Evaluation

Costume/ Props

Father Anderson's costume: For Aaron to look like a priest his costume consisted of a black shirt (with priest collar), black trousers, black shoes and a long jacket for when he arrives at the house. Props: We also gave him a bible along with a flask of holy water to give to Ian. Along with that he also had some rosary beads. 

Mary's costume: Hannah had to wear pajamas to make it look like she has been in bed for days. We also tied her up by her arms and legs.  

Jenna's costume: For Jenna's costume she had to wear standard casual clothing a mother would wear along with neckless and bracelet. Props: We gave her a blood soaked knife for when she is possessed. 

Ian's costume: For Ian's costume it is just casual clothes of a black t-shirt and jeans to make him look like a teenage boy.  Props: Ian gets given a flask of holy water by Father Anderson.

Textual Analysis: Maybe One Day

‘Maybe One Day’ is a film directed by Chris Cottam and has also directed 6 other titles including one film called ‘The Lives of the Saints’ which was a comedy/ drama created in 2006. This film documents a day in the life of ‘Dan’ from the moment he wakes up to when he falls asleep conveying a sense of life and experience, extreme and heightened feelings. This is achieved through the journey of one man. Shot from a steady camera attached to him looking directly at his face, which documents him on his day.

The story line to this short film is about Dan waking up as the sun breaks through the curtains, leaping out of bed as he goes to the bathroom and cleans his teeth. He walks through busy rush hour crowds, jumps in a taxi, sits on a train, the background blurring in speed behind him. The whoosh of the scenery fades away running down a green hill, sheep scattering, cows watching, arms open wide. We see him running on to pebbles on a beach and eating an ice cream, the sea washing and cascading around his head, his face looking relaxed up to the sky. We see him in the cockpit of an acrobatic plane, which twists and turns through the clouds, his face pulled by g-force. Finally in bed, his eyes rest, he smiles and turns out the light.

The film starts off with a shot of Dan waking up to commentary of himself and his daily routine. He comments of things like “Twelve steps to the bathroom” “76 Brushes” “29 centimetres of floss”. As he goes though his day the scenarios change from his apartment to the busy rush hour crowds, sitting in a train and country side as he avoids going to work and breaking his daily routine.

The shots used in this short film are the same though out cutting in certain places as time goes by. The non-diegetic sounds in this short film are slow and depressing at the beginning of the film, but when he decided not to go to work the music become more up beat and happy and stay this way as he goes though all these different scenarios but then slowdown towards the end as he goes back to bed. The other non-diegetic sounds in this short film are the dialog over the film of him commentating on his life, like the music in this film the dialog starts of slow, tired and he sounds like he is depressed but when he decides to not go to work and ‘break his routine’ he become more loud and confident, towards the end of the film when he goes to bed he says quietly “I enjoyed today”.

The lighting in this short film is natural lighting in the outside scenes. The clothing changes through out the film. He starts off in his pajamas, then as he is getting ready for work he changes into his work clothes. As the film goes on his work clothes become loosened to show he is relaxed and happy.  The suit makes him look like a typical office worker making the story more believable. I think this short film is very effective in the way it documents the mans daily life. The shot they use though out the film is also very effective as it focuses on the man its self and how is surroundings change through out the film. 

Creating Father Anderson's death

First we had to stick the fake scar onto Aaron's neck.

Applying the make-up on Aaron's neck.

We then put a thick layer of fake blood around the scar then applied a second layer but make it more runny to make it look like it was pouring out of the neck. We had placed a old rug underneath Aaron so the blood  wouldn't stain the carpet. 

Meet the cast

Name: Aaron Lee
Character: Father Anderson
Aaron was the only member of the final cast who came to the auditions. We where blown way after his audition and was a certainty for the role of the priest. We asked him to grow his beard to make him look older.

Name: Hannah Fewings 

Character: Mary

Not many people came to the auditions auditioning for the part of Mary. However our teacher introduced to Hannah and we cast her for the role of Mary. We also had to get a black wig to cover up her red hair as it would not suit our film.    

Name: Ruthie Rosental

Character: Jenna

We only had one person come to the audition for the role of Jenna but she lived too far away. Thankfully our teacher had links to a theater company and this is where we found Ruthie to play the role of Jenna.  

Name: Philip Lee

Character: Ian

Last but not least was Philip. We had many problems filling this role as the original actor for the role of Ian broke his ankle and was unable to travel down for filming which forced us into changing the script from the 'Father' role into the 'Step-brother' role. The next actor we got was from our school but was unable to comedown on the last day of filming which created many problems but thankfully Aaron Lee called his younger brother down (Philip Lee) and suited the role perfectly and did an amazing job on the final day of filming. 

Shots on set

Me placing the lights in front of the house. We had to move the lights around to get the most effective use of the light.

Shooting a shot of the house across the street.

Here we put the camera on a small skateboard to capture a shot of the priest as he is walking towards the door.

Here is how we shot the 'taxi' pulling up at the house.

Touching up on the makeup during the shots.

Adding the fake blood to the knife.

Shooting Father Andersons death.

Final Draft