'One Night' - Initial Meeting

The job I had been assigned to on this film was graphics but also making a colour model. This was an unusual request, in their script a building is set on fire and as they obviously couldn't do this full scale and getting permission to use smoke machines and other effects would be a health and safety nightmare we decided a scale model of the building was worth a shot.

Francis Boyle was very helpful in coming up with solutions for filming the model and he suggested burning gels and lighter fluid for creating a small controlled fire. He told us to practice but obviously to be very cautious and do this outside.

'Sweet Changeling' - Initial Meeting / Script Breakdown

'Sweet Changeling' was the first LCC group I emailed. I really liked their moodboards and overall aesthetic for the film (as seen below). The film has a 1950's through to 80's style. The story follows a young ex-pageant winner named Mary Beth who loses her child prematurely and has to deal with this loss as well as with her family.

SCRIPT BREAKDOWN
We were put in charge of the dining room set and making the washing machine so I analysed these sections of the script.

INITIAL MEETING
Francis again helped us with tricks and solutions that would help us reduce the number of necessary props and dressing. 10 sets seemed incredibly ambitious especially with such a small art department from Wimbledon.

'Under the White Sun' - Initial Meeting

'Under the White Sun' is a film about a dystopian future where people over a certain age pay life tax and the world is managed by an aggressive organisation called CSEC. The genre for this film is Sci-Fi and influences included Blade Runner (1982) and The Matrix (1999). I personally felt their script was reminiscent of Logan's Run (1976).

I emailed 'Under the White Sun' about working on the graphics as this is something I was interested in developing as I feel I already have an eye for it. Plus from the examples of their inspirations in the pitch I could tell this would be a fun and creative project. The Production Designer in their team, Sebastian Chan, responded promptly to my email saying they would love for me to help out.
I was one of a few people doing graphics work for the film so I was confident it wasn't going to be too demanding. Jane was our head of department and would be in charge of keeping us on track and informed.

Initial Meeting Notes

The notes below are from our first meeting and a production design tutorial we had with Francis Boyle at LCC. He was incredibly helpful in making clear to the film students what he thought was possible for us as an Art Dept to do and coming up with solutions to possible issues whilst raising others.

After our initial meeting, we created a Facebook messenger group so that we could discuss ideas, keep updated and on target throughout the Christmas break.