Major Project Unit: Project Update

Location

I have a meeting with Fergus on Thursday to discuss the studio booking at the campus. I will need to find out what the health and safety requirements are and figure out what the rules are of the studio. 

I'm also visiting the central store to see what equipment they have, I will look at lenses and Canon 7d accessories. We have decided to shoot with the Canon as we prefer the look and quality of the footage and the flexibility with settings. We would like to use the crane to get overhead shots. It would be ideal to get an external monitor, but we'll see what our limitations are. 

I have also emailed CATF to see if they could offer us advice or even parts to build our room. I'll look for a mattress and bed nearer the shoot date on freecycle sites and possibly advertising. The issue being how we would transport the bed would need to be discussed. We would probably find someone with a van. 

We also have some scenes set on location in a field. I will need to scout this location, looking at whether it is public land, what kind of grass we want. We will also need to think about weather and shooting in what time of day. Lauren knows someone who owns farmland so we're looking into that, as we'd have more access to facilities and possibly a hose to create rain. 

Website

These are some first designs I did for our logo and website. I'll explore other ideas or develop this one. 

Soundtrack Update

I went to a music night in Tunbridge Wells on Sunday and met a young, but very mature, artist called Dylan Brown (soundcloud). It happens to be that his major influence is a band called Sigur Ros, a band that has influenced myself and this project. Lauren and I both love his style of songwriting so after talking to him he seemed very interested in the project and is keen to write us some songs to suit the mood and style of the film. His style is very subtle and emotive which will fit perfectly with our images and telling the story.