Costume and makeup design for film shoot 16/11/2014

Sunday the 16th shoot details in costume.

throughout the day, it was important that Antony (playing the un-named protagonist) looked the part, as shots would be taken that would bring attention to him and would also highlight errors.

For these shots to look effective they reqired the actor to appear to be sweating, as he had just awoken from a dream, this meant that I would need to physically paint sweat (water) onto his head in order to keep continuity and make it appear that he was destressed.

The costume used was a simple black shirt so that it would not draw attention to the shirt, but at the same time connotates his upset and dark nature.

It was also a key plot point that antony could not smile on camera, and many shots were taken whereby his whole face would be in view.

Production Log week: 10/11/2014

This week I will be collecting my leading male actor for the shots that require souly him. These scenes will also hopefully be shot and ready for edit next week for a first draft of the opening sequence.
For the shoot I drew up a shot list and prop requirements:

Shot list and requirements for Sunday 16th shoot

Need: team (camera man, rode mic operator, runners, head of props) medicine bottles, protagonist. Camera equipment should include: camera, tripod, steady-cam, dead cat mic. Request 2 batteries. Lighting also required (one light should do). Protagonist needs. Toothbrush, and pyjamas.

Required rooms at home: bedroom and bathroom. Requires these rooms to be lit also in the event that natural lighting does not work.

Shot list.

shot	scene	location	length	description
Close up	1	bedroom	5	Protagonist sit’s up in bed slowly after a recurring nightmare. Shot
Establishing shot	1	bedroom	5	Protagonist sit’s up in bed. This time shot from the doorway
Close up-tracking shot	1	bedroom	3	Protagonist lies back down. The camera will follow him from the same distance during this shot.
Close up/mid	2	Bathroom	5	Protagonist lifts up head brushing teeth, this shot should be the same speed as the previous one and the same angle.
Mid shot	2	bathroom	10	Protagonist continues cleaning teeth and spits
Extreme close up of the teeth	2	bathroom	5	Close up of the teeth being cleaned
Close up	2	bathroom	5	shot from inside the bathroom cabinate, the protagonist takes a bottle from out of the compartment.
Close up	2	bathroom	5	pill in protagonists hand (this shot will alternate with the next a few times.)

Prodcution log

I have recently started shooting the film, choosing to start with the opening sequence in which we meet the protagonist after he has a nightmare.

The reason for starting with this scene is that it sets up the mood for the rest of the film, as such starting filming with this scene means that everyone involved, myself and the cast included, can get into the right state of mind for the rest of the shoots. Also it makes costume decisions and prop choices easy as I can just refer to this scene.

In preparation for the shoot the room used as the protagonists bedroom has been left with only things that are in the scene. Also around the room is now multiple plugins for lights and space for the crew to stand whilst holding the camera and for the light stand to go.

along with this there will be shooting in the bathroom for the second scene, this would involve many different angles and shooting in such a small room could prove difficult and possible unsafe. in order to combat this I have chosen only to have one crew member with me in order to keep the space empty.