The comfort of home: Characters in location
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min read
When thinking of transforming a location I wanted to see how much a location could say about you. How much of your own personality can seep into to the world around you? What does your room say about you? Looking at these concepts will enhance my knowledge on scene creation and how it can be used to represent personality or character.
To begin exploring this I decided to take photos of my desk and make alterations between shots to create different personalities. I chose to focus on desk as it is where a lot of import aspects of character come through. Not only that but for me it is where I keep a lot of meaningful possessions.
Looking at this scene there are many things I can take away from it. My extensive planning is shown through post-it-notes, notebooks, and an organisation folder. The cup of tea could indicate a workaholic or a warming level of comfort. The multiple mementos on the wall also speak to character- a ticket to theater performance highlights fond memory and indicates theatrical hobbies, a postcard hints to far away relations and could even indicate isolation or someone away from home. The messy nature of the desk also indicates to character suggesting someone sloppy and lesser care for the space around them.
Thinking of this I went for the opposite aesthetic and cleared the desk to represent no personality. I thought if i cleared everything is would be a neutral set and represent no characteristic. Although this was true as there is nothing to suggest personality the thought that someone would be living here was ere.
Because of this I thought of something that would pin point a stereotypical personality. I used feminine products such as make up, lighter colors, even considering what was on the computer screen to create personality. In reflection I could have explored with greater detail and more characters however I found the thought put into each section allowed me to explore the idea with all the available detail I could provide.
This experimentation was a great beginning to the task. The work has allowed me to think more analytically about what is shown in a scene and why. I wish to push these ideas further and analyse how film creators build sets that speak for their character. My initial thoughts are The Grand Budapest Hotel, Clockwork Orange, The Hobbit and BBC Sherlock.
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