Character/ Costume Design

COSTUME DESIGN

 In Hello Neighbor, the design of the characters plays a huge part in the story.  The audience should be able to understand, personality, curiosity, and danger by looking at the characters' outfits and behavior. Our film is inspired by this game.

The Neighbor:

The neighbor will mostly look exactly like in the game as the game will be coming to life in our film opening. Orange pants, black gloves, and a blue sweater. He will gasp then chase us really fast, set traps, and throw things at us to slow us down.  I will be playing the role of the neighbor. Ill wear skinny jeans, black hoodie, and gloves. Basically recreate the character

The Protagonist - Teen: My partner will be playing the role of protagonist

• Looks Athletic
• Curious
• Strong
• He likes playing with his ball on the street
• He wears shorts with a golden apple on the left 
• he wears a casual blue shirt
• The older him wears jeans but folded up
• Watch on wrist
• Full sleeves

Audio/Foley

 Audio/ audio production is the process of mixing recording and editing the audio for a final product. It also involves performance, recording and radio. Capturing material and selecting the best to make sure the sound is in high quality, then blending the recorded elements into 1 track and balancing volumes. And arranging is describing where to play instruments and elements to add shape to the song/recording.   

For our film opening, which relies mostly on teenage phone privacy, will mostly incorporate no copyright sounds and Foley. We would record sounds of our phones vibrating, notification sounds, footsteps/running on grass and concrete, and doors opening and closing. We would also incorporate thrilling/suspenseful sound effects.

Character Development

Costume

Character development helps develop a character's personality.  They can also help in telling a story. They create visual narratives supporting the film's message and environment. It influences how viewers and audience perceive the nature of characters.

Here I am wearing a casual black Nike hoodie and black sweatpants. This conveys a sense of curiousness/suspicious. I play a character that hangs out with his friend but zones out every second because my phone keeps pinging and I keep texting on it in a suspicious way.

This was what my partner was wearing. He plays the character that is curious of his friend's phone and why he is always on it. 

Costume - Mise-en-scene

 Costume

Costume is one of the most important factors of  mise-en-scene. It also helps developed a character's personality. Costumes help convey characters by highlighting their inner thoughts and feelings. They can also help in telling a story. They create visual narratives supporting the film's message and environment. Costumes influence how viewers and audience perceive the nature of characters.

Here I am wearing a casual black Nike hoodie and black sweatpants. This conveys a sense of curiousness/suspicious. 

This was what my partner was wearing

Many film costume designers work with the director to create designated outfits that suit the characters and their inner thoughts. They consider the style, theme, and how it would fit into the scene. 

Mise-en-scene (LIGHTING)

 LIGHTING

Lighting is a key part of mise-en-scene. Lighting created mood, atmosphere and visual texture. It shapes the subject, defines the character and can help develop the overall meaning of the media. There are 3 lighting techniques, three point lighting, lowkey lighting and high key lighting. It also depicts character and overall emotion. 

For example, in the Noir genre, high contrast colors are used. Most of these are explored/considered in pre production. The colors and light inform the theme and place of the film and characters of the film. It can also suggest character's state of mind and convey setting

In our film opening, we filmed most of the clips outside. It is a suspense/thriller film opening related to phone addiction. So, we stuck to just natural light/ sounds. Except we had to create the phone notification sounds. 

Media Theory Research

 Framing

I would like to incorporate some Framing into my film opening. Here is my research on framing.

Framing is a media theory that explains how media presents information, and show how media highlights the perception of the world. 

There are multiple ways of framing a story. For example, a Pokemon battle could be framed as good and the evil, or as a story of 2 cartoon characters in conflict. The way every story is framed can have a significant impact on the audience's feeling/ view towards any media and how they understand it.

Framing is also widely used in political communication too. For example, a study may look into a different news outlets and how they perform/frame the same outlet for a better understanding.

Framing is a powerful tool that helps us and audiences shape the understanding of the world, and become critical consumers of media. 

Storyboard

 Storyboard

 Here is our storyboard, it isn't complete, but it gave us an idea of what to add/substitute.