Wing discussion

For my fairy wings I know for certain that I want them to look realistic and natural, however, I am still deciding on the type of wing style I wish to re-create.

I want to make my wings delicate and light like the real things and so I am considering creating my own, rather than purchasing, in order to have them exactly how I envision them looking. 

Signs

I also watched the popular alien invasion film Signs. What i noticed while watching this film was a certain feauture that is incredibly relevant to my final piece. I noticed that for about 3/4 of the film the identity of the aliens is hidden. This makes the film 10x more creepy and unnerving because you don't know it is that you are trying to avoid and who is after you.

I found this relevant to my piece purely because it reaffirmed, in my mind, the choice to keep the abusive boyfriends identity concealed. Not only did i feel doing this would be good for creating the same atmosphere as the one that in Signs, but also because it would generalise the abuser. I felt by doing this I would make people know that horrible occurrances like that are more frequent than many think and also that the attacker can be anyone, even someone you trust. It is not their appearance and identity that matters, but instead it's the vile acts they commit  

The use of sound to set mood (The Shining)

I re-watched the shining this weekend in order to consider what techniques Stanley Kubrick uses to make the film successfully creepy.

I came to the conclusion that Kubrick uses sound mainly to make the piece intense. Not only does he use the soundtrack to set the mood, increasing the tempo and changing the pitch whenever a scene gets intense, but he also uses sounds within the scenes. 

One example of this is his use of repetitive sounds such as the sound of Jack intensely typing and making it louder than the soundtrack. The sound of his frantic typing mixed with the soundtrack gets louder and louder in one scene to show a build up of emotion, until wendy enters and breaks Jack's consentration. At that point the typing and soundtrack end with an abrupt cruscendo. The intensity of this use of sound heightens the intensity of the emotions within the piece and highlights Jack Torrence's decrease in sanity. 

Another example of Kubrick's use of sound is the use of symbols to make the scenes feel off. 

Stanley Kubrick also uses the matching of sound with picture to show the decrease in security and comfort. He does this in the scenes with Danny riding his trike along the halls. In the first clip of this the sound of Danny going over the carpets and floorboards matches perfectly with the shots of this occurring. However, just before Danny sees the twins, the sound of his on his trike going over carpet and floorboards is not in sync with the image of him doing this. This was done on purpose by Kubrick to create a sense of uneasyness and to make the audience aware that everything is not okay.

Hyperlapses

Hyperlapse (also walklapse, spacelapse, stop-motion time-lapse, motion timelapse, moving timelapse) is an exposure technique in time-lapse photography, in which the position of the camera is being changed between each exposure in order to create a tracking shot in timelapse sequences.

They are a series of shots, put together and sped up to make a moving picture. They are often used to show landscapes and monuments and are a more exciting and interesting technique than just a single long shot. 

I plan on considering using one at the beginning of my piece when the sun rises and also towards the end when the sun sets. 

Example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lP75QXyMKFs

Production Meeting Notes

~Research infinite zoom

(zoom to a point with a stationary camera, move to where the camera stopped zooming and zoom from your new starting point)

~Research hyperlapse

~Look into changing beginning to a little fairy to a young girl with fake fairy wings on and a fairy crown (over the top)

~Consider it being the man's hand that lets the glitter fall (zoom out and see its him, showing he is the one making her life and freedom waste away)

~Consider doing a podcast regarding discussing costume e.g. Discuss about how lightweight and realistic I have to make everything

Introduction research

For my introduction I want it to show my main character as a young girl transitioning to a teen. I want to do this to show her innocence and to make it more shocking when it is snatched away. Numerous other music videos and films use this technique to not only add flesh to the charatcer and make their character more believable so the audience can form a stronger connection with them, but also so that any horrible event that befalls on the character is more hard hitting. The reason this technique increases the impact on the audience is because it is like you are growing up with the person and therefore you form a closer bond to them and their feelings, making you have stronger feelings regarding any negative events in their life.

Two music videos which not only include this technique but include it to a high standard on a low budget are:
>Superluv~Shane Dawson    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NONLMR7dbM
>Lost and Found~Trisha Paytas    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neOKYns770M

Both of these artists are youtubers and therefore do not have the huge funds and highly regarded music video producers that other more renound artists have. Therefore, I felt they were more relatable to my piece as although they did not have huge funds for their videos, like myself, they still were able to create their music videos to a high standard and make them portray a strong message clearly and effectively.

Message regarding casting

Shotlist

>Scene setting (establishing shots of garden and fields in light)-to represent good and contrast with the darker lighting later on

>Shot of glitter in fairies hand

>Shot through crack in stable at young ginger girl --> Sophia 

> Close-ups of her features in the sun

>Changes to older fairy and transition is done through it changing to close-ups of her skin and features 

>Close-ups of wings shimmering in light

>Shot of glitter running through fingers

>Shot of the male's back

>Shot of him approaching fairy

>Shot of him running his hamd down her arm (slowly)

>Shot of her laying her head on his shoulder

>Shot of him stroking her cheek

>Shot of him walking back to the stable, her clinging onto his hand (shows vulnerability)

>Moves his hand to her lower back (shows him taking control)

>Shot of glitter slipping through fingers

>Shot of him caressing her wings (seductively yet creepily)

>Shot of him stroking down her neck

>Shot of him then holding her by the throat

>Rips off her wings

>Throws them to the ground

>Laughs manically in the foreground, her bleeding and crying in the background

>Shots of her pulling at her hair

>Shots of her back

>Close-ups of her back

>Shots of wings crumpled

>Shots of glitter falling

>Play around with effects on shots of blood running down back e.g. Reverse the film or strobe

SHOTS SLOW DOWN

>(after ahh's in song and change to eerie music) Shot of her laying in the middle of the garden (lighter darker than previously) 

>Shot of her curling into a ball and crying

>Shot of him standing over her

>(blow me away) Shot of fairy dust being blown

>Shot of her laying on the ground with her crumpled wings in her hands

>Shot of tear rolling down her face

>(and you feel so alive) Shot of the blood running down her back

>(I watched you change) Shot of her wiping off green body paint

>Smearing mascara and body paint as she wipes it off

>(feel so alive) Blood dripping from hands

>blood dripping onto the ground

>(I watched you change) quick shots of glitter funning through fingers changing to blood

>(like you never had wings) Laying as a human on the ground --> no green paint

>(I,I,I) Shots of her curling up in a ball

>(I,I,I) Shots of sun setting

>Shots of dark fields and garden

>(end of I's) Shots of her laying and shots of gun in his hand (to drum beat)

>(singing starts again) Blood on the ground and hands

>Mix the shots of gun, hands and blood to drumbeat

>(you changed) Her laid on floor

>Different angle of her laid on floor

>Shot of his feet walking away

>(roughly 14 seconds) Shot of child looking through barn again

Results of my typeform audience research

Fairy Pictures

On my typeform there were several pictures of fairies for those taking my survey to view and choose from. These gave me an idea of what to them was viewed as a fairy and gave me ideas as to what features I wanted to include in order to portray to my audience that my main character is a fairy and not a regular human.