In regards to make-up, I decided to keep everything natural, with next to no make-up actually being used. I wanted to make the shots that I got in both the poster, magazine and overall trailer, as realistic as possible. This in mind, I kept Anthony's make-up non existent as I didn't think that it was necessary. As for Marie I just decided to put some lipstick on her to brighten up the face as I thought it would make it look a little lighter when she was filming scenes of herself looking sad. Other that this small aspect of the shots and scenes, I didn't think that any other form of make-up would be necessary. This was to enhance the idea of verisimilitude and to make it more realistic overall.
The lighting for the majority of the filming and all of the photographs that I am going to be taking for both of my ancillary tasks are going to be done using natural lighting. As I am going to be doing this in a park and am shooting on days that are hopefully going to be very sunny, the lighting should work out really well. If I have any lighting issues and to to source light from somewhere else, I am going to continue shooting with the light that I have and then edit my photographs in photoshop to make them a lot brighter, increasing aspects such as the exposure and brightness. In regards to filming and the lighting, if natural lighting isn't in abundance then I am going to cancel shooting and continue another day as I don't want to sacrifice lighting, simply because I want to get it done. For all of the other scenes that are inside, I am going to try and use as much natural lighting, through aspects such as windows, in order to match the lighting as best as possible. If this doesn't work then I am going to have to use artificial light, simply from a lightbulb as I don't have any professional lighting available. This however, will still work as I can change the exposure and various lighting aspects within the camera to make it look like natural lighting. This is something that I think will actually work out a lot better than I am expecting.
The costume for both the photographing and the filming is going to be the same, except when filming inside, when coats will not be worn. I decided to let the actors choose clothing that they would normally wear so that I could capture a realistic idea of the two different people. I thought that this would work a lot better than if I were to decide what they were to wear. It should hopefully make them feel a lot more comfortable as well and therefore, I will get better shots. Hopefully the outfits that they are both wearing will work well together, if not, I will make one of the actors change so that there is some form of linking colour scheme between them. I think this is important if I want to get the audience to see the connection between the two characters.
I am going to use a number of different shot types mainly focusing on long shots and medium shots. I am also going to experiment with some close-up shots to highlight the sadness and loneliness of the characters. I may also include some form of establishing shot, so the audience can get a feel for where the entire trailer is set. I'm not sure whether this is going to be an important factor when it comes to creating my trailer as it is not 100% necessary. However, i will get an establishing shot for experimentations when it comes to the editing process. I am also going to do over the shoulder shots to show a conversation. I am going to do this because I think that it is one of the best ways to show a conversation between two people. It also shows a close connection as the characters tend to look very close together in the shots.
I have looked a lot at influential imagery, especially for the poster aspect of shooting. I wanted to make sure that I could highlight the relationship between the two characters in a unique and efficient way. I did this through researching films that include an 'unlikely frienship' and then continued to look at the posters for these films to see how other people showed the relationship effectively. The main poster that highly influenced me is the film poster for 'The Intouchables'. I really like the way that it has been put together with the character positioned very close together, filling up the majority of the page. This is the main influence that I got for shooting my own poster images.
In regards to what influenced me when filming, I thought a lot about the film The Blind Side, because I liked the way that they were able to get the two characters overcoming their differences in order to form a friendship. This is the same in the intouchables, which is also why I decided to look further into the poster for the film. Both films are incredibly heartwarming which is something that I would like to replicate in my own work. Both of these films have had a lot of influence over how I am going to do certain aspects of both my ancillary tasks and main tasks.
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