Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Monday, 24 February 2014
The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and Her Lover
having seen the finished set, it really reminds me of Peter Greenaways ' the cook, the thief, the wife and her lover'
Our set has theatrical feel to it and the luxurious colours and dark woods seem similar to that in Greenaway's film. When I said this to Joeley, she said that this was one of the films that had inspired her.
building the set
As we are really pushed for time building the set, all the crew are helping out and a couple of our friends too.
We began by dismantling the current set and then stripping the wallpaper off the walls to get them in the best state possible to apply the paint. Before we painted the walls, the boys helped assemble the set in accordance with Joeley's plan. We then applied new layers of wallpaper , but these had to dry so we had to stop after this.
The next day, we began applying the first layers of paint. Painting was our biggest concern because we wanted to use a number of different shades and have a few layers but we needed to factor in time for the paint to dry. While this was happening, myself and Emma Tackney (who came in to help out for the day) began painting the door , while the Bens working on building the skirting boards.
Joeley spent most of her time off set, getting the last of the props or items for set design.
One of the things she got was a big piece of black fabric which we tacked to the floor, to make the ground on the set. She also got two larger pieces of red fabric, but these were smaller than we had thought they would be. They were originally going to be hanging in the corners of the set but this didnt look great, mainly because they were pretty small. Grace suggested that we hang them either side of the door, everyone agreed this looked better so we did that.
The next task was to fit the door handle. The original handle looked naff and stood out against the lux feel of the set we had put together. Ben Brown spent along time trying to fit a new handle in - it proved more difficult than expected.
We began by dismantling the current set and then stripping the wallpaper off the walls to get them in the best state possible to apply the paint. Before we painted the walls, the boys helped assemble the set in accordance with Joeley's plan. We then applied new layers of wallpaper , but these had to dry so we had to stop after this.
The next day, we began applying the first layers of paint. Painting was our biggest concern because we wanted to use a number of different shades and have a few layers but we needed to factor in time for the paint to dry. While this was happening, myself and Emma Tackney (who came in to help out for the day) began painting the door , while the Bens working on building the skirting boards.
Joeley spent most of her time off set, getting the last of the props or items for set design.
One of the things she got was a big piece of black fabric which we tacked to the floor, to make the ground on the set. She also got two larger pieces of red fabric, but these were smaller than we had thought they would be. They were originally going to be hanging in the corners of the set but this didnt look great, mainly because they were pretty small. Grace suggested that we hang them either side of the door, everyone agreed this looked better so we did that.
The next task was to fit the door handle. The original handle looked naff and stood out against the lux feel of the set we had put together. Ben Brown spent along time trying to fit a new handle in - it proved more difficult than expected.
Saturday, 22 February 2014
shoot day 1
The first day of shoot just involved Nathan. As I wanted to schedule in time for pick ups or anything that needed to be reshot, the first few days are long ones. Starting at 10, we had a good morning. Everything was running on time and everyone was in good spirits and excited to get things going.
After lunch, things slowed down. There was a shot that involved the camera tilting up from the floor to the table and small chest. The guys spent a long time trying get this right, and because we were even a bit ahead, this was fine. However, it got to the point where I had to pull Ben aside and ask him how important this shot was. So long had been spent on trying to get it that we went from being ahead of schedule, to behind. As it was a long day anyway, I was conscious not to keep everyone or our actor any longer than necessary. Ben decided that we should cut the shot, so we quickly moved on.
As well as keeping the shoot on time, I helped set up lighting throughout the day to help the guys move from shot to shot as efficiently as possible.
After lunch, things slowed down. There was a shot that involved the camera tilting up from the floor to the table and small chest. The guys spent a long time trying get this right, and because we were even a bit ahead, this was fine. However, it got to the point where I had to pull Ben aside and ask him how important this shot was. So long had been spent on trying to get it that we went from being ahead of schedule, to behind. As it was a long day anyway, I was conscious not to keep everyone or our actor any longer than necessary. Ben decided that we should cut the shot, so we quickly moved on.
As well as keeping the shoot on time, I helped set up lighting throughout the day to help the guys move from shot to shot as efficiently as possible.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
finding props
Joeley has had some diffulity in trying to get hold of some of the props for the film, and as we are running close to the beginning of production, I have said that I'll help her source some of them. The main thing that she is having trouble gettting is a large fan, one large enough to create the effect of wind.
I first looked into the possibility of loaning one from a company, but there aren't any based in Sheffield so this seems pretty unrealistic, as even if a company would loan one, we would have to pay for postage etc.
