For our lighting exercise I was director and producer, as well as choreographing most of the lighting. We chose to replicate the black and white scenes from the film, Memento. I was very lucky to find an attic room at a relatives house in which to film, however this was a difficult location to get to for the crew, resulting in a late start.
As we only had one day to film this added pressure was a challenge as we had to film while there was natural light outside but we still managed to get it all filmed in one day. The attic room was ideal as we could pass it off as a 3rd story hotel room, much like the location used in the original black and white scenes in Memento.
We decided to put our own mark on our replication with the use of a black actor and a soul Bible instead of a Giddeon bible, as well as using the actors London accent for the voice over. We managed to source as many of the props seen in the original scenes in our own homes and from the location, displaying great resourcefulness and the power of team work.
We filmed on a DLSR which allowed for smooth, varied shots, even in difficult spaces such as the small bathroom. We used a shotgun mic on this for the sound however I do feel from experience with should have used a boom mic with zoom mic to record clearer sound. However, this equipment was used for the voice over recording, which is the main sound used in the scenes, and so the use of the shotgun was fine in this particular case.
I feel the lighting should have been used to create more shadow in the left-hand side of the room but as this was our first experience using the lighting we didn't use the right lighting angles to achieve this. I also feel we should have filmed in colour and then colour graded to black and white, as the original had a slightly blue tint and so this would have achieved a more accurate replication.
Overall, I feel we created a fairly accurate replication with our own twist. I was pleased with the result and feel I have learnt from the mistakes we made in our final short film, Human, in which the lighting was used much more effectively.
Links:
Original Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bragrpm50k
Replication: https://vimeo.com/87672862
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