The following is a slideshow video containing a series of stills from our pre-production research and from our filming days. (See previous post for more.)
It contains makeup research and costume research with our chosen actors. It includes several of our location shots, including the station ext, the house (int and ext), the forest, the journey to the forest (which we eventually cut for time/speed) and Waterloo.
0:00 - Makeup testing on Julek. Created from a combination of removable eyeshadow smudged on his cheeks, and some hair products and other eye makeup. To signify the emotional changes in his character in a physical way.
0:05 - Location research for exterior train shots. Berrylands station provided a number of angles, yet we only ended up using the ECU in the opening shot of our sequence. Still is from a discarded shot taken from the roof of the station.
0:10 - Establishing shot of Julek's town, with its serenity meant to be contrasted with the harshness of life with the kidnapper. This was taken during location research, and can be seen from our original storyboard idea.
0:15 - Discarded shot from when the kidnapper follows Julek towards the forest. Was originally intended to create suspense, but ended up being dull and just wasting time.
0:20 - Exterior shot from location research for which house we would use. We liked the gate/sidewall, as well is its obvious proximity to where the rest of the scene would be shot.
0:25 - Shot from production of Julek on the train with his kidnapper. By putting them together, it ruined the suspense. Instead, we introduced the idea of their relationship with the handholding walk through the crowds in Waterloo
0:30 - Taken during filming the dialogue scene in the kitchen, testing where characters should be placed on set for framing/prevalence in the scene.
0:35 - Another shot from inside the kitchen, when we were decided where we should shoot to create the best natural mise-en-scene. Eventually, due to light issues (the window), we shot from the opposite side of the room.
0:40 - Eventually disused angle for when Julek would run down the stairs, and/or when exiting the house.
0:45 - Close up insert to establish the mother's character. Ultimately substitute for the close up of her face as he runs into the room, as this shot was originally intended to be part of a match-on edit with a MCU of the mother.
0:50 - Location research at Waterloo. Shot before the actors arrived, we were testing the best (and safest) places to shoot from, and where we would decide to shoot. We eventually decided on the zoomed-in, focaldistance shot pointing in towards the concourse rather than at the gates to be used in the film.
0:55 - Another disused angle from Julek's journey to the forest.
1:00 - Photograph from the production day, of the two actors rehearsing lines/action.
1:05 - Makeup test on the kidnapper inside the train location.
1:10 - Location research (and an eventually discarded shot, where the mother closed the door after Julek ran out).
1:15 - Another disused shot of Julek after leaving his house, removed for time/boredom issues. Meant to show his transition from one side of life to the other, this was a stylistic shot that didn't quite fit in with the pace of the rest of the sequence, and was a shame to cut, as it was one of our original ideas.
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