POST 29: Working from a script 10. Directing Style

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DIRECTING STYLE

EXTERIOR SHOTS

For our LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE scenes, I looked at multiple directors, each with their own distinctive styles. I specifically looked at Wes Anderson, as his warm hues and centralised characters create interesting final outcomes.

These images show how we have used the warmer hues and tried to centralise the characters. The lighting also created this warmer effect as the sun had been setting. These images are stills from the first part of the scene, when the two characters - Mr Tumnus and Lucy are outside, and when they first meet. The camera work was important, as we wanted to capture the bewilderment on Lucy's face as well as Mr Tumnus' shock of seeing a human. The directing style itself had been quite simple, because I didn't want to over complicate it. As I also played a large role in creating the storyboards, it allowed me to direct each scene nicely.

DID ANY OF YOUR STORYBOARD IDEAS CHANGE ON SHOOT?

During our shooting for the exterior scenes I chose to look closely at our storyboards, however, as we were limited with time due to the weather and lighting of the sun, as it had been around 3pm when we finished. By the time all the shots had been completed almost all the light had vanished. We also decided to create some more adventurous shots, to create interesting compositions through the shots, for example, there are a couple of shots that had been taken above - from a tree.  

HOW WERE YOUR CAST TO DIRECT?

As there had only been two characters to direct, it had been easy to create the scenes that I wanted that were shown on my original storyboards. The only small issue had been the weather, as it had been cold the day of the shoot. So some lines and camera shots had been rushed due to the cold weather.

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