Production Process #1

Props and Set

    As I prepare to film my opening and finish making the props that are needed, I wanted to share with you what I've been working on. This includes any of the props I've made, how I made them, how I plan to set up and place objects, props and people. Adding on, I'll also be discussing any issues or problems I've run into while making them. 

    First and foremost, I want to talk about how I've been making the photograph of little Emily that I've mentioned in previous blog posts, for instance my Mise-en-scene blog post. The first thing I needed to do was find a big board that I could write on. Thankfully, I was able to find out while I was out shopping so when I got home, I wrote the text on it and got my little sister to write the last word, "artist," which she did by using her left-hand. Since she's right-handed, using her left hand allowed the writing to feel more childish and imperfect. Furthermore, I wrote the main text in sharpie while she wrote the last bit of text in crayon, this was another thing that helped create the contrast between the monotone adult world and the childhood whimsy and dreams in the picture. Sadly, I wasn't able to finish the photograph because when I went to go print it, I found out that the printer was broken, and I'm still waiting for it to be fixed.

    Furthermore, something else that I needed to do for the photograph was dress Emily in school clothes. Thankfully, this was pretty easy to execute, even if most of my sisters school tops are just t-shirts, she still had some polos from when she was younger. Also, I had a zip up that we decided to use as a bit of an extra touch to the outfit. An extra thing that I decided to do was put my daughters hair into two matching braids, I was hoping that by doing this, my sister would like/pass of as younger

    Another thing I had to create were the two paper drawings that young Emily is seen with right at the start of the scene. One of the drawings is a typical kid drawing, a happy family enjoying themselves outside their house; and a cat drawing, both were made out of crayons. The only "issue" that I had with this set was the fact that I had to take a picture of how each pencil and paper was laid out on the flower, just in case we don't finish filming that scene or need to re-shoot it.