We all made sure we had a basic understanding of what we wanted our set to look like within our group. This made it easier when coming up with what was meant to be our initial set, with all of our initial props. After brainstorming a few ideas, a few essentials of what we needed for the set came to mind, especially in regards to the fluidity of the scenes, and how they will look on screen when the final edit is complete:
The TV:
We want to use a relatively old TV, but not so old that it looks like it's from the 60's, as the props in the film are set in the past, but the actual year is in the future. We need to also make sure the TV has a HDMI cable port as we need to be able to display the graphics from a computer on to here, so we can display an SMTPE screen, and a public service announcement screen
The desk; what needs to be present on it
As we have already said before, we need the desk to be cluttered, so cluttered that there is hardly any empty space one it. We will make this work within the scenes as our character will swipe away all of the contents that are on the desk.
For this we have decided we need
- Stationary
- Pens
- Pencils
- Rulers
- Stapler
- Stamp
- Rubber
- Scissors
- Tape
- Paperclips
- Folders
-Paper
-Within folders
- Propaganda posters
- Previous files
- Conspiracy maps
- Picture of characters inspiration
- Rolled up pieces of paper, looks like scrolls, or discarded pieces of paper
- Crumpled
- Envelopes
- The case file itself
- Picture of the "offender"
- Details, such as:
- Name
- Date of birth
- Previous Convictions
- Case ID
- Race, eye colour, hair colour
- Possible reports
- Current convictions
- We're going to use some close up shots on this, so we need to make it looks realistic. If it doesn't look realistic, the effect that we want the opening of the film to make will vanish
Layout of case file
Name: DOB:
Age: Date of Offence: Age at time of Offence:
Race: Height: Weight:
Eyes: Hair:
Prior
Occupation: Education Level:
Prior
Prison Record:
List of
Co-Defendants
CASE ID:
Synopsis:
Known
photos of Offender:
-Clock
- Preferably digital, fits the time period
-Cigarettes
- Ash tray
- Perhaps some ash can be scattered around the desk
-Currency
- Preferably coins, fits with theme of being rather old and run down. but in an abundance can create a nice effect of actually portraying the characters current financial status
-Desk lamp
- IF shone on a particular object, can enhance it's importance, especially if it looks torn, or if something specific happens to it
- Can look relatively modern and it wouldn't even matter, it would still fit with the scene. What would be better though is if we had the lamps with the long lights instead of the circular bulbs.
-Books
- Hopefully the significance of books and text signifies our characters intelligence, as well as this, stationary can also highlight this, and we need to make this apparent to the viewing audience
-Alcohol
- Generic conventions suggest that we should most likely have a bottle of alcohol as a prop in our film
- For this we may need a fancy glass to go along with it
-Poster
- For this film we're going to need a custom made propaganda poster, as none of the other posters will fit with the theme of the film
- I have contacted someone who can produce this sort of poster for us, and it will be ready for our first filming session
- It needed to suggest that the government has full control of the people that it governs.
Around the desk
We can't just leave the area around the desk bare, otherwise the desk would look out of place with the amount of objects on it which set the scenes. To counter this, other props will be needed to set the scene and make the set more immersive.
-Bin
-Preferably a steel or small plastic bin
-Full will crumpled pieces of paper
-Crumpled paper scattered around the place, perhaps even on the desk
-The paper doesn't need anything written on it as it will not be the centre of focus in any of the scenes
-Boxes
-Needs to be full of books, paper, files, etc.
-Signifies that this person is always on the move, he cant stay in one place for too long
-Case file folder
-Shoes
-The place needs to look real and lived in
-If we have other sorts of clothes on show, it would look more realistic, especially if some are hanging out of boxes
The wall that gets panned over, which still may be visible in other shots
Even the smallest details need to be taken in to consideration to make the scene look more realistic. The more realistic the scene becomes, the more the audience will begin to understand and interact with this films story. The main character is someone who is ex-government, rebelling against the government, so he knows the insides and outs of it's internal structure. To put this in to a physical perspective, We could have this wall present with the "network" within the government, like a pin board with all the officials faces on it, and one large one in the middle, to signify that that person is the leader.
Like something inspired by one of these:
The place where the TV will stand:
The TV needs to be surrounded by objects as well, so that it doesn't look out of place compared to what the rest of the scenes represent.
-Lucky Cat:
-We wanted to make some of the scene look oriental, as this could imply where the character has gone in the past, and all of the things that he has seen. This also fits with the theme, and adds more dept to the faceless character at the beginning of the film opening
-Books
-Books will pretty much be always present in these scenes, as they just add depth to the scene
-Some books spines also look really good with the current scenes
Weapons:
We will be using a varying amount of props that will be sharp, so we will need to be careful when using them, but they are needed for the progression of the scene. Our character cuts himself on one of the knives, and blood starts to drip from his finger. This particular scene is essential for our roll of credits within our film, however, we can't make our actor bleed for our film opening, so we have decided to use a sauce that looks rather similar to the composition of blood to represent this on screen. Our character pulls these props out from a cloth in a draw, and rolls them out on the table (after clearing space on the desk for it). These props will look preferably like this as a general basis:
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Conclusion:
Taking in to account all of these props and designs for the set, we should be ready to prepare for the first session of filming, as we have also considered other things, such as costume design, lighting on set and when filming, and how we will adapt the room that we have to work with to the desired set design
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