Setting



As Ben and I created our storyboard and discussed how we plan to create mystery, I realized how important our film's setting will be. The protagonist awakes in a mysterious garage after he was knocked out and injected with a memory serum (although he doesn't know that yet). Creating a setting that will parallel this sense of mystery and confusion will be a difficult task to accomplish but certainly one that will increase the quality of our film opening.

By researching the importance of setting, I discovered that setting must be as treated as importantly as a character, as it can effectively create tone, emotion, and ideas (Renee). By creating the perfect setting, Ben and I can create our desired eerie and mysterious tone without even relying on the actions of the protagonist. Currently, we plan to intertwine the idea of establishing a setting in order to create mysterious tone with our credit sequence. As demonstrated in our storyboard, Ben and I plan to film a long take of the initial setting (the abandoned garage) as our protagonist lays unconscious. During this long take, the camera will move between different objects that will each reveal the name of a person who contributed in the project and end in the film's title, which we have yet to decide upon. As time will be limited in our film opening, establishing the setting during the opening credits will not only establish mystery from the very beginning, but allow us more time to implement more shots and techniques afterwards
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An example of our envisioned setting
Renée, V. "Setting: The Storytelling Potential of Film's (Often) Underappreciated Star Character." No Film School. NONETWORK, 12 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2017. <http://nofilmschool.com/2015/10/setting-storytelling-potential-films-underappreciated-character>. 

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