Film Information

 

As part of my project I am creating a film at the end in order to place my character in context so that it can be visually understood more successfully. I have never made a film before, however I like the challenge. I know my strengths and weaknesses, which have helped me to know which elements I should control and organise and the elements I cannot. Therefore I have enlisted the help of a director Milo Vuinogtfpij who will organise the filming team which will involve him as director, a camera crew and any people he deems necessary. I have also found a photographer who will take photographs before the filming and on set behind the scenes for use in my portfolio. 

 

Things that I will need to consider in the creation of my makeup for film will be the small details that are picked up on the HD cameras, thus meaning that my makeup must be very accurate with accute detailing. I will also need to think about the lighting that will be used, at this moment it will most likely be natural lighting, therefore the time of day that we film will be important.  How long the makeup will last, it must be durable to last from the 9 am application to the end of filming roughly arounf 7/8pm. Another thing to think of is the function of the prosthetics, the face must have an adequet range of movement for speech and consumtion throughout the day. This will ean that the silicone must be deadened for the movement. 

 

The first step in creating a film is the script. I have a thorough backstory for my character which involves a plot line which will be the narrative for the overarching film, and the filming we create will be a clip from said film.

 

The backstory of my character is this:

 

Yoshimoto lived in Japan with a tribe of trolls who lived peacefully away from human civilisation. However Yoshimoto wanted more adventure in his life and became curious of the forbidden island which the gods had proclaimed no troll shall enter. In disregard for the god warning he finds the entrance to the island and enters. The gods see this act of disobediance and turn him to stone. As he has disobeyed the gods, they destroyed the home of the trolls killing many. Many years pass and a young goddess finds the stone statue of Yoshimoto she takes pity on him giving him a horn which grows round the back of his head piercing the stone causing it to crack. The stone shatters giving Yoshimoto movement. The price of his freedom is to protect the forbidden island for all time. He cannot leave the island and must protect it with his life. 

 

I gave this backstory to my director who in turn created a film script suitable for the filming process. I had the final word on the script, however I trusted my director to ensure that the result looked as effective as possible. I have included a copy of the script below in order to see the final filming process. 

 

After creating the script I needed to gather a crew and find a location. I enlisted the help of a director that I have previously worked with, he said that he would find a good team to work together to create the film. Finding a filming location proved much harder than initially thought, the location needed to be in a close vicinity to the university as the time for travelling would detract from daylight for which we need in order to film. I conducted a lot of research into various filming locations, I had initially hoped to film in Compton Acres which is a series of beautfiul gardens, one of which being a Japanese Garden. I thought that this would be perfect as it has a fantasy element to the design. It is also very traditional Japanese 1920s style and would therefore give a  very stylised look to the film. However upon calling the company they were unwilling to allow a film crew in the gardens as they had had a bad experience with a previous crew. Therefore it was necessary to find other potential locations for shooting.