BEHIND THE SCENES

The making OF THE WALLThe making of the wall was a very long, time consuming process. Because of this I enlisted some help with the charcoal drawings and not only did this help

speed up the process, it also meant the wall look more creative as the ideas were coming from three people as opposed to just me.

As we had so many pictures to draw, we looked online at things that are associated with death to help us.

The second challenge I faced was how I was going to stick them onto the wall without ruining the wallpaper. In order to overcome this, I decided to stick all the pictures onto a white blanket and then fix it onto the wall with some small nails and a hammer.

I then continued to stick the pictures on , making sure they overlapped to hide the blanket and to emphasise the large amount there is.

However, the blanket was not completely covered as I wanted the audience to realise the protagonist was in the process of completing it and that is why he is acting so erratic.

I then used some of the pictures on the table around the area that my protagonist was drawing, to show that he literally hasn’t stopped thinking about death. I then decided this would be an ideal place to put the tea lights, to add to the atmosphere and make it seem that they were the only thing providing him with lighting.

The vodka bottle was also placed within them so it could be easily seen. It also adds to the abnormal atmosphere and portrays the protagonist as mentally being in another world and not completely in control of himself.

When I was filming all these props could be seen and individually had a strong contribution to the overall set.

This is how the set looked from a wider angle.

MAKE-UPThe make-up was a primary factor in my trailer, and was used to help portray the characters behaviour and states of mind.

Both characters had powder on their face to make them look paler. They also both had fake blood put on them. I chose to only have a small amount coming out of the protagonists nose as I thought it would be to much if he had the same amount as the spirit, as he isn’t dead. I thought that the fake blood I had purchased

was too runny and thin, and wasn’t the dark red, thick blood I was aiming for. So in order to overcome this I mixed it with talcum powder to make it thicker before putting it on the characters faces.

Fake scars were also stuck on the protagonists face to show that the spirit was slowly draining him of everything keeping him alive.

I used the charcoal sticks under the actors eyes to make them look darker, causing them to look more tired/dead.

This make-up was also used in my magazine and poster pictures.