In week7, I had a talk with Paul. We talked about my idea about the short film, and wrote down some notes. The next thing is get started!! I’m kind of excited about all this, I think it’s really a good challenging. Now I am just thinking about it, when actually doing it, I might run into some problems, and it’s not like what I thought. Also, I might have some new directions and discovery and may change the plan- I am aware of all this.

plan for the shooting

-series of scenes (shoots I want to get in every scene)

1. getting up in the morning

alarm, phone, framing from back, curtains, windows, view outside window, the bedroom(mise-en-scene), framing her feet, barefoot walking…

2. getting dressed

closet, mirror, put on and take off, can’t decide what to wear, bed full of clothes…

3. removing make up in bathroom

shots of make-ups(mise-en-scene), shots of cabinet behind the mirror(mise-en-scene), squeeze face soap, toothbrush, water trickling along her arms, clean nails, brush her hair, spread face cream…

4. putting away bags

Bag, make ups, wallet, take things out one by one-put things in one by one, shot of things in bag…

5. making tea

open tea package, tea bag, tea bag into the glass, pouring water, tea bag in water, seize the tea bag up and down, shot of her drinking tea-framing up to her mouth only…

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-location

My best friend, Phoebe’s apartment- bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room and balcony.

-lighting

Morning-sunrise-refresh-hopeful

Afternoon-relaxing-lazy-bright-quite

Evening-tired-unburden-to be true oneself

The lighting in cinema is never the natural lights no matter how natural it looks like. My plan is to get several laps and try to create a suitable lighting for different scenarios.

-camera

For the following weeks, I will keep shooting. Every time I have some sparks in my head, I might grab my DSLR to shoot. Every Friday I will borrow the film camera from Building 9 and shooting some well-planed shoots.

For camera movements, I will use hand held more because lots of my shoots have a tight framing. Also handheld make me more flexible with shooting angles and framing.

-casting

I am going to work with my best friend Phoebe who know me very well. In the scene, she is acting me. I will communicate with her in advance, also I will be directing her when shooting. I think that it is easier for her to understand my direction and what I want to get out of the shooting based on the closeness between us and good communication.

-mise-en-scene

-shooting exercise

I shoot a scene where the girl is making tea. In this scene I tried something out and tried to create the tone I want to achieve in my final short film. Here is it. Just a practice.