Entry 15 - Aunt Scene 1
Today we shot the aunt scene in the old middle school centre. The old middle school centre was a nice place to shoot because it had every kitchen utensils that we could possibly imagine. In our storyboard, we made a great use of the pot, imagining that the aunt puts in poison for Charlotte. However, we didn't shoot any scenes of the pot today as I forgot to bring the gas for the gas stove. Furthermore, we didn't have any stew to put in the pot.
The first shot that we took was a high position, high to low angle shot of the tomato cutting. We wanted this scene to set the atmosphere of the new beginning of a scene. We thought it would be a great transition instead of just going straight into character. In addition, the rhythmic cutting of the tomato creates this emotionless, robotic (?) sound, which represents the aunt's cold dead heart. I also really like the light reflection on the vase of the flower and also occasionally on the knife.
The second shot was a medium shot of the conversation between the aunt and Charlotte. Our camera is positioned this way mainly to not make the door appear. I really did not like the door, as it was different from the way how I imagined the kitchen to look like. Normally, a door is not right next to the kitchen. In addition, I wanted the aunt to face more frame space, while Charlotte is kind of hidden by the aunt whilst being forced to only face the aunt. I really wanted the shadows of this shot to be defined, hence using a red head light. The shadow of the aunt's is bigger and well-defined than charlotte's, showing her power over Charlotte.
With a similar idea in mind, we shot a medium close-up shot of the exact same shot, so that when editing, there's more variety of shots. The previous shot gives Charlotte a more lonely vibe, while this shot makes charlotte seemed trapped and oppressed. I think it'll be good if I kind of mash up the two shots, so that I can show Charlotte's loneliness in one shot, and her vulnerability in the next one.
This shot is a shot of the aunt just shouting at Charlotte, to emphasise her scariness. The aunt is the only one in the shot, and she's facing more frame space. The half-shadow lighting on her face also makes her appear scarier and more powerful. The shadow in the background is also quite big, making her, even more, scarier and powerful.
The next shot is just a shot of the aunt with the flower. As mentioned in my previous blog post, the flower is kind of symbolic of the uncle always watching. Therefore, by placing the flower in front of the aunt, it foreshadows that something bad is going to happen to the aunt. For this shot, I wanted to shoot it so that the camera is first focused on the aunt and then the flower, but that was hard since we couldn't use a tripod (the table blocked it) and because my hand was pretty shaky. I tried holding the camera while Dayna rotated the camera lens, but that was still shaky. Other than that, the lighting is great, with her face mostly covered in shadow, just like how I imagined in my storyboard.
That's all we did this lesson.
The first shot that we took was a high position, high to low angle shot of the tomato cutting. We wanted this scene to set the atmosphere of the new beginning of a scene. We thought it would be a great transition instead of just going straight into character. In addition, the rhythmic cutting of the tomato creates this emotionless, robotic (?) sound, which represents the aunt's cold dead heart. I also really like the light reflection on the vase of the flower and also occasionally on the knife.
The second shot was a medium shot of the conversation between the aunt and Charlotte. Our camera is positioned this way mainly to not make the door appear. I really did not like the door, as it was different from the way how I imagined the kitchen to look like. Normally, a door is not right next to the kitchen. In addition, I wanted the aunt to face more frame space, while Charlotte is kind of hidden by the aunt whilst being forced to only face the aunt. I really wanted the shadows of this shot to be defined, hence using a red head light. The shadow of the aunt's is bigger and well-defined than charlotte's, showing her power over Charlotte.
With a similar idea in mind, we shot a medium close-up shot of the exact same shot, so that when editing, there's more variety of shots. The previous shot gives Charlotte a more lonely vibe, while this shot makes charlotte seemed trapped and oppressed. I think it'll be good if I kind of mash up the two shots, so that I can show Charlotte's loneliness in one shot, and her vulnerability in the next one.
This shot is a shot of the aunt just shouting at Charlotte, to emphasise her scariness. The aunt is the only one in the shot, and she's facing more frame space. The half-shadow lighting on her face also makes her appear scarier and more powerful. The shadow in the background is also quite big, making her, even more, scarier and powerful.
The next shot is just a shot of the aunt with the flower. As mentioned in my previous blog post, the flower is kind of symbolic of the uncle always watching. Therefore, by placing the flower in front of the aunt, it foreshadows that something bad is going to happen to the aunt. For this shot, I wanted to shoot it so that the camera is first focused on the aunt and then the flower, but that was hard since we couldn't use a tripod (the table blocked it) and because my hand was pretty shaky. I tried holding the camera while Dayna rotated the camera lens, but that was still shaky. Other than that, the lighting is great, with her face mostly covered in shadow, just like how I imagined in my storyboard.
That's all we did this lesson.
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