Location Survey

After trying to get in contact with a few friends of mine to get a good location, it turned out they weren’t what the director was looking for and so we ended up with The Old Dairy.

This was an amazing open plan location that had a lot of potential and made me even more excited about working on it.

Being in charge of the bedroom I wanted to make sure I captured what the director envisioned, especially as a lot of scenes are filmed in this set. We  had a really important meeting as an art department with the director on how she wanted the layout of the sets to look. I found this so important as it helped a lot in understanding Sofia’s thought process and why certain thing had to be in certain places. Digging deeper in how a camera shot could deceive the audience, or realising something that I thought wouldn’t be seen in fact would.

Collaboration Project

I am currently the lead Art Director on a student short film working with LCC, called ‘Swan Cage’. This is a story about Lea, a twenty-five-year-old promising classic dancer, who is forced to wear an orthopaedic brace due to a fall. This marks for her not only the interruption of her career but also the beginning of a painful physical, psychological and interpersonal path: from restrictions in her activities to the acceptance of the ‘cage’ that imprisons her and drives her away from affections. Lea will later come to a realisation that will lead her to face her destiny with courage and hope.

Trying out VR

CAD

Sketchup

Technical drawing

Rough Card Model

Comparison To Rough Card Model

Why I Chose Hugo

Initial Sign Design

After our photoshop induction I felt relatively confident in my ability with it and decided to test this out on my initial idea for a sign.  I used a mixture of different images from online to create what I think would be something you would see outside a tavern. For the actual design of the sign I wanted to incorporate lettering as well as an image, however after some research I found out that in medieval times there was no lettering on signs because many people couldn’t read, seems obvious in hindsight, but something I hadn’t quite realised until now. As a result, this has confirmed I want to make my set fantasy(something I have been muddling over until now), as it gives me some leeway on materials I am able to use as well as the lettering on the sign, plus it just makes it that much better.