art director treatment

My Treatment as Art Director

As the art director it is my job to consider the locations in which we are going to film, the Mise-en-scene, how it will work within our drama show realism and also to create an atmosphere and emotion. The way each character is presented in the drama is important in order to make it effective and easy to follow. The characters in our drama all have different personalities, so I want to make this obvious through the clothes each character is wearing.

Mick is representing the mouse in our drama; he is going to be dressed in dark, scruffy clothes with jeans and converse shoes. Mick is a shy character who is seen as the vulnerable loner in the drama who is confronted by Leon. Mick’s traits will be made obvious through his costume and posture and body language.

Leon is representing the lion in our drama; he is going to be wearing bright, Chavy clothes, a bright labelled hoodie and baggy track bottoms. Leon is the leader of his group, always trying to show off in front of his friends and make himself look hard. Leon try’s to make himself look bigger than he actually is using his posture and gangster swagger and this will come across on camera. Leon has a threatening body language that intimidates others.

Ryan is one of Leon’s minions. Ryan is always trying to impress Leon and looks up to him. However, Ryan has a greater sense of morals. Ryan will also be dressed in chavy, but unlabeled track bottoms and a hoodie. Ryan, like the other members of the gang, has an aggressive posture towards outsiders. Though, this is merely to impress Leon.

Tom like Ryan also looks up to Leon. Tom is dressed very similarly to Ryan. However, Tom comes across as the more aggressive of the two, Tom will have the sleeves of his hoodie rolled up. Tom’s posture and body language deliver a more intimidating feel than Ryan’s and Tom is overall a more aggressive character.

When we come to post-production we may choose to slightly desaturate the colour at the beginning sequence of the drama, this will help display the negativity and aggression. Towards the end of the Drama we may choose to remove the desaturation of colour as the story becomes more positive. We have decided as a group to film our drama at Christ Church Park and the College, we chose these locations because the park allows us interesting background scenery and lighting. The particular areas of the park that we will be shooting in are fairly secluded, this is a good thing because we will be able to shoot our footage without interruption. The drama establishes with Mick exiting the college although being busy, this gives us a realistic narrative to work with. The props that we use in the drama will help deliver the element of realism. The cup and straw plays a vital part in the narrative as well as the Headphones, which lead to Mick’s lack of concentration.