Planning the Set

Car VS Car

Now that my teammate Leandro and I were finally able to settle (on a better, thought out idea), the project is starting to get really exciting. After reviewing the outline of our scene a couple of times, we realized we need to focus our opening on the mise-en-scene elements. The scene is going to be somewhat basic. Through research we found that most dramas don't start so dramatic, instead they introduce the characters or setting. For our piece we're choosing to do the same.

In order to develop this homeless man we have to focus on costume design and set design. We want him to be living in his car so in order for that to look realistic we need to make the car and him looked lived in. So we compiled a list of costume design ideas and the type of set design we want.

Prop List/ Costume Design

• Used wrappers/ cups from fast food
• Duffel bags on bags on bags on bags 
• Unique air freshener that hints at location/ personality
• Snack or food
• Sleeping bag or sleeping necessities
• Windows creaked open
• Clothes everywhere
• Man's clothing and overall color scheme dull
• Baggy, cheap clothes

We came up with this list pretty easily. My teammate and I simply just thought what our car's look like if we were living in it. While answering this question, we realized we had to figure out which car to film in. We are both grateful enough to have a car so we had options. We began comparing the two...

Hyundai Sonata 2012

Chevron Sonic 2016

We decided to go with my car. My car is a Chevron Sonic 2016 and despite being newer than Leandro's car, we concluded that mine looked somewhat older. All of the circles in the design and the pattern of the seat have off an older vibe. Now we still need to figure out where we want to put the car to film and the camera shots that will work best with the car and theme.