Cambridge Portfolio Project Week 4 - #2

Welcome back to my blog! In this blog I will go over the lighting and costume mise-en-scene elements in my film opening. These elements are crucial to properly conveying the characters. 

The lighting in the opening is mostly natural light with certain character exceptions. In the opening both Kai and Aroura are always in natural light. This is to shows they are living in the real world. Contrast to Atticus who is in bright lighting with a sort of fantasy vibe. This is intentional to convey his room as a hideaway that is his personal Fantasy world. When he goes outside in natural light, the lighting change is all to represent how he closes himself off to the outside world. In the real world he is rudely awakened by the natural light. He has nowhere to hide in his drawing outside of his room. This lighting difference would continue throughout the movie. It would change as he gains control of his own life, and his room would eventually change to natural light meaning he's live in the natural world. 

The costumes for each character will also represent how they are in the opening. As the film would progress both Aroura and Atticus's wardrobe would change. Here is a mood board for each character that my wonderful teammate Makenna made!

Atticus

As you can see Atticus's character is very into magic and his style will be based off of this. He doesn't know how to dress himself properly, so he dresses with lots of magical shirts, and he LOVES his cloak. He also has paint, markers, or led dust on his hands from his art. As the movie progresses his breaks out of his shell and learns how to dress nice. His style evolves but still has a little magic like a cool necklace. His costumes will revolve around his character development.  

Kai

Not to be biased but this is my favorite mood board. It clearly conveys Kai's character and how they represent themselves. They wear a lot of dark colors and have a grungy vibe. They also have a tattoo sleeve that adds to their style. As previously stated, they dress themselves for a certain appearance. Their appearance will make them see formidable. This lines up the character in a deeper way and exemplifies their backstory. The way Kai is dressed in the film opening will quickly represent them. 

Aroura 

Aroura's mood board is a great example of how she dresses a little grunge like Kai. This mood board displays her character in a great way and also shows progression. Later in the film she dives into brighter colors showing her true self.  When she becomes close with Atticus the brighter colors will display how she is happier. Her clothing change represents her changing character development.   

I love using visuals to help character representation. In my next blog I will discuss the other mise-en-scene elements of props and setting. I'll meet you in the future!