Set Design Drawings

We were asked to present our set design ideas in the form of drawings to show Dan and to help him understand what exactly we wanted. One of the most important scenes we feel is the Tea Party room so the set design had to be very impressive! We used "Alice in Wonderland" as our inspiration but wanted to add our own twist. We are planning to shoot this scene in the studio so we needed to completely transform the space so its unrecognizable as a studio. Our idea is to use a canopy draped from the ceiling to appear like a tent. As well as using Shrubbery and plants around the table to create a mystical atmosphere! We also need a long table and about 6 chairs for the characters to sit at. We will also of coarse decorate the table with a pretty tea set and to help set the scene! And fairy lights glowing on the shrubbery!

The next room is the bedroom where the little girl walks into Little Red Riding Hood in bed together! We wanted this room to look very chaotic and messy with cloths thrown all over the floor, like bra's and undies! There will be a big king size bed with just a sheet on top which the characters will be underneath. The bed will be situated in the middle of the room. After discussing this with Dan he suggested that we use quite low lighting to create shadows and create a seductive atmosphere! Perhaps with candles too!

Another important scene is the main entrance and staircase which is the first we see when the girl enters the house. We took inspiration from the staircase in the movie "The Haunted House" with Eddie Murphy to create a creepy atmosphere. We wanted to use lots of cobwebs and dust to make it look dirty and unkept. As well is Goblins and candelabras sitting on the top! After talking to Dan he feels that we need to shoot this on location at Courtneys house because it would be very difficult to build a secure staircase in the studio and very expensive!

Another scene is the Bathroom where we see Captain Hook in the bath playing with his rubber ducks! We decided to shoot this in the studio but will need to rent a bath and possibly a sink to recreate an actual bathroom set. We will also need other essential bathroom items like toothpaste and a loofa lying around the make the set look authentic.

Shooting Schedule

Now that we know where are locations are going to be we can roughly manage to write out a schedule:

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2011


Start - 8:30AM - HURTWOOD STUDIO - The Tea Party Room Sequence    
                                   The Bedroom Scene
                                   The Bath-Tub Scene
                                    
        1:30PM - HURTWOOD CLASSROOM - Awaken Scene (clash and end)
        3:30PM - Travel to Location (Foxbury) - 
                                   Stairs/Exterior /Corridor Scene.
        8:00PM - Finish. 


This is just a rough draft of what our schedual might be. We will do a finalized draft closer to the shoot date. 

Feedback

Most of the planning material is in place, Sabrina.  There is a proficient sense of the development of your idea from the initial concept to the shoot stage, but there are still some elements missing such as the shooting schedule.  Your evaluation of the animatic is also rather brief - your blog as a whole tends to feel as though it has been rushed or that little time has been spent on it outside of class.  You need to make sure that the production and evaluation posts have more thought and detail in them to keep this at a top level.

James

Cast List photographs:

Cast Members:



Madhatter

Tommy Lyster from Cranleigh (Outside student)

Age: 17

Role: Mad Hatter - main singing part - leader of the band "The Teacups".

Costume: Suit, pin-stripped, quite alternative, with a little emo-ish twist.

Example of the "look" below.



The Little Girl

Alabama Jackson (Outside Student)

Age: 12

Role: Main Girl - girl scout

Costume to look like this (below):



Other Band Members

John Oldfield from Cranleigh (Outside student)

Age: 17






Role: The March Hair - Drums/Guitar

Costume? Same gothic-esque costume, with a twist, ears and face makeup probable.




The Door Mouse

Eva Abeling - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 17



Role: The Door Mouse - Guitarist




Princesses :




First Princess

Ally Blacklock - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 17



Role: Belle/Beauty

Costume Below:






Second Princess




Jasmine Sichel - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 17



Role: Princess Cinderella

Costume Below:






Third Princess




Sarah Wichall - Hurtwod House Student (A2)

Age: 18



Role: Snow White

Costume Below:









Fourth Princess




Sabrina Salmon - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 18



Role: Sleeping Beauty

Costume Below:



Pinocchio




Paul Godeau - Hurtwood House Student (AS)

Age: 16



Role: Pinocchio wrapped up in string

Costume Like This:






Captain Hook




Antonio Magro (Teacher at Hurtwood House)

Age: Older :)

Role: Crazy Captain Hook

Costume Like This:



Prince Charming/Big Bad Wolf




Max Voloshin - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 17



Role: Arrogant Prince Charming

Costume Like This:



Little Red Riding Hood




Courtney Madincea - Hurtwood House Student (A2)

Age: 17



Role: Red Riding Hood, sleeping with the wolf.

Costume Below:

Animatic Storyboard and Feedback:

Each of us drew pictures of each shot from the music video. We tried to make our drawings as detailed as possible. We then filmed each shot up against a wall for about 10 seconds. We really enjoyed the process of edting this animatic storyboard. We tried to cut to the beat and keep the shots moving quite fast to look interesting. Although we had a few technical problems with the computer and Final cut as it crashed on us and ended up starting over a few times!! So we have learned to save our work regularly!

We then showed our animatic storyboard to the class and teachers and received constructive critisism and feedback...

We were told that our opening scene in the hallway needed to have specific chaos in it! We needed to think very carefully about every person and item in the room so that it appears like messy choas from a wide shot. As out animatic drawing wasn't very clear as to what the chaos consised of.

We were also told to think where every scene should be shot... The studio? Or on location?
Luke found our preformance element unclear in teh animatic drawings.. and tols us that you need to have a specific preformance scene with the band members, preferably in the Tea Party Room. We also need to think carefully about the specific decorations we are going to use in each room to transform it into the scene we want. Luke was also unsure about our ending in the classroom and whether it made sence! So we will need to overlook this again and figure out how to make it work! Does she even need to wake up in the classroom? We will discuss this in detail as a group.

 

The Cast, Props and Costumes list:

Cast Members:

Madhatter – Tommy Lyster from Cranleigh (Outside student)

Little Girl – Alabama Jackson (Outside Student)

Princesses :

Belle – Ally Blacklock (A2)

Cinderella – Jasmine Sichel (A2)

Snow white – Sarah Wichall

Sleeping Beauty – Sabrina Salmon

Pinocchio – Paul Godeau

Captain Hook – Antonio Magro (Teacher)

Prince Charming – Max Voloshin

Little Red Riding Hood – Courtney Madincea

The Big Bad Wolf – Max Voloshin

March Hare – John Oldfield from Cranleigh (Outside student)

Door Mouse – EvaAbeling (A2)

Costumes:

School Costumes – Madhatter, Girl Scout, Pinocchio, Captain Hook, Granny wig,

Fairy Godmother – Cinderella, Belle, Red Riding Hood

Others - Wolf mask, Dwarf mask, Girl scout sash, Black wig

Props:

Candy

Tea Set

Wig x2

Glasses

Basket

Apples

Glass Slipper

Pills

Cards

Toy Boats

Rubber Duck

Cookies

Cupcakes

Cake

Toothpicks

Bunny ears

Mouse ears

Strings

Face paint

Make up

White Gloves

Streamers

Fairy Lights (White)

Baloons (pastel)

Long table

X6 chairs

Candelabras

Vases

Cake stands

Runner