be used I had to be inducted again as it now has an external recorder.

After meeting with Rosie again, she signed us off as we completed a full production pack, you can see it attached here.

as Charlotte went to Brighton, I took the pictures that included the kids hands and body.

I also took out the recording kit to record the sort of script we have in place.

Great Britain Project

I was approached by Charlotte about a promo competition, a competition which required a 1-2 min video showcasing Britain. the competition was a very good idea, as it had lots of great outcomes:

- It allowed us to be able to practice working under a short time schedule, (which emulates what can happen in a real paid job)
- It made made me be able to work quickly, by learning to sort my time right and be able to reach a realistic level.
- great addition to my portfolio of work.
- winner or runner up rewards can go towards my main film this year "see you soon"


Link:
http://genero.tv/greatbritain/

C300 Workshop

(photo by Tamara Lenz)

The C300 workshop was essential for us to know if this was the best camera for us to use. through test we came to the conclusion that this is definitely the camera to use. although the lenses that come with the camera were not the lenses I would of preferred, the samyang kit lens have a lot of chromatic aberration, I would of preferred some warmer lenses, if i could choose any set of lenses it would be cooke cine lenses for their warm look.

The camera itself has enough colour latitude for great colour correction (especially when on c-log), since the project wont need any extreme looks, it makes the camera perfect for the job.

(with C-Log)

(Basic Colour Correction