Benjamin Wilkinson

DIRECTING STYLE EXTERIOR SHOTS   

Here are some pictures of the script that I have annotated explaining at points how I want the actors to perform through voice, expression and movement.  I had a discussion with the editor about what I wanted for the final piece, and how I wanted each part to look and sound. We made two different cuts using the same footage to get an idea of how we wanted each scene to look, one by the editors, one by the director and camerawoman we discussed the different shots that we had and went through each cut and picked out the ones that we wanted to use. The editors captured our ideas really well and the final piece is very similar to what we had imagined and the storyboards shown below.  After reading through the script, annotating it for the actors' directions etc. the editor drew some storyboards to get a better idea of what the final piece was going to look like. We had the storyboards with us when filming so that we could position the actors accor

After reading the script it is clear that it uses linear narrative, which is when a scene or story has a defined start, middle and end with no cutaways from that order. This is the traditional way of telling stories as it is straightforward to understand, which is especially helpful in Narnia, as it is a children’s story. Linear narrative is used to great effect in this scene to build audience engagement in the world inside the wardrobe, as it allows them to take in the new surroundings at a good pace, in the scene there are a lot of long drawn out parts which help ease the viewer into taking in the new environment. This is often used in films, one example could be Star Wars, every time they visit a new planet there are usually slower paced conversations or shots of the environment to help the viewer adapt from environment to environment. A theoretical effect we could use within our video is the Kuleshov Effect. An example of a location within the script where we could use th

I NITIAL STORYBOARDS: To make these we had to communicate with each other, as myself as the director, the editor and the camera person, so that we could all agree the angles of each f rame.  FINAL STORYBOARDS: The final decisions of storyboarding had been important. The images below show how the storyboards were before filming, they also include how I thought the timings would be, however, this doesn't necessarily mean these exact timings were used. EVALUATION OF STORYBOARDS: We stuck to these storyboards very closely, however some scenes had been different due to practicality and how the weather had been. For example, as the sun had been setting we couldn't directly face that way. EXTERIOR SHOTS STORYBOARD

Sound For Narnia  With the sound for our scene I began by thinking about the setting of our scene and what sounds might be linked with those pleases. For example with the scene that was set in the forest I thought of many different sounds that linked to a woodland like birds chirping, rustles in leaves and a light breeze blowing threw the trees. When Isabel who paled Lucy was walking threw the woods I thought that it couldn't stay silent and we needed to maybe have music playing to emperies the curiosity and wonder of Lucy. I used a software known as logic pro x to apply all the sounds to our Narnia video. Firstly I searched YouTube for the perfect sounds and music for our video and then downloaded them to a memory stick. Next I uploaded the video to logic muting some parts of the sound where there was traffic sounds from the A11 which was near by. I then started to place the sounds and the music in the correct parts of the video. Ones all the music and sounds were added

Boxes insinuating parcels: in the outside scene, Mr Tumness is seen holding an armful of parcels. To make these I used a flat piece of cardboard and within, cut out a net. I then put together the net and wrapped them in paper to make it look as though they are parcels -A picture of an older faun: I found it hard to find a good picture of a faun but after looking on google images I came across this picture which was the most appropriate. the picture quality is quite low and therefore in the shot we will make sure that the photo isn't fully and is briefly shown on camera.  A flute: in Mr Tumnus' house he begins to play a flute for Lucy which instigates her seeing the wonders of Narnia. Because of this, we will need a flute to show Mr Tumnus playing it in this scene. Luckily, one of the makers of the short film has a flute so we will use this to our advantage and use it in the scene rather than having to source or buy one.    -Sn

COSTUME AND MAKE-UP          MR TUMNUS                                                                LUCY             Make up:                                                                     Make up:          Concealer                                                                      Lip tint           Eyeliner                                                              Natural eye shadow    Face Paint - Black, White                          Brown contour or eyeshadow - freckles      Setting powder                                                                Concealer      Contour powder                                                           Setting powder             lip tint              Mascara                                                                       Costume:           Costume:                                                Grey school skirt and white blouse