We are building this set on a stage very much as you see it. The color palette for this set will fall in the cooler tones... grays and blues to punctuate the blood. Our talents wardrobe will also be in the cooler tones. The room will appear to be naturally lit by sun streaming through the windows. Outside we won't see anything but white. I might even toy with seeing a bit of flare as if the sun is literally falling through the window. The talent will be washing dishes, slowly, calmly. She isn't rushed. The camera will push in slowly towards the woman. I would like to have a foreground element such as a breakfast room table with some elements on the table... salt and pepper, napkin holder...something to that effect. This will give us a little bit of depth.
If we are on schedule I will probably want to push the camera in from this angle and cover her action in a close up to give the editor choices.
2. MS Woman stands at sink washing dishes - blood drips from nose - notices blood.
In this shot we will turn around and bring in a wall behind the talent to play as the other side of the kitchen. The talent will be well lit by the simulated sun coming through the window. I want to try having the woman's face slightly in shadow. The wall behind her matches the cool color palette of the rest of the kitchen. The wall will be sparsely decorated with a small painting or some wall decoration. The back wall will be underexposed as the sunlight is not hitting it. I imagine a slow push in here as she discovers the blood dripping from her nose. I am going to take the action a bit further than in the boards and have her actually put her hand up, touch the blood and look at it. This will occur in the sequence after the blood drops into the water. We will work to have the blood appear from her nose and then drip.
While we are in this set-up I am going to push in and get an out of focus plate shot of the woman's chest so that we can choose to add an animated droplet of blood dropping through frame. This is, of course, if we have the time.
3. MS Underwater Cam - blood drips into water - slow motion
John Micheletos is building a rig for this shot. Its going to be a wood platform standing 5 or so feet height. A Plexiglas box will sit on top of the platform. The platform will have a square cut out so we can look up through the Plexiglas to the surface. The talent will be positioned over the makeshift sink. We will then drop the blood. We'll shoot at 60 fps so when the blood hits, it spreads in slow motion... dramatic. All of the props will be in the cooler tones so the red blood will really pop.
4. ECU Underwater Cam - Blood spreads - slow motion
If we have the time, I'd like to reposition the camera to the side of the Plexiglas tank and shoot a ECU of the blood spreading. We can put something white behind the blood to emulate the side of the sink. It will be out of focus.
5. Car driving shot on road in Presidio - shoot through a grove of trees.
This shot is a nice to have if we have time after shooting at the Vet Hospital. There's a place in the Presidio where we can set up the camera in the trees and then follow the hero car as it drives down a wooded road past us. We'll use natural light. There are no structures and if we don't see any other cars, the road can easily play for 1950.
6. Woman arrives at the Hospital, gets out and walks to Hospital.
In this shot, the woman will open the door of the hero car. The camera will push towards her on the dolly as she gets out and closes the door. The camera will follow her as she walks towards the hospital. The car will remain in the foreground. We will rack and tilt up to reveal the building to which she is walking (the VA hospital).
7. Blood flows through clear tubing (couple different angles on this)
This is another nice to have, but it will give the editor choices in post. While we have the tube set up, I'd like to frame a static shot of the tube and have blood flow through the tubing through frame. I'd like to have a loop in the tube to make the frame more dynamic. We'll try for a series of three of these shots. This shot will take place in the doctor's office set-up.
8. Woman sits in chair giving blood
In the doctor's office set-up, the woman will be laying on a medical bed and giving blood. The doctor will be sitting next to her holding the bottle of blood. A needle will appear to be in her arm. Blood will be flowing through the tubes into the bottle taking the blood.
9. Close up Blood collection bag or glass container
While we are in this set up I figured we punch in and get a close up of the blood in the glass container being held by the doctor.
10. Close up - IV in Woman's arm
More texture. More options for the editor. Punch in and get a close up of the woman's arm.
11. Doctor considers blood
This shot captures the doctor sitting in a chair next to the desk looking at the blood. We'll capture it wide and close with two focal lengths. The doctor considers the hero glass container with the blood.
12. Close up - Blood in glass container (tilt down to reveal doctor)
13. CU - IV tube entering doctor - same axis as shot 8 (step in)
14. CU dolly pull to MS of lab technician holding up vial of blood
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