We discussed the following ideas at our meeting. Next we will develop these ideas and see if they actually work well. Who knows maybe it’ll lead to other ideas…
Filming the TV when she is on it. Audition tape – hello my name is, hand held? In dark room (tarnation)
Interview – Locations, Studio, set up as audition piece. Professionally lit, white back drop, exposing lighting. Nothing in background. Interview questions, her replies to over stills and clips that we get. Coombe abbey, establishing shot, (pride and prejudice, sees pemberley) switches to observational, oppositional, wow to how boring it actually is for such a grand place, un-glamorizing. Actual observation shots, nicely composed shots viewing her non intrutional. Dull lighting, drained, shadowy, candle light, natural through windows mirroring the unnatural light of staging.
Archive footage – pictures of younger, on stage, dancing? Any videos if possible. Professional rather than amateur. Head shots. Pop idol footage, boot camp etc. Footage of possible audition this week. images shown on TV, so it feels more like your watching it back with her. TV light on her face, TV over her shoulder, TVs out of focus.
Graphics – basic speech following text.
Reconstruction – Using the conventions and codes of an audition to introduce our character.
Music – Emily, humming a tune naturally.. Using footage and singing on some clips. Scales?
Emily’s audition number as the title – represents that she is one out of millions of people searching for the job of their dreams.
