Schedule for October Sands

Week Number: Commencing Project Phase Tasks and Deadlines

• Mon 1st Feb PRE-PRODUCTION 1 All crew members notified of duties (ALL)

1. Script Development (ETHAN)

2. Casting calls posted on websites and checked (NAYOMI)

• Mon 8th Feb PRE-PRODUCTION 1 Script Completed (ETHAN)

1. Initial Storyboard for class (ETHAN)

2. Casting calls posted on websites and checked (NAYOMI)

3. Rooms booked for Auditions (NAYOMI)

• Mon 15th Feb PRE-PRODUCTION 1 Auditions held (ALL)2 Casting Decisions made (ETHAN & NAYOMI)

1. Rehearsals arranged and held (ALL)

2. Special effects research (CANSU)

3. Tests of film techniques (ALL)

4.Materials/props/costume lists drawn up (NAYOMI)

• Mon 22nd Feb PRODUCTION 1 Final Rehearsals held (ALL)

1. All materials/props/costumes bought and prepared (CANSU & NAYOMI)

2. Location Prep (NAYOMI & CANSU)

3. Shoot (ALL)

• Mon 1st Mar POST-PRODUCTION 1 Editing (ETHAN)

• Mon 8th Mar POST-PRODUCTION 2 Editing (ETHAN)

• Mon 15th Mar POST-PRODUCTION 3 Editing (ETHAN)

• Mon 22nd Mar COMPLETION 4 DEADLINE: 16TH MARCH

• Mon 29th Mar COMPLETION

• Tues 30th: ArtsDepot Show

Exibition at ArtsDepot: Responsibility of the CLOSE Production

On the 30th March, all the students who study BA Film Video and Interactive Arts and BA Sonic Arts at Middlesex University will be displaying their work at the ArtsDepot, North Finchely. Both groups have come together to put on a public exhibition featuring film screenings, performance and installation based work.

The Film, Video and Interactive Arts department has been abuzz with activity since early January with the students personally interpreting their theme of CLOSE on their own filmic terms. All productions/films' theme, despite having a short narrative, display a wide range of genres and film making styles. Having spent the last two years producing and learning about film and video, I have come to learn many ways in which film is interpreted.

My Contribution towards the production of 'Close'

I chose to help out in whatever way possible during the Exhibition (production) and was responsible in taking photos representing the people who were there, displaying the Exhibitions atmosphere and to have on record.

I wanted to capture as much as possible during the exhibition therefore took as many photos as I could including our lecturers, familiy members and friends. I took over one hundred photos however did not see the relevance in posting them all as the photos I have chosen give an idea of the happy fulfilled environment we were in. In terms of the Exhibition itself I believe it was a success and that the students of FVIA as well as the visitors left feeling proud and content.

Auditioning for the Actresses

15/02/10

Today we had auditions for the 'Diane' character and five people turned up.
My role in this was to print their pictures and write down what times they were due in for and what day so that when they arrive I can recognise them and collect them, bring them to the director and producer - Ethan and Nayomi and make sure everything is running smoothly.
When they have finished auditioning I then escorted them out of the Cat Hill campus and thanked them for participating in our project.

It was very insightful seeing the actress's audition as I got to understand more of what was expected from the director and how deep the character 'Ilona' should be.
In my opinion the script was very well thought of and due to its imaginitivness of 'the boiler letting out a brownish orange colour' the actress's had to make it look and sound believable. Whereas, I noticed one actress sounded alot as though she was just reading from a script with not enough emotion and to be honest it just sounded very ameteur.

Researching ways to portray a melting face

At the beginning of the production I was going to be doing the Special Effects make-up however it turned out different and Nayomi Roshini instead took the role of Special Effects however nevertheless I researched into a step by step process, I found, in which we can create a melting face.


This is the second part where I put the red dough onto the skull- the area that mostly has muscle







This is to create muscle, tender and skin to give a more natural realistic effect






This is where I will be boiling the wax and will add a red and purple crayon to add muscle colour








I add the nose eyes and other feature etc.

Create some flesh-tone wax and apply it and then add the makeup for a finishing touch







Get a heat-gun or a hair dryer to melt the face.







This is maybe something we are looking for..still not sure but it don't hurt to have a look and see what melting ideas I find...



17/02/10

I am currently looking at a few websites for special effects make up to see what they have and what can benefit me and my group for the 'melting scene'.

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-the-Indiana-Jones-Face-Melt-Effect

This is a step by step showing a face mask:

I will need: a skull
playdough (red)
wax
boiling water to melt the wax and add purple and red crayon to add muscle colour
add white wax all over
flesh tone wax
artificial hair
make up for the eyes lips nose and eyebrows
hair dryer or heat gun to melt the face
Two white gumballs you can use as eyes

Old crayons
Two and a half pound block of Amco Flexwax
Red playdough
A skull
Double boiler or crab pot
Heat gun or hair dryer