Pre Production

When we were given the brief for the super 16 project, I really wanted to make a meaningful and original film, as I didn't want to waste such a great opportunity to use super 16 film stock.
We made a group and started spit-balling ideas about what we wanted to base the film on.
Jared and I both had similar ideas in the sense that the film could be based around someone with a disability, that can see the beauty in the world with far more appreciation than a 'normal' person as a result of that disability.
We shared our ideas with each other, but were still unsure of what to do. Paul, Jared and I then got together to discuss and finalise a final, solid idea for the film. Jared had previously mentioned an idea about a blind man, so we worked on that idea, developing it into a thorough and workable story.
We eventually agreed on a film idea, revolving around a character who is blind, but is able to still see the world's beauty in his dreams. We sat and discussed this idea for a while, talking about how and why he could see these beautiful images. To me, this was a film about a man that had lost his sight, but still had the memories of all these scenic places. The filters were present to represent the subtle imperfections of the memory, as no memory can be recalled perfectly.
Jared wrote up a basic script which I then drew up storyboards for.

Once we had our idea, we started discussing how we'd go about doing it and different locations we could use. Jared mentioned showing the character falling asleep, we discussed different ways we could do it,, but we specifically wanted to visually create the feeling of falling asleep, so we decided upon having a black sheet, unraveling and being pulled across the camera.
Jared had some ideas of where he wanted some of the shots to take place, such as beaches and other scenic locations. Being from Cornwall, I had some ideas as to where could be ideal to film. I showed him some of the places I had in mind on Google maps and we agreed on some locations, checked the weather and set a date for filming.
Jared and I took out a 7D and some filters to look at the effects they have on an image. We knew we wanted to use filters for our film to create some sort of distortion, as it's a dream sequence and we wanted it to seem subtly disjointed from reality. We weren't sure which filters to use, so we went to the ERC and took out: Twilight grad 2, Blue grad 2, Blue 2, Green grad 2, Orange, Red and Sunset grad 2. We decided that the sunset grad and the Green grad would be a good choice, as the sunset filter bviously gave the sky a more interesting colouring, and the green gave the grass a nice, crisp colour and depth, and also we thought it may have an interesting effect on the sea.
Jared had some connections with some actors from the university and so advertised the role of the blind man via Facebook and managed to get a response the night before we'd planned to shoot, which we were all grateful for!