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Cut 1 of "The Meter" Directing Image and Sound Final Evan Yee 2014

First Cut of "The Meter"

Pretty rough

Destinie Ryan plays The Woman Mark Davies plays The Old Man Sam Brock plays The Meter Jonathan Ercolino plays the Bodyguard

#cast

Final Project: Creation of The Ticket Booth

This post will feature all things ticket booth related, the containment unit for the boy in "The Meter".

INSPIRATION

The ticket booth was inspired by designs such as this, a center "wall" with two angled ones on the side. I also wanted the center glass to have wide opening for the hands to pass through.

I wanted the ticket booth to be reminiscent of an old carnival act or "times gone by". The people are coming to the boy to see their past thus the ticket booth serves as a reminder of this.

DESIGN

Created by Josh Warner, a scenic design major at Emerson College, the booth is simple in look, yet a bit complex in design. It is comprised of three Theatre flats. Within the wood frame are triangle "braces" to hold the flats together, as well the pieces of fabric that act as wooden "insets". A piece of clear plexiglass will be used for the center panel, while cheaper, cloudier material will be used for the sides. For color, the majority of the flat will be receiving an "old wood" - esque paint treatment. We are going for a dark brown, yet a bit faded. This is accomplished by giving the wood a lighter coat of brown first. Then we take a smaller piece of wood, cover a side in paint and run the side along the already painted wood. The scattered marks of uneven painting help achieve this older look. BUYING

First Home Depot Trip:

Fabric Store Trip:

Second Home Depot Trip:

Lessons Learned : (1) People will be nice to you if you are nice to them. Sometimes they'll even give you some advice! (2) If someone offers to cut a piece of wood for you, LET THEM DO IT.

BUILD & PAINT TREATMENT

Josh's House: We laid out the wood and Josh painted all of the front. He showed me how to set it up and what to do and what not to do. He also showed me the distinction between theatre flats and hollywood flats. On Campus: My friends Jake Vollmer and Ryan Shaw helped in setting up the flats by screwing the wood together. After getting them pretty solid, I painted the flats along with a skilled art friend of mine, Jocelyn Lee. We painted the flats with a light brown. Then we went over it again with a darker brown of paint. We scraped the freshly painted flats with a edge of wood that creates a "faded and worn" type of look. Fabric: On the day of set, we screwed in hinges so that the flats could stand together. Then we cut dark green fabric and stapled it as the center of the wood. FINISHED PRODUCT Here's a picture of my producer Rose in the finished booth!

#final project #production design #home depot #building #fabric

Class Notes 11/4

"Two people can talk about anything and still have the stakes be really high. Two people can be walking down the street and having a conversation and the guy thinks, "If I don't impress this girl right now I might lose everything because this girl is the one" Additionally:

-Bracketing/bookending - Beginning and ending the film with the same shots.

#class #notes

Final Project: The Meter

Log line A woman with a terminal illness goes to visit a boy with a supernatural gift and learns more than she expected.

Synopsis A woman in her early thirties prepares to go out for the day. She takes medicine and looks sadly at her reflection. She sees a pamphlet which reads "THE METER: RELIVE YOUR PAST, KNOW YOUR FUTURE". The woman arrives at the museum nervous about what this might be. Crowds of people swarm around a ticket booth surrounded by velvet ropes, and security guards. In the ticket booth is young fourteen year old boy, the Meter. A machine randomly picking numbers is choosing who gets to see the boy. After an old man gets a reading, the machine picks our main character. The woman goes up to the boy in the ticket booth. He sticks out his hands and she places her hands into his. Their eyes go white; her memories begin to be seen. We see her life as a young girl with an abusive father. She dates a guy when she is younger. She becomes pregnant. She has to give away her baby and leaves the baby with a teddy bear.

The reading stops. The woman looks shocked. The Meter opens a door inside the booth and runs inside a small looking bedroom. The woman looks on, confused about what the boy is grabbing. He runs back to the booth and shows her the teddy bear, the one she left with her baby. The two reconnect hands, the crowd begins to react angrily. She begins to see more flashbacks, the diagnosis of her illness, standing in the doorway with the ticket. She sees moments in her future, lying alone in a hospital bed. The guard begins pulling the two apart as the crowd yells at the two angrily. The woman is pulled through the crowd as the Meter yells for her. The sounds of his yelling is drowned out by the crowd.

Themes Abandonment. The woman is abandoned by the man who gets her pregnant and she abandons the Meter.

