Self Directed Project Brief

Painting as Inspiration Film and Styling Project

During this unit you will develop your creative and practical skills in film design and styling. The project is divided into 2 parts but each part is integral and supports and develops your skills.

Part 1 - Styling

You are to visit the National Gallery or National Portrait Gallery in the first week of the project and select and painting which you would like to interpret. The painting can be from any period and can have just one character in or a number of characters.  

Once you have selected a painting you should decided whether you would like to interpret the painting in the period portrayed whether you would like to place it in a contemporary context.

The outcome of the Part 1 should be presented in a photograph (taken by you or by a photography student if you can arrange it yourself). The project has £0 budget so you will have to be resourceful and inventive in your creations. You will have access to the costumes in the costume store and can contribute a small amount of your own money if you wish to purchase items from charity shops etc.  The skill in creating this piece will be in the styling of the costume ready for camera.

Part 2 – Designing for Film

You will work closely with a film crew from the BA (Hons) Film course to costume a film inspired from a painting from the Courtauld Gallery. Students from the film course will chose a painting and pitch their ideas to the tutors. 8 ideas will be chosen and you will be assigned a film each to design and source costumes for. The actors in the films are students on the BA (Hons) Acting course.

The turn around for the project is very tight and forces you to be creative with time management and work to a tight budget. ALL costs come from this very small budget so try and use our store as much as possible and try and negotiate something with your producer.  

Each shoot will last 1 day and you will be required to work on set. You will be assigned a film as a designer and will also be required to work as an assistant on another of the films.

HAND-IN

For hand-in you will submit:

A sketchbook including: research, development ideas and photos from the styling project and research, development ideas and on-set photos from the film project.

A film file: Continuity, Character breakdown, Budget breakdown and any other relevant paperwork generated. For most of this you can use print outs from Costume Plot Pro .

Important dates for your diary:

DATE	INFORMATION	LOCATION
12th March	SDP Briefing	Studio 1
12th March	Paintings Briefing	Studio 1
22nd March	Tutorials	Study Space
10th April	Trip to the Courtauld Gallery – leaving AUCB 8am returning 9pm	London
13th April	Film Pitches – times TBC	UH001
23rd April – 3rd May	Filming – groups and times TBC	Studios and on location
23rd May	Final Screenings – times TBC	UH001

Please refer to the SDP timetable for specifics. Please note that you will need to make your own way to the National Portrait Gallery in the first part of SDP.

The trip on the 10^th April – cost TBC.