Drama Pre-production/Initial Ideas

For the drama scene, we have been given the task to look at how the original director interpreted the scene and adapt this using our own directorial vision as to how we would direct the scene. I have watched the scene several times and liked the way the Director - James Strong, directed it, often using lots of close ups and over the shoulder shots to show emotion on the face of the person speaking at the time. I have decided to use quite a few similar shots as I think they work well. However, there are a few cutaways between conversations towards the end of the scene which I have decided to show using a split screen. This will show each conversation happening at the same time so that it will seem like a conversation between Nigel and Susan when in fact they are having separate conversations with Miller and Hardy. I think this will give the scene more of a seamless appearance, allowing the characters to offer their opinions one after the other. In terms of lighting and colour, I would like to explore different options to express my own creative vision for the scene. We had a lighting workshop yesterday where we learnt how to set up some hard lighting for filming. This is a very important aspect which is always carefully considered when shooting an interior scene. As my scene is an interrogation, I think that lighting could be crucial for setting the mood and atmosphere as I would like it to increase tension so that the suspects look under pressure. In terms of colour scheme, this is something I would like to look at but is something I would use in the editing process with Adobe Premiere. Colours can be used to express moods and tones so this is an aspects I would definitely like to look further into to make the scene expressive.