Thesis Ideation Pt.3

Some overall notes:

• What message do you want to leave your audience with or how do you want them to feel at the end? I want my film to leave people with a sense of cold beauty. I want it to be sad, but not depressive. I want it to linger lightly.

• What change does your character undergo and how is your character different by the end of the story? What techniques, gestures and symbolism are you using to convey this change to the audience? Or how will the audience understand that change? I was hoping to get away with not having anything huge change. I think it's one of the stronger points I have going right now, lol. I'm trying to get this point across by using screen direction and imagery. Everything will move from right to left and bottom to top. One of the most solid symbols I have in mind right now is an evergreen tree covered in snow. It never changes, and is always covered, like the state of the mind.

• What is the catalyst for this change? What is the character thinking and why does the character feel that way? The catalyst is the character's constant attempts to move forward and not being able to. The VO will play a big part in conveying what the character thinks and feels. It'll be a more literal interpretation of what's being shown. I think composition is going to play a big part in expressing the feeling too, along with the tempo and timing of action.

Character Sheet:

• I made the character long and thin in an attempt to keep her presence lighter - almost fragile; ghost-like.

• Her movements will be slow and precise.

• She's a mixture of straight and curved lines, which I'm not completely sold on. I was thinking about having her look more angular from the front and more curved from the side - like she was two different people depending on how you looked at her. But I don't really like that idea because it adds a level of complexity that I'm not sure fits the theme I'm going for completely.

• I'm not sure if I want her hair to fade from light to dark or dark to light. My original drawing had the first. I think it gives her a more wintry feel, and I think she'll blend in more with the background. I also like the fact that her hair leads you towards her head instead of away, since that is where the importance of the film lies.

Moodboard

(in progress)

Scene Cards:

I color-coded them, so the green are scene cards, the yellow are framing/camera shot cards, and the purple are transition cards. I decided to include them, since the motion of the film seems to be as important as the physical scene elements.

Museum references: