FILMIC LANGUAGE

SETTING THE SCENE

I began to use the medium of film to create a visual/tonal/atmospheric backdrop – a stage setting upon which the action of the story could play out. I quickly realized the editing of these parts would hugely shape how I could develop the plot of this piece – just as much as the actual shots. Working only in a confined domestic setting (drawn from the story), I was forced to try and create dramatic setups out of the most mundane objects – the doorway, a towel, a coffee cup. I was attempting to tell as much of the story’s emotion as I could in just this image layer – primarily through type of shot, lighting, and editing. This helped me work out the broader framework of the story – basic elements like a progression from afternoon daylight to nighttime darkness. I decided the story needed some aural cues to indicate action, so slightly altered the original by including a doorbell sound effect to indicate people arriving. I worked heavily with repetition as a way of building suspense and drama – which mimics the verbal repetition of the dialogue (and title) of the original story.














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SHOOTING TYPE

My next step with the film was to experiment with shooting type