Ideas ideas…
I practiced using the masks on premiere and had another idea which I could use for the project. In a work setting, a man is sent a message from a group chat with a video link. The video shows some monster tearing apart another man. Watching the video, the worker is impressed, however, the villain seems to take form in real life from watching the video. Another idea that I had was an egotistical murderer who seeks validation of others. The idea has two victims who are killed in the beginning of the movie by the murderer who is the main character of the story. The story will follow this killer and eventually, even though committing horrendous acts, the audience will fall for this murderer and sympathize with him. These ideas are just something if the smile room does not pan out (i.e., if I do not get permission to film in an ecologically correct environment or the story meets a roadblock).
I want to learn how to mask a moving object in premiere in order to make the edits look more natural when I do the editing for the opening. I learned how this first can be done by using a sequence. However, this process is more tedious than masking and covering the mouth of a character in a still frame. The mask would have to be moved according to each frame and either stretched or translated to achieve the right proportions. This is something that I will keep in the back of my mind for when I am storyboarding in order to make the editing process less daunting.
Image from the video on how to mask clips which helped me learn how to frame by frame mask.
For research today I continued to learn how to put a mask on videos which will benefit the final product and scene of the film opening. As well as this, I used today to research. I wanted to learn how to build tension in a scene. There should be down time where the characters are given time to breathe, I believe that this will be the very beginning of the opening where the characters are introduced. The shots portray the experiences of the characters which can be exemplified using a POV push in shot. As well as this, using open spaces will heighten the senses of vulnerability. Using large spaces and creating lots of negative space can create room for the evils to hide. Furthermore, constricted corridors can also have the same effect in creating tension by feeling as though the room encroaches in personal space and traps the characters. Taking inspiration from Jaws, "less is more." The danger can be slightly exposed in the shot, yet not fully introduced to allow the viewers to imagine what the villain is.
I learned how tension can be created through context or contradictory evidence. If a character is told for example that everything is control and then is suddenly injured and on the run, it creates tension. I can use this for the story opening of the smile room by having the dentist explain that every child loves the smile room but pan to the face of the boy whose mouth has been removed and create this contradiction. In order to create the tone of the scene, I need to capitalize on silence where necessary and use Sheppard Tones. It will create an encompassing and uncomfortable feeling of the smile room and the dentist.
Sources:
https://nofilmschool.com/cinematography-camera-horror
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiivM-UyZr9AhVLRDABHb0GCCEQwqsBegQICRAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYsrMBF549WA&usg=AOvVaw1QzPu62yFU5AF9hwFLy1fI
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