Film Posters

To promote my film during our courses final showing, me and my friend Ryan have created posters for our respective films. The images below are examples of these.

Lighting

Lighting has proved to be an integral part to creating the contrasting moods within my film.

In the Doll Scenes I've used very low level lighting. I used a simple desktop lamp pointed towards the floor, which when combined with filming in black and white created a dark and moody setting for filming as can be seen in the pictures below.

The Lego sequences were filmed in my college art building which uses bright bulbs. This high level lighting really brought out the bright block colours of the Lego which ultimately added to the playful and childlike feel of these scenes. This effect can be seen in the pictures below.

Filming Part 2

The only parts left to film are the scenes involving dolls, I have nearly completed the first scene which in the narrative comes before the Lego section. Filming this section has had no major issues, the only problem i have encountered is the dexterity of the dolls this is because of their deteriorated state making them hard to manipulate during certain shots. In terms of lighting for this section I used a desktop lighting facing towards the floor, this created quite an eerie setting and an interesting use of shadow.

Filming Part 1

Just before the Easter break I began filming and over the past week or so I have been editing.

I began filming with the Lego sequences first as I felt this was the most time consuming part of the recording process and therefore decided to utilise college time to get it done. Filming proved challenging as the Lego was difficult to manipulate at times because of its small size, it was also difficult because of the long time and patience it took although this is true with all stop motion. However after editing this footage the perseverance has proved worth it as the animation looks smooth and it is clear that a lot of time went into it.

The opening of the film depicts a toy lizard in which the camera then zooms into the mouth of. This is one of the more surreal parts of the film and I used a couple of techniques to show the dark tone of this section. Firstly it has been filmed in black and white, I felt this gave it a more edgy look than using colour. Secondly i filmed in pitch black and used my mobile phone light to create a mysterious and eerie atmosphere

Oceansize

Oceansize are a band I've come across while doing research for my soundtrack. They combine Post Rock and Experimental techniques with a lot of Progressive Rock ideas, this makes them perfect as artists for my project as these are all techniques i have been incorporating and looking into for my score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp84uXacRo0

The song in the link is called Commemorative T Shirt, it showcases Oceansize's use of complex time signatures in this song in particular 11/8 and 9/8 this gives the song a very experimental feel but also because of the minimalistic nature of the way the piece builds for the whole 8 minutes it has a very free flowing and ambient feel to it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWfBUMipul8

The above song is called Music For A Nurse, this is one of the best examples of the more Post Rock side of the band utilising ambient sounds, layered guitars and in particular fast tremelo picking.