We Have an Art Director!

Yes we do, yes we do. Our kindly course director, Gerry, has arranged it with the Wimbledon College of Art to have their third year art directors work with us. Which is how we were lucky enough to hook up with Tilly the Terrific! Yes indeed, she is! After an hour and a half's worth of me deluging her with the billions of ideas teeming inside my head I was sure that I had confused her beyond belief. Yet as soon as I got home I was surprised to find this; an expertly organized list of everything we talked about. Long live Tilly!

Discussion and ideas, following our chat today

Characters

Luma

Palestinian, late 20’s, well educated (postgrad student), privileged, attractive, passionate, intense, extreme, cosmopolitan, restarting her life by coming to London, writing a thesis, becomes obsessed with newspaper articles on situation in Palestine, covers the walls in newspaper clippings, writing history paper, in an apparent mess, supposedly organised, she has nostalgic trinkets from Palestine

Dan

Lead guitarist, attractive, slightly scruffy (in a cool way), inconsiderate, messy, enjoys attention from fans, fake modesty, obsessed with his music, and his band (in the same way that Luma is obsessed by the situation in Palestine), music paraphernalia; amp, guitar, sheet music, CDs, record player, records, laptop, itunes

Similar characters-both passionate, charismatic, attractive and privileged. Both have their own interests: Luma; writing, Dan; music.

Set Dressing

Colour Tones

Each character to have their own colour palette. At the beginning of the film, there will be more colour, compared to late on when the tones become more contrasting: black-and-white. Black-and-white: a motif representing the strong and uncompromising views of the press are illustrated by Luma and Dan and will it be most evident in the newspaper clippings.

Their Flat

On Location: living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.

Muted tones, white, pastels, very bright and airy at night, very dark, fluorescent lighting. Hot, humid, claustrophobic, fans, window open, curtains blowing, wilted flowers, messy, paper everywhere, newspapers piled high, lots of books. Leftover food, glasses, ashtrays, cigarettes. Clothes draped over furniture, ironing board left out or stop washing piled high, folded ready to be put away. Trinkets, touristy things from Palestine. A couple of guitars, AMP, wired, CDs, guitar picks. Their mess is somewhat separate some areas him to be more dominated by either person.

Kitchen: feel small, cramped, and stuffy.

Bathroom: reading material by the toilet.

Off-Licence

On Location: one day filming.

Contrast in colour tones to the flat, bright, lurid, busy, mesmerising, lots to absorb. Typically British corner shop, run by an Indian man with British accent. No space is spared. The place is overflowing. Little light coming in, as too many advertising posters on window. A shop which sells everything.

Location Specification.

Quiet - house or flat.

Large rooms, especially living and bedroom.

Living and kitchen to be adjacent (for view along the length of the wall)