Looking specifically at Costumes and Makeup
First woman - handcuffed to radiator, visable cuts on arm, injection marks enhanced by close-up shot (taken drugs). Half closed eyes, black eyemakup smudged, puffy/swollen eyes.
Mid shot - lying down on bed, no matress sheets, dirty wall paper, half covered with sheet, showing black bra (refering to sex/prostitution). Dark lighting, except for sunlight from underneath curtain.
Second woman - long shot - curled underneath dirty sheet, seemed to be asleep/dead, shiney face (sweaty), dim light, curtains also closed - gives dangerous and ill like affect.
Thrid woman - long shot - awkward position head bent, pained expression. Eyes half closed, lags and arms uncovered (naked) handcuffed to bed, swollen face.
Amanda (known character) - wearing tshirt, handcuffed to bed, shiney, sickening green shaded face, dark swollen eyes, vomit on chin and shoulder, eyes wide open. Long shot - legs spread open, awkward position (painful), Extereme close-up - of arm with needle marks, surrounding unblurred and show needle and cotton wool. Extreme close-up - eyes wide open, immediately audience knows she's dead.
Summary
All women - lying on bed, no matress sheets, dirty bed sheets and wallpaper, dark rooms with very little light, apart from where amanda is - dark rooms are used when women stil in use, a lot of light used to show amandas situation. All handcuffed to bed, showing sexual references, gets point across quicker than if they used rope etc. Legs spread open, sexual position, either completely naked or half naked, but covered with a sheet. Swollen, yellow puffy eyes, result from the drugs. All look in pain, very hot, unable to move.
Red Door - very significant, the colour of sexuality, prostitution, but also danger, anger, blood and murder.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Taken, Quarry Scene - Deconstruction
Quarry scene - prostitution
Camera Shots
Close-up shots - of womens faces, very sweaty and shiney, greasy hair, glazed eyes which are half open, they have no expression, cleary not with it, audience immediately assumes they've taken something, smudged makeup.
Long shots - women lyind down, obviously naked but half covered by a dirty sheet, very dirty, no dialogue except 'i'm good' refering to sex.
Mis en scene
Located in middle of a Quarry, very isolated so this 'business' cannot be detected easily.
Sheets are used as room seperaters, everyhting is dirty, no comfort, shows how horrifically these girls are used.
Sound
Diegetic sounds of women behind sheets breathing, coughing and mumbling.
Camera Shots
Close-up shots - of womens faces, very sweaty and shiney, greasy hair, glazed eyes which are half open, they have no expression, cleary not with it, audience immediately assumes they've taken something, smudged makeup.
Long shots - women lyind down, obviously naked but half covered by a dirty sheet, very dirty, no dialogue except 'i'm good' refering to sex.
Mis en scene
Located in middle of a Quarry, very isolated so this 'business' cannot be detected easily.
Sheets are used as room seperaters, everyhting is dirty, no comfort, shows how horrifically these girls are used.
Sound
Diegetic sounds of women behind sheets breathing, coughing and mumbling.
Filming SO FAR - Deconstruction "Pub scene."
So far we have filmed almost all the pub shots which we needed, however we have decided to film again, as there were many aspects which we thought we could improve upon. Including; dress, makeup, dialogue and the physical movement of the characters..
Below are all the areas which we think we can improve upon and make very effective in the final version:
Sound -
- Some of the dialogue which the characters said, in particular in the first few shots by the bar, were not said with enough/ the right emotion. For example, when Laura says " i know, i've had enough," she said it in quite an upset rather than outraged girl at her boyfriend. Therefore we will try to ensure that when we next film, her lines in the opening shots are delivered with more feeling and raw emotion.
- Also when the characters are laughing, in the shots when they are doing drink shots. The laughing comes across quite unnatural and forced. We will change this so that when we next film these shots of them, the laughing is much more natural. HOW: We will attempt this by actually making them laugh at something, and perhaps even rolling the camera when they're not ready/ are aware :)
- Overall we want the dialogue to sound much more natural and realistic, we will try to make the speech sound more like they are 3 good friends on a night out cheering up Laura. HOW: By making the boys speech more typically ladish in the first few shots. So that they say things such as "Oh who cares, you don't need him," "Plenty more fish in the sea," these sort of comments. Rather than things like, "I just don't understand why you let him mess you about?" Which doesn't at all seem like something a late teen/ early twentites comment from a guy.
Mise en Scene -
- The general feel of the scenes we shot in the bar, were pretty depressing and slightly intimidathing. We want the atmosphere to feel much more, like a normal night out, but that Laura's character is clearly angry with her boyfriend and wants to forget all about it.
