Inspiration and research for Camera Man Set

We have decided to use reference from specific mediums to help with our construction and decoration.  We will research the visual style of Portal, and look into films such as Resident Evil, Logan's Run, and 28 days later.  In addition to reference images of laboratories, cameras and science labs.  We feel all of the above can help us achieve our theme of a clinical, surreal, surveillance heavy environment. 

Tom bought this image to our attention and persuaded us to use the ending of the first Resident Evil film as reference.  As Owen had already planned out the set and had told us about his idea to emulate a clean clinical style like portal, the last few scenes of this film we as a group felt were perfect for our set design.   The clean white colour scheme, alongside the direct lighting and large empty spaces really give the impression of Alice is constantly being watched.  As the core theme of our project is Surveillance we felt this reference is ideal for our project.

Another important addition we will try to make is to add an observation window into the set.  It further concretes this idea of constant surveillance.  Our observation will be made using a sheet of acetate that will be held in place by a thick foam banner around the room.  To further decorate the scene we will also apply strips of hazard tape around the set.

After the first scene has been shot, our storyboard takes us into a corridor after the character has escaped.  We had our own designs in mind before we came across this video, but to see it already done allows for pre-visualisation of the scene but also gives us a few new ideas as to what new additions we could make to this type of scene.

As i have mentioned previously we are including hazzard tape that has been scaled down to fit into our set, the use of in this image gives us a clear idea on how to use it in our set and by adding it what type of impression we are trying to give the viewer about the character and his environment.



 
I recently watched Terminater 2 and all sorts of ideas and themes came to mind.  There are several scenes in the movie which could help with the construsction of out set.  The screenshot of the the left is a short scene that can be watched here ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW2ocEymF8o&feature=channel_video_title ) The scene icludes several great references.  It includes holding rooms for mental patients which of course is helpfull as we have a character that will be held in s imilar type of room.  From the scene we can take design ideas such as layout of the room, color schemes and types of furniture that we can add.  

The screen shot to left is another scene that is shown later in the video. After seeing this blue color scheme in a Lab, i think we will try to implement something along these lines.  Another thing i picked up on which i had asked the groups thoughts on was a wall texture for our second scene after the character leaves his chambers.  The wall in the screengrab is similar but not exact.  


http://www.littlecraftybugs.co.uk/images/SX%2057031.jpg  The image on that site is what i will purchase to stick onto corridor walls. 

 

 

Ghandi Terminater 2

Portal - Owen

28 days Later - Tom

...... - Amo