Pre-production Planning-Shallow Depth of Field Experimentation - Dilys

When story-boarding our opening we thought it would be very effective to include a shallow depth of field shot to show the significance of the grave and the fact that Chantelle has decided to visit it. We decided that first we would have the grave in focus and the flowers and Chantelle out of focus and then pull Chantelle and the flowers into focus and have the grave distorted in the background as it would have a good impact and emphasis the connection between the two. However when we practiced with a bad and rolled up paper we found that the camera would only give a sharp quality shot of the bag if it was zoomed right in and the same for the paper. So we have decided to change the shot and instead an extreme close up of the flower buds and part of the grave in the background. We decided that this would still convey the same message to our audience and would a give us a much sharper image. 

Pre-Production Planning - Hair Ideas - Dilys

 

We have to think carefully about our characters hair styles so they reflect our characters personalities and also so there will be be a clear distinction between the past and the present. For our shoots of the characters Chantelle in the present we want to have her hair scraggly to show how the events in her past have effected her. But for our flashbacks we want to show Lacey and Chantelle before the incidents, so them having fun and hair that would reflect this. So we have decided that we will have their hair up in tight neat ponytails to show that they take pride in their appearance and that they have no worries or constraints. The video below is another tutorial we found online, to help us prepare our actresses hair for the shoot, the video shows us how to put the girls hairs into long sleek ponytails which will look well cared for.

Pre-Production Planning - Make Up Ideas - Dilys

When thinking about mise en scene we decided that we had to think carefully about the makeup in our opening sequence, and decided that it would be more effective  if we had contrasts not only with setting and flashbacks but also with the makeup and faces of our characters. In one of the Chantelle's flashbacks you see Lacey trapped and struggling, so we decided that to add extra effect we would give our character a bloodied face and to help create more empathy for the character and have more of an impact on the audience. We found a excellent tutorial online of how to give our character a bruised eye and so have so have taken ideas from it for our own character.