- The guys, come across very oversensitive and in depth for a girl 17-23 years, to be hanging around with. We are going to make them much more believable and "ladish" in their behaviour. HOW: by giving them much more causal lines (see sound) and make their conversation more banter like.
Costume -
- One of the guys, James is wearing a light pink shirt and he looks very young in the shots. This is not helped by his perfect and therefore quite young looking hair as well as his skin, which is very pale. To greatly improve his look and make him represent and older and more "normal" lad, we will put him in a darker shirt to make him look more mature. Also we will make his hair so that it is styled a lot more casually. Moreover, we're going to perhaps add some more makeup such as; blusher/bronzer to his face, to give him more colour so that he looks less washed out.
- The two extras; Me and Florri looked slightly rigid and a bit too dressed up to be in a pub, therefore, we may try to dress us in more conventional clothes. Such as; little dresses but without heels. Moreover, in the acutal shots they sometime look a little awkward and too posed. For example; when the camera is on their backs, they could be sitting more relaxed and not so straight backed with glasses held up high in their hands. As it may look slightly too staged sometimes.
If you have read any of these improvements and have more ideas on what we can do to make these aspects of the filming even better, then please leave your suggestions and comments, they will help us out so much :) Thanks!!
Below are all the areas which we think we can improve upon and make very effective in the final version:
Sound -
- Some of the dialogue which the characters said, in particular in the first few shots by the bar, were not said with enough/ the right emotion. For example, when Laura says " i know, i've had enough," she said it in quite an upset rather than outraged girl at her boyfriend. Therefore we will try to ensure that when we next film, her lines in the opening shots are delivered with more feeling and raw emotion.
- Also when the characters are laughing, in the shots when they are doing drink shots. The laughing comes across quite unnatural and forced. We will change this so that when we next film these shots of them, the laughing is much more natural. HOW: We will attempt this by actually making them laugh at something, and perhaps even rolling the camera when they're not ready/ are aware :)
- Overall we want the dialogue to sound much more natural and realistic, we will try to make the speech sound more like they are 3 good friends on a night out cheering up Laura. HOW: By making the boys speech more typically ladish in the first few shots. So that they say things such as "Oh who cares, you don't need him," "Plenty more fish in the sea," these sort of comments. Rather than things like, "I just don't understand why you let him mess you about?" Which doesn't at all seem like something a late teen/ early twentites comment from a guy.
Mise en Scene -
- The general feel of the scenes we shot in the bar, were pretty depressing and slightly intimidathing. We want the atmosphere to feel much more, like a normal night out, but that Laura's character is clearly angry with her boyfriend and wants to forget all about it.
- The guys, come across very oversensitive and in depth for a girl 17-23 years, to be hanging around with. We are going to make them much more believable and "ladish" in their behaviour. HOW: by giving them much more causal lines (see sound) and make their conversation more banter like.
Costume -
- One of the guys, James is wearing a light pink shirt and he looks very young in the shots. This is not helped by his perfect and therefore quite young looking hair as well as his skin, which is very pale. To greatly improve his look and make him represent and older and more "normal" lad, we will put him in a darker shirt to make him look more mature. Also we will make his hair so that it is styled a lot more casually. Moreover, we're going to perhaps add some more makeup such as; blusher/bronzer to his face, to give him more colour so that he looks less washed out.
- The two extras; Me and Florri looked slightly rigid and a bit too dressed up to be in a pub, therefore, we may try to dress us in more conventional clothes. Such as; little dresses but without heels. Moreover, in the acutal shots they sometime look a little awkward and too posed. For example; when the camera is on their backs, they could be sitting more relaxed and not so straight backed with glasses held up high in their hands. As it may look slightly too staged sometimes.
If you have read any of these improvements and have more ideas on what we can do to make these aspects of the filming even better, then please leave your suggestions and comments, they will help us out so much :) Thanks!!
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Fake bruises
Fake bruises- Practice.We practiced fake bruises because the opening scene will start directly in the attic where Laura is tied to a chair so the audience doesn't know what actually happened to her before that. The bruises are all over her body which will be seen through close-ups which shows that she is being kept with lots of violence involved.
These bruises are one of our first tries and certainly not perfect. They are done by Ellen Cartwright with the assistance of me:)
Lots of people were volunteering to let us do bruises on their hands, faces and feet which gave us lots of opportunity to practice and therefore will benefit us for our final "painting".
I have also shown the photos to independent people without saying anything and they believed it was real, which is a very important issue that it's as close to reality as possible.
