For our potential cast list we are using students from our year and teachers from our school.
Dad- Adam (our media teacher)
Mum- Nicky (English teacher)
Priest- Ezra - of which this is a very old picture that often makes students crack up because he does not look the same now!! (Drama teacher, left) or Stu (media teacher, right)
Conservative Girl- Gracie Lupton (Student)
Religious Girl- Saskia Pattinson (Student)
Created by me, spoken about with group
I created a mood board on Pinterest to represent the style and the atmosphere we want to create with the contrast of the vicar in darker colours with the warm joyful colours of the fort. I spent time browsing through hundreds of images on Pinterest to find the ones that I thought fit the mood board both in colour but also as ideas for what we could use in our sequence such as the props of the rosary and the structure of the forts. The images of the outdoor little houses relates to later in the film when they run away and I thought it would be nice to have that link in the board as well.
Written by Bea, disscussed by all
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Much of the controversy was about claims of poor working conditions on set alleged by the crew and the lead actresses, and also the film's raw depiction of sexuality.
Plot:
Sexuality
Lesbian sexuality is one of the strongest themes of the film, as the narrative deals mainly with Adele's exploration of her identity in this context. However, the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality has been questioned by academics, due to its being directed from a straight, male perspective. One critic has suggested that the film is not a lesbian film, highlighting the exploration of bisexuality of the character Adele.
About the movie
Director and screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche developed the premise for Blue Is the Warmest Colour while directing his second feature film. The film, originally planned to be shot in two and a half months, was shot in five months, from March to August 2012 with a budget of €4 million. Shooting took place in Lille as well as Roubaix and Liévin.
Significance of the colour blue
Blue Is the Warmest Colour is also filled with visual symbolism. The colour blue is used extensively throughout the film—from the lighting in the gay club Adèle visits, to the dress she wears in the last scene and most notably, in Emma's hair and eyes. For Adèle, blue represents emotional intensity, curiosity, love, and sadness.
LGBT and feminist response
The film received LGBT and feminist critical comment for the perceived dominance of the male gaze and lack of female gaze, with some reviewers calling it a "patriarchal gaze."
Similarities
Adèle's conservative, working-class family engaging in discussion over comparatively banal subjects to Emma's more open-minded, middle-class family, who focus their discussion primarily on more existential matters: art, career, life and passion. Perhaps one of the most significant differences between Adèle's and Emma's families is that Emma's is aware of their lesbian relationship, while Adèle's conservative parents are under the impression the women are just friends.
Our opening sequence is quite similar to this film with the set of conservative parents and them not fully agreeing with their daughters sexuality, however in ours there are 2 sets of parents who don't agree with the sexuality as it heightens the intensity as the love is more forbidden. Further, the 2 girls start as friends and then become more, which is also what our movie would show, and the opening sequence is showing them first taking the step as more than friends. The main difference of our pieces is that ours is slightly more darker with the exorcism, but there is betrayal in the fact that Adele cheats. Hopefully with our representation of lesbianism it's more accurate and captures the rawness of the sexuality, rather than the stereotypical blue hair.
For the exorcism research, the first movie scene I looked at was called "The Exorcist". The scene I watched (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpyg94OzHK0) was completely different to the idea of my groups exorcism scene. The reason it is not similar is because of supernatural element. In this movie scene, the girl rises up into the air off of her bed, this is something we are not considering to do as we want to keep our exorcism realistic. We also don't have the budget to create a supernatural scene. The girl in "The Exorcist" is shown to be truly possessed, Our girl is not possessed however her parent view her sexuality as a sin. Something my group and I will take from this scene is the behaviour of the Priest. The priest behaviour is unpredictable and crazy as he frees the demon from the girls body. Our priest will behave in the same manner. The flicking of the water onto the girls body seen in this scene is something we want to remake and include into our scene.
The next movie I looked is called the seventh day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJThAgic45Q). I looked at this movie because it is another movie with exorcism regarding them going wrong. Specifically, in this movie it depicts an exorcism gone wrong, as the child burns to death. I chose this movie to show the intensity and dangers around an exorcism, as if not done properly it can have really big effects, such as death. Also, it shows that exorcism are not always the right way of conversion, because one of the 'fathers' is actual containing the demonic entity. The part that we are taking from this is the preparation of the exorcism, as we are trying to make it very realistic and really get the nervousness of the dangerous tasks. Also, in the first scene the boy's parents are in the room holding him down, we are using this because it makes it clear that this was the parents idea and they are a big part of the danger.
