Friday, March 31, 2017

Negotiated Project - Film Treatment

Friday 31st March 2017                              Negotiated Project                Kaz Rahman/Dom Deane

Treatment – The Secret Life of a Canvas

Influences from the short film “The secret life of a Foley artist”

Plot
A short 5-minute film about a lady who lives alone with a passion for painting and creative art. The film will be focused around how she decorates her canvas but play with the idea of using sound effects to manipulate the pictures on screen. The idea for bringing canvas paintings alive, an element of enigma as we never see the painters face or hear their voice, in turn leaving the viewers questionable as to why the painter is so silent.

Visual Style
Early 70-80's, Black and White – A referential clash between French New Wave and Film Noir – Light and Dark, Cinematography consists of a variety of different camera angles. Predominantly using over the shoulder shots, you never see the artists face, leaves an element of suspense.

Characters

A middle-aged woman who lives alone and locks herself away from the real world, she is silent but expresses her feelings through passion for her artwork.

Location 

An ambiguous locked away basement room

Sound
Ambiance on set and diegetic – Sound effects to match up with the artwork featured on screen - Music from Double Indemnity.

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