The musical film is due next week, therefore we do not have much time left for filming and editing. Our script has been finished by one of our group members on Celtx while the lyrics for the songs that we are using are re-written (due to copyright issues) by the rest of the group. Locations have also been picked - however, there was a problem at first. Originally, one of the scenes in our film was set at the airport, but unfortunately, it is required to pay a high cost to film at the Hong Kong International Airport. We had to think of another location to film that scene, where the male character leaves the female character to go to boarding school. This indicates that the location has to be a place where someone would travel from. At last, we chose to shoot at a bus terminus.
As the camera operator of both Unit 1 and Unit 2 films, I was responsible for the storyboards as well as shot lists. I was in a hurry to start the storyboards and compared to my last film for Unit 1 (Westerns), the storyboarding part for Unit 2's film took much longer as the script this time was longer as well. I have storyboarded all the shots and using a table, I wrote a brief description of the action and shot and recorded the actors and locations of each shot. The storyboard and shot list are shown below.
However, I am a bit worried about how our film's mise en scène will turn out to be like because there are not many specific characteristics (costumes, props that represent musicals) of musicals apart from the fact that the actors will be singing. Therefore, I would like to try and focus more on the lighting, using it to convey the mood and emotions of the actors to the audience. Across the Universe, a film that we watched in class, used lighting to show the mood of the actors. The time period of our film is the 21st century. We can use costumes and props to show the time period of the film like in Across the Universe. For example, new technology devices will be part of our props. The colours of costumes can also tell the audience how the actors feel, too. Bright colours can represent happiness, excitement or even anger. On the other hand, dim colours can be representing misery or loneliness. This applies to lighting as well. I hope that our group will be able to achieve these effects - conveying messages / hints about the actor's mood or any information about the story through the mise en scène.
As the camera operator of both Unit 1 and Unit 2 films, I was responsible for the storyboards as well as shot lists. I was in a hurry to start the storyboards and compared to my last film for Unit 1 (Westerns), the storyboarding part for Unit 2's film took much longer as the script this time was longer as well. I have storyboarded all the shots and using a table, I wrote a brief description of the action and shot and recorded the actors and locations of each shot. The storyboard and shot list are shown below.
However, I am a bit worried about how our film's mise en scène will turn out to be like because there are not many specific characteristics (costumes, props that represent musicals) of musicals apart from the fact that the actors will be singing. Therefore, I would like to try and focus more on the lighting, using it to convey the mood and emotions of the actors to the audience. Across the Universe, a film that we watched in class, used lighting to show the mood of the actors. The time period of our film is the 21st century. We can use costumes and props to show the time period of the film like in Across the Universe. For example, new technology devices will be part of our props. The colours of costumes can also tell the audience how the actors feel, too. Bright colours can represent happiness, excitement or even anger. On the other hand, dim colours can be representing misery or loneliness. This applies to lighting as well. I hope that our group will be able to achieve these effects - conveying messages / hints about the actor's mood or any information about the story through the mise en scène.
We are planning shoot during this weekend. Originally, we were going to shoot during Thursday's class, but the actress forgot to bring her costume, therefore, we planned to shoot during the weekends instead as in the scene that we were going to shoot, all of the shots includes the actress in them. Plus, the locations for the other scenes are not in school area.
Here is the storyboard of our musical film, "Stay With Me".
Here is a shot list that gives more information about the storyboard:
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