Though I was sick this week so I wasn’t physically in class, I began work on my assessment 2. My primary goal this week was to cement an idea for the assessment, and to get the majority of pre-production done.

I looked into the concept of ‘in media res’, and wanted to really hone into the idea that my scene is taking place in the middle of a hypothetical film. What this entails in terms of my thinking, is that it can be lacking in as much context as needed, and that in order for it to make sense, audiences shouldn’t fully understand what’s going on (with the idea being they would watch the rest of the movie to gather the context in its application).

I’ve explored a few ideas, of which I’ve elaborated on below;

1. An artist painting a portrait, ending in an emotional climax. The audience doesn’t know who the subject is, and why the actor is so emotive about them.
2. An action chase sequence; upon watching some of the class’s assessment 1 videos, I was inspired to think about the possibility of something outside my comfort zone, and how I could utilize colour and shots to more effectively create an aesthetic.
3. An argument phone call: I wondered if this could be more realistically filmed without much hassle, and as it’s such a simple concept I could focus more on emotional depth and shot composition.
4. A lonely coffee break: I liked this idea as no dialogue is required, and because it’s an intimate and emotional concept, I could focus a lot more on shot composition and especially, colour grading and mise-en-scene.

I think number 4 would be the most effective to implement; I feel that an essence of loneliness could both be emphasized using colour and particular prop placements, as well as still work with naturalistic lighting as a plan B if I can’t use lighting how I wish to. while I would prefer to allow my creativity to be pursued, unfortunately realistically I need to consider where and how I can film with what materials I have available. Loneliness is often associated with blues and dull colours, I think this is the easiest to do with the lights I have and cellophane as an exploration of colour and visual stimuli within my films to ‘level up’ my filmmaking so to speak.