My biggest hope is the theatres in Sheffield. I've emailed them to see if they have any spare. As a lot of them are based really close to uni, I"m hoping that we will just be able to pick one up.
I first looked into the possibility of loaning one from a company, but there aren't any based in Sheffield so this seems pretty unrealistic, as even if a company would loan one, we would have to pay for postage etc.
My biggest hope is the theatres in Sheffield. I've emailed them to see if they have any spare. As a lot of them are based really close to uni, I"m hoping that we will just be able to pick one up.
Monday, 10 February 2014
booking the set
Booking the set has been tricky, mainly because it has been block booked for CPR students, so we have to work around their schedule. Its looking like the only time that we will have available to use it is 17th-26th Feb. After this the CPR students will be using it and rearranging and re decorating the flats. This in turn means that we won't be able to do any reshoots as our set will no longer exist..
I'm not too worried because I know that we will be able to get things done, but this does had pressure and means that when on set I have to make sure that each shoot runs like clock work. It also means that when scheduling, I need to account for time to do pick ups as I want to finish the shoot with more footage than we need. Doing so would mean that we can avoid being in a situation where we need to do a reshoot.
Another concern I have is actually building the set. I'm going to speak with Joeley about how long she thinks it will take to do, as we need to be able to build it and dress it before we shoot, and I think that this could be really time consuming .
I'm not too worried because I know that we will be able to get things done, but this does had pressure and means that when on set I have to make sure that each shoot runs like clock work. It also means that when scheduling, I need to account for time to do pick ups as I want to finish the shoot with more footage than we need. Doing so would mean that we can avoid being in a situation where we need to do a reshoot.
Another concern I have is actually building the set. I'm going to speak with Joeley about how long she thinks it will take to do, as we need to be able to build it and dress it before we shoot, and I think that this could be really time consuming .
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
meeting with Joeley/budget
I had a meeting with Joeley today to discuss how things were progressing with the art direction and set preparations. I've been aware that she has an enormous task and seeing how stressed she was while making Passing last semester, I was conscious to make sure that she had the support she needed.
She seemed fairly positive in the meeting, turning down any offers for help. We discussed what she had planned for set how she was getting on in finding the cheapest way for doing this, as well as actually purchasing props and arts/crafts materials and tools.
She seemed to have everything under control and had found a few good places to rent /borrow second hand furniture at a good price. Her main concern was the cost of paint. I suggested places such as B & M or Wilkinsons as B & Q would be a lot more expensive.
This led to discussing the budget, which was something I was concerned to get sorted asap. I had an idea in my head as to how much I would have liked each of use to pay (about £30) but this was nothing concrete as I wanted to hear from Joeley how much things cost and looked like they were going to cost. Joeley thought that it would be a bit more expensive than that, but not too much. We came to the max total of £250, meaning we would all pay £41. This is a lot of money, and I don;t think its fair to ask people to pay something that I'm not prepared to pay, so I told Joeley that I wanted her to get it as cheap as possible.
As to how things were going to be payed for in the first instance, Joeley and Ben had agreed to pay as they both had the money to do so. I told Joeley to hold on to the reciepts for now, to avoid any mix ups or reciepts being lost. At the end of the production, all the crew would then give me the money which I would distribute to both Ben and Joeley. This is what we did last semester, and it worked out well so we thought there was no need to change.
She seemed fairly positive in the meeting, turning down any offers for help. We discussed what she had planned for set how she was getting on in finding the cheapest way for doing this, as well as actually purchasing props and arts/crafts materials and tools.
She seemed to have everything under control and had found a few good places to rent /borrow second hand furniture at a good price. Her main concern was the cost of paint. I suggested places such as B & M or Wilkinsons as B & Q would be a lot more expensive.
This led to discussing the budget, which was something I was concerned to get sorted asap. I had an idea in my head as to how much I would have liked each of use to pay (about £30) but this was nothing concrete as I wanted to hear from Joeley how much things cost and looked like they were going to cost. Joeley thought that it would be a bit more expensive than that, but not too much. We came to the max total of £250, meaning we would all pay £41. This is a lot of money, and I don;t think its fair to ask people to pay something that I'm not prepared to pay, so I told Joeley that I wanted her to get it as cheap as possible.
As to how things were going to be payed for in the first instance, Joeley and Ben had agreed to pay as they both had the money to do so. I told Joeley to hold on to the reciepts for now, to avoid any mix ups or reciepts being lost. At the end of the production, all the crew would then give me the money which I would distribute to both Ben and Joeley. This is what we did last semester, and it worked out well so we thought there was no need to change.
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