Today I began filming my two minute film opening. Last week, I posted my storyboard and my elaboration to it. It has proven very helpful! It truly facilitated my filming process for today and laid a very necessary backbone for the sequence of my scene. One aspect I had brushed over on my storyboard post was the mise-en-scene I had planned for my opening. I mentioned the set design techniques I planned on incorporating to further represent my character and her story. Today, before I began shooting, I was tasked with actually carrying out my vision and building the set planned.
Here are some pictures of the mise-en-scene I plan on eliciting in my film opening:
As I stated on both my storyboard and mood board posts, I hope to encapsulate the chaos within my character's mind mainly through mise-en-scene. As a result, I decided that her room, the main setting of the piece, would be characterized by disorganization, representing the anarchy of her mental state. Consequently, today, I had to create a mess in my own room in order to film. As can be seen in the pictures, I included shots of clothes thrown on the floor as well as one of a tumultuous desk. The last picture, however, is one of a dead rose, a prop I had not planned in my storyboard. As I was setting up the desk shot, I realized that I happened to have a dying flower in my room. "Perfect!," I thought. I concluded that the rose would lay on the desk amongst the mess, symbolizing my character's lifeless spirit within the disorderly fashion of her life.
I am very excited about this aspect of my project; I feel the essence of my character has been captured effectively. Now, time to clean my room!
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