Written by Bea, research and talked about all, drawings by Otto
our characters
girl 1 (religious):
- blonde hair, quite straight or in braids
- bright blue eyes, with potential glasses to show innocence and youth
- a long skirt, in a neutral colour (white, beige, grey)
- a knitted cardigan in a brighter colour (pink) something clearly made for her - not bought
- black shoes, school shoe vibes, with slightly longer socks
- a simple cross necklace around her neck, a small hint of her religion
- some light blush on her cheeks, to look rosy, a little of mascara
girl 2 (conservative):
- dark hair, pushed away from her face in a low ponytail, very crisp
- dark eyes, natural shows maturity contrast to first girl
- structured mom jeans, in a light wash colour
- a simple cru neck jumper, basic and modest in a dark blue or red
- a pair of white trainers, very pristine and clean
- a simple pair of pearl studs, elegant, modest shows maturity
dad:
- older looking, grey hair or bald
- some dark blue jeans and a plaid, checkered shirt, done up
- clean, black belt if we need to see it
mum:
- blonde hair
- glasses (you can tell that these are her parents)
- v neck jumper, in a light colour, blue or pink
- dark jeans
vicar:
- old looking, silver hair
- glasses
- full vicar outfit, with the colour
- old looking hands, wrinkly
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| 2) camera pans down to hands 3) girl 1 looking at girl 2 5) over shoulder priest, girl on bed shocked |
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| 7) girl 1 tucks hair behind girl 2 ear |
Written by Otto, spoken about by all
For when the priest enters:
When they are inside the fort:
Blog post written by me but research by all
For my groups location, we started off planning to film half the sequence in a bedroom and the other half outside in the woods. This idea got quickly shut down by Adam and Tom as they said the weather was unreliable at this time of the year. We then as a group decided we would be better off filming in one room for the whole sequence. We decided we are going to rearrange the room to be more convenient and film the fort and exorcism at different times. First we will build the fort and film all the footage for the fort shots and then set up the room for the exorcism and shoot all the footage for that.
My group and I discussed possible locations for this and decided we would consider Caitlin room at home and the single rooms at Beatrice Webb house. We knew filming at Beatrice Webb could be more convenient as its only a 5 minute drive compared to Caitlin room which is a 35 minute drive away, meaning we would lose a hour and 10 mins from day of filming.
After we spoke about our possible locations, I went back to Beatrice Webb and Caitlin went back to her house and we sent in the images of possible rooms we would use.
Here are the options
BEATRICE WEBB HOUSE- These are the two rooms we are considering in Beatrice Webb.
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| this room |
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| this room |
We decided on the room above ^^^^^^
CAITLIN ROOM- This is Caitlin room at her house.
5th, 6th, 7th meetings
updated opening title sequence shot by shot - written by the whole group together
25/01/2022
Today we spoke to Tom to sort out the practicalities of our idea. We decided to change the setting from the woods to a den they made in their room with duvets, blankets, pillows and fairy lights, becuase the weather would be unpredictable. We could make the den in the studio or in the room we decide to shoot the exorcism in to show the contrast of how mood can change in the same space. We decided that at this point in the girls relationship it is after they had the internal realisation that they have feeling for each other and they are tentative about making a move and as the sequence progresses they get more confident and closer together. Our whole piece is focused on contrasting moods, emotions and atmospheres. We want this to accuratley represent lesbian relationships in the 90s and we found external research that we based the exorcism on a true story of a girls extremely religious parents who got the church to attempt to exorsice her lesbianism.
The link to the article is here: The Church Tried to Exorcise Lesbianism | The Candid Cuppa (medium.com)
Screenshot of the article:
Bea's Idea
SHOT BY SHOT – straitjacket
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Camera Workshop 2
In this workshop we filmed a simple scene of one of us picking up and putting down a water bottle. We started with a wide shot and filmed the whole sequence then we proceded to do a mid shot of the actors face and filmed the whole sequence again. Finally we did a close up of the water bottle and filmed the whole sequence once more. Each time we changed shots we readjusted the camera by zooming all the way in then altered the focus so it was clear. For the mid shot of the actor and the close up of the water bottle we lowered the camera so that it was at the same height as the subject which makes the shot look more professional.
The rule of thirds adds interest to your shot compostion. It is where you separate the shot into nine squares and the rule of thirds is where you place the person or main focus of the shot in three corners of the squares.
Continuity is extremely important because it helps the audience follow the action that is going on in the shot. For example if two people are having a conversation and you cut to a different place or different position without a valid enough reason then it would throw the narrative off.
Marks are used so that between shots and takes there is a bit of tape on the ground so the actor knows where to stand so the scene continues seamlessly.
You film before saying action and after cut to ensure no content is lost.
You shouldn't watch footage back on set because it wastes time and can cause the actors to overthink their movements and acting skills.
The 180* rule is when there are two character or two objects or a character and an object and there is an imaginary line between the two of them. The rule is you can't cross that 180* line or else the shot would not be continuous and the character/object would be jumping around in different places with each shot.
24/01/2022
Today our whole group was here! We all got together and spoke through our rough final idea. We have settled on my idea about the two girls and the exorcism. I read out the shot by shot and everyone inputed their ideas and together we contiued to develop it. We then made a rough story board that included the basic outline of the opening title sequence. The story board will continue to develop in the future but for now it displays a rough idea of what we could see in the shots.
Editing practical
