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Filming in natural light + lighting overall

- Hollywood beauty lighting - A bounce as a second source (fill in shadows) - Or a large diffusion can even coverage - Harsh day light - high contrast ratio (negative feeling) - sun as hard light (mid day) - negative fill to darken shadows more - Orange daylight - (warm nostalgic) - change white balance of camera to something cooler like 7000 kelvin (this will warm up whole frame however) could use tungsten lights - Grey daylight - cloud is natural diffusion - gloom + doom - or huge diffusion above scene out of frame, covering everything in your scene https://youtu.be/glec0wpRIDc - Bouncing light, bigger the area of bounce the softer the light - can then diffuse bounced light - to control spill - flagging light - flagging light - blocking light with flags + black solid for negative fill - skirting light - more directional - e.g. black cloth around light (china ball lights are easy to skirt - black wrap - can fix any light leaks - breaking up light - can cut shapes into cardb...

5 DIY film riot

https://youtu.be/nsUoSBkMfxE

Feedback on story

- Cut down and condense - Think how i could do things . A. planting flower (orchid/ Lilly) when eyes start to bleed . C. Crushed the flower and tells A. She doesn't have long to live . They travel through a field and talk briefly of childhood memories in the field .childhood memory in the field w/ A singing over it . They reach a lake were they decide to settle . Saturn devouring his son is reflected in the lake for C. (Surreal) . They talk directly and indirectly about the event/ memory with a misunderstanding due to different perspectives of the event/ memory . They talk of a childhood memory at the lake . We see parts of A's version of events . We see parts of C's version of events . These violently clash with the childhood memory . An orchid floats down the lake and is engulfed by ant, leaving a pelvic bone or pile of bones . At the height of the violence (memories) C. Stabs A. . On her dying wish A. Is taken to the field where she dies after revealin...
Complete as a blog post Include examples of your influences (especially from our short film list) Include visuals wherever possible (images and videos) Will develop as we go through screenwriting process Need a subheading and section for each of the following: Synopsis (a one to three paragraph summary of your film’s story – written as a short story. May also include any thematic issues here too.) Characters (a succinct description of the appearance, character and background of one or two of your main characters – no more than a paragraph each. May also include any representational issues here too) Narrative (an explanation of the narrative structures and devices your film will use – no more than identifying the technique then explaining how you will use it – less is more) Mise-en-scene (an explanation of the setting (era, area), key locations and key costume points in your film – particularly visual here) Aesthetics (an explanation of the camera, editing and l...

Character A3 sheets

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Mood board 2 (Abstract)

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Mood board 1 (Psychological thriller)

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