There are many more photos which will be uploaded to the blog soon so that you can comment on them.
Please let us know what you think and if it looks real or where we could improve.
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Deconstruction - 2 fast 2 furious "abduction/capture scene."
This deconstruction is focusing on the "capture" scene of a man who is then tortured.
Sound:
- The first shot of the man starts of with him walking into a V.I.P area, where there are men who are waiting to get information out of him, by any means. The sound starts of as the diagetic music in the background as the scene is in a club, the music is clubby but with a prominate bass sound.
- As the man "victim" and a woman walk into the V.I.P area, you can also hear their conversation which overlaps the background club music. This helps to emphasis the current situation unfolding. Then as they walk into the area, where the men are, other music is played over the club music, which is eary and uses violins, to build up tension.
- The sound then changes back to diaget, as the main "bad guy," says, "enjoying yourself D.I," immediately cutting the viewer back into the action and showing the danger of the mans situation. Also the use of his name, conveys instantly that the bad guy, knows EXACTLY who he is and therefore the hostility of the circumstances between them.
- As the men engage in a conversation, the woman leaves and the club music is heard again, cutting the audience straight back into the dangerous action.
Lighting:
- The lighting at the start of the scene is totally typical and autentic to a club environment. The lighting is quite dim but not dull. The lights are brighter as the man and woman enter the V.I.P area, as there is much more avaliable and created light, including the tall lamps which are next to the sofa, creating a slightly more comfy and misleadingly safe feel.
- The light in most of the shots, is a mixture of quite bright yellow and unnatural lights, highlighting the characters face, portraying that the light isn't nautral. In addition there are a few blue and red lights, which beam onto the characters. In the second shot, when the man walks over to the main bad guy, there is a much redder tinge to the light, suggesting the impending danger that he is in.
- The light on the shot when the man is lying on his back and is being torched, by a blow torch and a rat is on his stomach under a metal bucket. Here the light is very bright and unnatural, in the shot where the main bad guy is holding the torch in his face and shouting at him. The light is slightly blue which is the colour of the flame and is right up close in the shot, suggesting the intense discomfort of the man and the situation.
Mise en Scene:
- The whole scene from when the man enters to when he is forced ontop of a table to be forced into giving the bad guy " a window," to commit a crime, is very on edge and illustrates a feeling of increasing danger and authority of the bad guy over the man.
- When the man first enters, the initial effect is that he has been tricked by the woman, and therefore is potentially in peril. This is enhanced by the bad guy smiling menacingly as they gain eye contact, not only does the man know who he is but also that he is not at great risk of coming to harm.
- The Mise en Scene, when the man is lying down and has a bucket on his stomach with a rat underneath it, is very unnerving and disturbing for the audience to watch. When the man starts to shout and wail, " get it off me," this portays that he is in absoloute desperation and agony. And that even as a policeman, he is forced to give in and say, "i'll give you the window.. i'll give you the window," as he is so frantic to get away.
Costume:
- The man who is the victim, is dressed in a shirt and loose tie, which conjures up the image of an everyday working class, middle aged man. Which helps the audience to empathise with him, when he is being tortured and put in a very compromising position, as clearly he is nothing out of the ordinary, so why does he have to cope with such an ordeal. Moreover his hair looks quite bedraggled and slightly greasy, suggesting that he isn't very groomed and doesn't pay too much attention to his appearance.
- The main bad guy, is dressed in a very expensive looking suit, immediatley showing that he is very wealthy and has power and authority over the other characters. Also he is wearing very expensive looking jewellery and his hair is short and VERY well kept, implying that he has both the time and resorces to worry and focus on his self image.
Sound:
- The first shot of the man starts of with him walking into a V.I.P area, where there are men who are waiting to get information out of him, by any means. The sound starts of as the diagetic music in the background as the scene is in a club, the music is clubby but with a prominate bass sound.
- As the man "victim" and a woman walk into the V.I.P area, you can also hear their conversation which overlaps the background club music. This helps to emphasis the current situation unfolding. Then as they walk into the area, where the men are, other music is played over the club music, which is eary and uses violins, to build up tension.
- The sound then changes back to diaget, as the main "bad guy," says, "enjoying yourself D.I," immediately cutting the viewer back into the action and showing the danger of the mans situation. Also the use of his name, conveys instantly that the bad guy, knows EXACTLY who he is and therefore the hostility of the circumstances between them.
- As the men engage in a conversation, the woman leaves and the club music is heard again, cutting the audience straight back into the dangerous action.
