This is my crowd fund page for the film.
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Saturday, 25 February 2012
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Story
A little bit about the story:
The short film tells the story of Anne, a woman in her late 50’s whose husband recently died. After her husband’s death she falls into depression but keeps this from her daughter for fear of causing greater upset. Every day she imagines herself committing suicide, but something always happens and it is put off until ‘tomorrow’. Her clock is ticking. Until one day when she returns home, and something strange happens which will change her life forever.
The short film tells the story of Anne, a woman in her late 50’s whose husband recently died. After her husband’s death she falls into depression but keeps this from her daughter for fear of causing greater upset. Every day she imagines herself committing suicide, but something always happens and it is put off until ‘tomorrow’. Her clock is ticking. Until one day when she returns home, and something strange happens which will change her life forever.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Arri Alexa
My aim is to use the Arri Alexa on the shooting of "Ticking Soul". This camera is a quite new camera on the market but it has very good reviews.
Arri Alexa is a full high definition camera. It has a 35 mm-size sensor which means that it accepts lenses of the 35 mm film cameras. Also the menu on the Alexa in simple to use and it records in a huge dynamic range. Another advantage of this camera is that records the footage in ProRes 442 or 444 which means we can take the footage directly from the SxS card into the Final Cut Pro timeline for example.
Arri Alexa also has a good response on low light conditions:
Advert shot with Arri Alexa:
One of the disadvantages of the Arri Alexa is the lack of an optical viewfinder. Another disadvantage on my point of view is the hiring price: on my research, until now, the cheapest price to hire the Arri Alexa for one day with a basic set of lenses is £850. Some people on the industry may find it a bargain, but for people in a low budget like me, it is a big chunk of the budget.
However I want my new film to look the best of I can and I think the Arri Alexa can help me to achieve something visually special.
Arri Alexa is a full high definition camera. It has a 35 mm-size sensor which means that it accepts lenses of the 35 mm film cameras. Also the menu on the Alexa in simple to use and it records in a huge dynamic range. Another advantage of this camera is that records the footage in ProRes 442 or 444 which means we can take the footage directly from the SxS card into the Final Cut Pro timeline for example.
Arri Alexa also has a good response on low light conditions:
Advert shot with Arri Alexa:
One of the disadvantages of the Arri Alexa is the lack of an optical viewfinder. Another disadvantage on my point of view is the hiring price: on my research, until now, the cheapest price to hire the Arri Alexa for one day with a basic set of lenses is £850. Some people on the industry may find it a bargain, but for people in a low budget like me, it is a big chunk of the budget.
However I want my new film to look the best of I can and I think the Arri Alexa can help me to achieve something visually special.
My inspirations
For my new short film "Ticking Soul" I took inspiration from films like "Amelie" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and "Melancholia" by Lars von Trier. It fascinates me the warm colours used on "Amelie". The depressed character in Melancholia (Justine) motivated me on the development of my character "Anne".
Amelie:
Melancholia:
Amelie:
Melancholia:
Scriptwriting
- I’m not a script writer but I wanted to give it a go. I had an idea on my head and I felt I could get into paper. I struggled for months trying to write it. The difficult part it’s not writing it but how you express yourself on paper. My way to express myself was to be behind the camera. So it’s how I started writing, as a camera operator. However I saw that it didn’t make sense for whoever was going to read the script, like producers or actors. So I tried to write more like a script writer. I had some lessons on scriptwriting which helped me on thinking more about the character's background, the character development. Also talking to the lecturer about the story made me think about it a bit more and with the lecturer and I also found an end for the script.
After 4 months I came up with a five pages script (mine third draft). It doesn’t look much but for who is not into writing scripts it is an achievement. Then I gave my third to one of my friends from University (Tammana) who is much better than me on writing scripts. She gave me a good help on making my script look more like a script, correcting some errors and giving it a better shape and story line.
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