To get a better understanding of the visual style of the film, and to establish how the film will be shot: myself and Mike decided to block each scene. This would save time further down the line as we would already know where the camera is going to be. Blocking will still be required during the production but more so as rehearsals for the actors and sound operator.
Currently we have blocked the first two scenes. There will be future posts with other scenes blocked but instead of every scene we will focus solely on long takes that are 10 seconds or longer as well as any other potentially complex sequences.
Luckily the first two scenes are the only ones that haven't been significantly altered in any of the redrafts meaning that this session didn't go to waste.
Below are the videos for each scene. Scene 1 took around an hour to block but afterwards we recorded a much shorter video that ran through the now-established sequences as a shorter version if the hour-long one is too much to watch.
I really enjoyed this process: not only was it creatively engaging but to see the shots physically allowed any niggles or possible issues with the shots to flag up. Like how reading something is different to reading it aloud. It was also great to be able to plan these shots with my D.O.P as there are then two creative inputs being fed into the process.
Overall very worthwhile and enjoyable.
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