Cinematography & Editing To establish the mundane and dreariness of the real world, as well as the woman's illness, the majority of these shots will be on tripod, consisting of longer takes. For her apartment - Lots of natural light, or the feeling of it. Very "raw" feeling For the Museum where the Meter is - Fluorescent greens. For the flashbacks and flash forwards - Shallow depth of field, Lens flare, soft, "DSLR-y" lens whacking, lensbaby, POV Locations 1) The Woman's Apartment 2) The "Museum" and Ticket Booth 3) The Flashback (lots of locations)

Reference Images The Meter of the Ticket Booth

"The Meter"

"The Museum"

SCRIPT (Draft 1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5wcoHNGEoY2Q2VvQ3FGMzM5dFE/view?usp=sharing

#final project #life meter #psychic #ticket booth

Genre Project - Reflection

20 tracks of audio later and the genre project is done. This project has taught me many things. 1) I have been overlooking the important parts of pre-production: the story. I had the concept of a one-take shot, yet I did not plan the camera moves in a way that would push the "suspense" genre. I definitely feel like I forgot the genre along the way. 2) Sound is key. I have so much more to learn about sound and sound design. There are so many variables that go into sound editing that I have to begin learning to further expand my ways of telling stories. 3) Time management. I have to learn how to manage my time better and focus when editing. That way projects can be done on time.

#reflection

A young man decides whether or not to blow up a building. Evan Yee 2014

Final Draft of my Genre Scene! Reflection to follow!

#evan yee image and sound genre scene

Genre Project: Suspense - UPDATE

Cinematography

So my idea for a recomposing master shot/single take movie did not entirely pan out. There were technical difficulties (seeing the camera operator shadow, production design) as well as visual struggles. Had I utilized different types of framing, the idea of the recomposing master would have succeeded.

Now, I have cut together my film in a way that should still work, by emphasizing certain moments for the main character. Focusing on his fiddling with the bomb, as well as his decision to blow up the building will be emphasized through a cut as well as sound design. Sound Design

Sound design is essential for this project. With help from my friend Myles Kramer, he walked me through Pro Tools, as well as different filters and effects (such as Compressor and Equalizer) that were key to accurately portraying the sound effects in my movie. I will be hard at work to create a final cut.

Additionally I will be trying to collect more voices to aid in appealing to the humanistic aspect of the main character.

I hope the combination of these two elements will push the suspense genre for my movie.

#genre project #suspense

Sound Notes

"Give them something to see, hit them with something to feel" Pierre Huberson's notes about sound. From Class with Rob and Pierre -Sound can transform an object you see on screen

-Sound can take you to a whole new world

-Sound or lack thereof, can create entirely new environments. Watching scenes without sounds is an interesting experience.

#sound notes

Genre Scene Rough Cut

Genre Scene Treatment 2: Suspense

Logline: A young man faces the decision whether or not to go through with his plan of bombing a building.

Summary: A young man has installed a bomb inside a bank company. He has the employees and now himself hostage and trapped inside. As the cops close in, he must decide whether or not he is ready to blow up the building.

Visual References

"The Social Network" - Soft near the top room lights creating dark shadows under the eyes and little chance for eye light, harsh when moving towards windows, towards any type of "outside" the room.

To add to the "genre" factor, I am utilizing venetian blinds to add to the atmosphere of the piece.

Cast

Topher Hansson serves as the main character of the piece. I worked with him in my film 2 and he is a great actor who can play varying characters. His new haircut also fits the piece very well! Sound Design

For this, it is important to build a lot of the suspense and drama with audio cues to fit the movie. Firstly, the base layer of sound will be police sirens that will come in and out, creaks from the building, the sounds of crowds murmuring outside. These sounds will heighten to the film's climax. This will also feature a lot of off screen dialogue. Phone calls from the hostage negotiator, as well as voices from the trapped employees are key to the story. To make "the bomb" believable, I will add lots of little beeps and electrical hums.

#genre scene treatment

Genre Scene Treatment

Genre: Gangster Film

Logline: A gangster trapped in his stronghold has to make the decision whether or not to kill his hostage.

Backstory: Lao Feng is a high profile Chinese mobster. Second generation Chinese-American, he has worked his way up the mafia circles and is a symbol of power in the community. He is young compared to the other gang leaders. However, his plan to rob three banks was foiled by a mole in his gang. In a last ditch attempt to gain the upper hand Lao Feng kidnaps the daughter of one of the bank owners.

Summary: Lao Feng and the girl face each other at a table. Feng gets a phone call and stands up. He hears his mafioso yelling in Chinese. They are cut off by the sound of gunshots. Feng hangs up the phone. He stomps back over to the table and begins to open up a large metal case. The girl is wide eyed, shaking her head no. Suddenly a huge shake rocks the building, causing Feng to fall over. “We have you surrounded” can be heard from outside. Feng calls an older mafia leader.

(Dolly in on older mafia leader’s hand and phone. He does not pick up)

Lao is left with this girl, things slowly closing in on him. He gets a phone call but before he can answer there is a knock on the door. He opens the door.

CU - Barrel of the gun, the Mole.

End with gunshot vfx OR

End with shot of blood splatters coming out of Lao Feng.

#genre scene treatment

A music video for Two Door Cinema Club's song "Next Year" Directing Image and Sound 2014

This is the cut of "Next Year" that I will be handing in for class. I'm quite happy with the final product! More to come in the next blog post.

#music video #final #fine cut #two door cinema club

Note from Class today

When shooting DSLR, if the aperture is over a 4 (4 or closed down more) the camera turns into a "video camera" - try to shoot at 2.8

The two main cast members of the "Next Year" music video, Emily and Derek.

#cast #member

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