Lighting:
- The lighting at the start of the scene is totally typical and autentic to a club environment. The lighting is quite dim but not dull. The lights are brighter as the man and woman enter the V.I.P area, as there is much more avaliable and created light, including the tall lamps which are next to the sofa, creating a slightly more comfy and misleadingly safe feel.
- The light in most of the shots, is a mixture of quite bright yellow and unnatural lights, highlighting the characters face, portraying that the light isn't nautral. In addition there are a few blue and red lights, which beam onto the characters. In the second shot, when the man walks over to the main bad guy, there is a much redder tinge to the light, suggesting the impending danger that he is in.
- The light on the shot when the man is lying on his back and is being torched, by a blow torch and a rat is on his stomach under a metal bucket. Here the light is very bright and unnatural, in the shot where the main bad guy is holding the torch in his face and shouting at him. The light is slightly blue which is the colour of the flame and is right up close in the shot, suggesting the intense discomfort of the man and the situation.
Mise en Scene:
- The whole scene from when the man enters to when he is forced ontop of a table to be forced into giving the bad guy " a window," to commit a crime, is very on edge and illustrates a feeling of increasing danger and authority of the bad guy over the man.
- When the man first enters, the initial effect is that he has been tricked by the woman, and therefore is potentially in peril. This is enhanced by the bad guy smiling menacingly as they gain eye contact, not only does the man know who he is but also that he is not at great risk of coming to harm.
- The Mise en Scene, when the man is lying down and has a bucket on his stomach with a rat underneath it, is very unnerving and disturbing for the audience to watch. When the man starts to shout and wail, " get it off me," this portays that he is in absoloute desperation and agony. And that even as a policeman, he is forced to give in and say, "i'll give you the window.. i'll give you the window," as he is so frantic to get away.
Costume:
- The man who is the victim, is dressed in a shirt and loose tie, which conjures up the image of an everyday working class, middle aged man. Which helps the audience to empathise with him, when he is being tortured and put in a very compromising position, as clearly he is nothing out of the ordinary, so why does he have to cope with such an ordeal. Moreover his hair looks quite bedraggled and slightly greasy, suggesting that he isn't very groomed and doesn't pay too much attention to his appearance.
- The main bad guy, is dressed in a very expensive looking suit, immediatley showing that he is very wealthy and has power and authority over the other characters. Also he is wearing very expensive looking jewellery and his hair is short and VERY well kept, implying that he has both the time and resorces to worry and focus on his self image.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Deconstruction - One Tree Hill "abduction scene."
Focusing on the Abduction scene of Peyton Sawyer and Brooke Davis
Lighting:
- First shot of the abduction scene, when Peyton is tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth. The light is very dim and she is mostly surrounded by very dark light. There are a few beams of light oh her faces and hair, highlighting her precarious and vulnerable situation.
- Then the show changes to a close up of her face, with much more light to emphasis her emotion and physical trauma. The light is still very blurred and dim.
- The next shot of Peyton, uses spot lights behind her head which portrays just how unnatural her surroundings are. It also emphasises just how dingy and succluded the place she is being held is. The lighting behind her head, also illustrates parts of her face which look strained and weary. Also creating shadows behind her which conveys, the great lack of light.
Sound:
- As soon as Peyton gains conciousness in the first shot, she immediately makes moaning noises, which clearly shows that she is uncomfortable and in pain. When she then opens her eyes and becomes aware of just how dangerous her situation is, she begins to start making loud moaning sounds and weeping.
- The next shot of Peyton when she becomes increasingly aware of what's going on, he begins to VERY heavily breath and almost hyperventilate, conveying how terrified and helpless she feels, as she can't do anything else. She can't move or scream out for help, as she is gaged.
- When Peyton is ungaged and is talking to "Derek" her abductor, she talks very calmly and almost creepily slowly to try to convince him to let her be untied. She says, "let me finish this bitch," and stares at his provocatively, using her sexuality to get herself out of danger.
- Later when Derek is chasing Peyton round the house, when she is locked in her room. He says, "open the door," very angrily and abruptly showing just how threatening and unstable he is.
Mise en scene:
- The overall feel of the scene is very threatening and precarious as everything the two girls do, in particular Peyton is being analysed and watched by Derek the abductor.
- When Peyton gets away from him and runs upstairs he chases her and shouts, "Open the door," demonstrating just how aggressive and unhinged he is, as he has just stabbed him and he is still determined to get to her.
- Moreover when Brooke Davis comes down into the cellar and finds Peyton, Derek grabs her and says "well well, Brooke Davis," illustrating just how involved and obsessed with Peyton's life and friends he is. Brooke then tries to get him off her, and she screams " get off me," this shows how desperate and scared she is.
