In order to maintain some structure and organization, my group and I have assigned certain roles for each of us so that individual contributions to the project can be made clear.

Pierce Thomas: 𝔻𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣/ 𝕊𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣

Katelyn Wagner: 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧

Ben Isaacs: Ｅｄｉｔｏｒ

Me: 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓓𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓻

I volunteered for this role because I felt like it was the most appropriate in regards to my skills. My penchant for creative tasks and flair for visual arts is something that’s been prominent throughout my whole life and production design is something that I figured would not only be really fun for me but an enlightening experience as well. In middle school, I assisted in constructing sets for my theater class and when faced with the task of constructing my own play, I was in charge of costuming, wigs, and props.

For the purpose of developing an understanding of genre conventions earlier this year, I was assigned the task of creating a movie poster for a film in a specified genre. Despite the poster not being for a thriller/ horror movie, (it was for a musical) I still believe this is a great example of my ability to develop visual concepts. I know from the collaboration that occurred on this poster that Pierce Thomas (our director) and I work very well together. Since our jobs work very closely with each other, I’m confident that we’ll end up producing a result with similar success as the poster. 🙂

So, what does a production designer do? Well, in a nutshell, production designers are responsible for the visual concept of a film. They identify a design style for sets, locations, graphics, props, lighting, camera angles and costumes, while working closely with the director and producer.

In essence, I will be in in charge of the following things :

• Costuming
• Props
• Makeup (if any)
• Setting
• Lighting
• Set building (if necessary)
• Decor
• Blocking

Sources Cited 

• https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/production-designer-theatre-television-film

“Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration” – James McAvoy

My film, “Lucid Elucidations” will be a horror film encompassing elements of many sub-genres such as psychological thriller, mystery, and supernatural. I’ll be working in a group with Katelyn Wagner, Ben Isaacs, and Pierce Thomas. Although we have not confirmed a plot in stone yet, we would ultimately like to revolve the story around strange happenings that our protagonist finds themselves in the company of. We would like to do this through the use of an extended flashback, flash forward, or a dream sequence that the character wakes up from. Our film will take inspirations from some horror classics such as the Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) , Stephen King’s IT (1986), and It Follows (2016). These movies rely heavily on the fear of the unknown and similarly , some standard conventions of horror will be utilized. For example, a creepy setting (like a dimly lit bedroom, a forest, etc.) will be employed to create a foreboding and unsettling atmosphere, along with a strong dependence on ambient sound, diagetic sound, and nondiagetic sound. We will focus less on music but rather natural sounds to perturb the viewer.

In order to stay on schedule and complete our tasks in a timely manner, we will be loosely following this rough schedule:

1. Research (complete by 2/3)
2. Scriptwriting and Funding (plans for “funding” and “distribution”) (complete by 2/10)
3. Pre-production (casting, production design, etc.) (complete by 2/24)
4. Production (shooting, audio recordings, etc.) (complete by 3/3)
5. Post-production (titles, special effects, sound tracking, etc.) (complete by 3/17)
6. Final Project and CCR (due 4/1/19)

Below are the links to my partners blogs for the progression of our film! :

Katelyn Wagner: https://katelynwagne.blogspot.com/

Pierce Thomas : https://elucidation.home.blog/

Ben Isaacs: https://benisaacs102501.blogspot.com/