- The screaming and shouting between Peyton and Brooke e.g When Peyton begins to fight back to Derek and says, "Get up," this conveys, that even though she's scared she in some ways subverts our expectations by fighting back to a bigger and intimidating man.
Costume:
- Peyton is dressed in a brilliant white long, prom dress. This is ICONIC of a virgin and pure idea, suggesting that she is innocent and vulnerable. Also her dress is embellished with glitter and sequins which suggests, that despite being an older teengager, she is still very young and is quite girly.
- Brooke is dressed in a much different dress, it is Blood red and has a low cut neck line, revealing quite a lot of cleavage. This creates a much more provocative and sexually capable image of a young girl. It also portrays that she is a vibrant and bold character, as she isn't afraid to be noticed and looked at. Her hair, is straight and long, creating a grown up and mature picture of an veyr young girl.
- Derek is dressed in a very posh and expensive looking black suite, this is very simple but also formal and portrays an image of an otherwise very normal and "everyday man." Therefore implying an even more disturbing image of the man, as he is dressed for the prom which he has prevented Peyton from going to, showing exaclty how OBSESSED he is with her life and what she does. This image is in total juxtaposition to his unstable and utterly disturbed personality.
Lighting:
- First shot of the abduction scene, when Peyton is tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth. The light is very dim and she is mostly surrounded by very dark light. There are a few beams of light oh her faces and hair, highlighting her precarious and vulnerable situation.
- Then the show changes to a close up of her face, with much more light to emphasis her emotion and physical trauma. The light is still very blurred and dim.
- The next shot of Peyton, uses spot lights behind her head which portrays just how unnatural her surroundings are. It also emphasises just how dingy and succluded the place she is being held is. The lighting behind her head, also illustrates parts of her face which look strained and weary. Also creating shadows behind her which conveys, the great lack of light.
Sound:
- As soon as Peyton gains conciousness in the first shot, she immediately makes moaning noises, which clearly shows that she is uncomfortable and in pain. When she then opens her eyes and becomes aware of just how dangerous her situation is, she begins to start making loud moaning sounds and weeping.
- The next shot of Peyton when she becomes increasingly aware of what's going on, he begins to VERY heavily breath and almost hyperventilate, conveying how terrified and helpless she feels, as she can't do anything else. She can't move or scream out for help, as she is gaged.
- When Peyton is ungaged and is talking to "Derek" her abductor, she talks very calmly and almost creepily slowly to try to convince him to let her be untied. She says, "let me finish this bitch," and stares at his provocatively, using her sexuality to get herself out of danger.
- Later when Derek is chasing Peyton round the house, when she is locked in her room. He says, "open the door," very angrily and abruptly showing just how threatening and unstable he is.
Mise en scene:
- The overall feel of the scene is very threatening and precarious as everything the two girls do, in particular Peyton is being analysed and watched by Derek the abductor.
- When Peyton gets away from him and runs upstairs he chases her and shouts, "Open the door," demonstrating just how aggressive and unhinged he is, as he has just stabbed him and he is still determined to get to her.
- Moreover when Brooke Davis comes down into the cellar and finds Peyton, Derek grabs her and says "well well, Brooke Davis," illustrating just how involved and obsessed with Peyton's life and friends he is. Brooke then tries to get him off her, and she screams " get off me," this shows how desperate and scared she is.
- The screaming and shouting between Peyton and Brooke e.g When Peyton begins to fight back to Derek and says, "Get up," this conveys, that even though she's scared she in some ways subverts our expectations by fighting back to a bigger and intimidating man.
Costume:
- Peyton is dressed in a brilliant white long, prom dress. This is ICONIC of a virgin and pure idea, suggesting that she is innocent and vulnerable. Also her dress is embellished with glitter and sequins which suggests, that despite being an older teengager, she is still very young and is quite girly.
- Brooke is dressed in a much different dress, it is Blood red and has a low cut neck line, revealing quite a lot of cleavage. This creates a much more provocative and sexually capable image of a young girl. It also portrays that she is a vibrant and bold character, as she isn't afraid to be noticed and looked at. Her hair, is straight and long, creating a grown up and mature picture of an veyr young girl.
- Derek is dressed in a very posh and expensive looking black suite, this is very simple but also formal and portrays an image of an otherwise very normal and "everyday man." Therefore implying an even more disturbing image of the man, as he is dressed for the prom which he has prevented Peyton from going to, showing exaclty how OBSESSED he is with her life and what she does. This image is in total juxtaposition to his unstable and utterly disturbed personality.
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