Colors EPK

COLORS DIRECTED BY AUDREY BAI & ISAAC SEAH Download: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/download/rV7BYYokHtrk Permanent Play link: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/rV7BYYokHtrk

CONTENTS 4 TREATMENT 5

STORY BOARD

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SHOT LIST

9 STILLS 12 EXTRAS

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COLORS LOG LINE A STUDENT MOVES THROUGH OCAD JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY. ON OCCASIONS, THE BUILDING REFLECTS HER MOOD THROUGH ITS COLORS.

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COLORS TREATMENT The video aims to bring attention to one of the most unique aspects of OCAD’s architecture – its colors. The intention of the video is to prompt students, teachers, designers and visitors of OCAD to reflect about the role of colors in the built environment. The film is a low-budget project, relying on the use of equipment rented from the Daniel’s Faculty. The video will run for approximately two and a half minutes.

Designers, artists and architects turn to colors to create moods, symbols and aesthetic appeal. Throughout the campus, an individual can observe a strong emphasis on a colored theme. This emphasis presents itself in the form multicolored pillars of the Sharp Centre for Design and various uniquely single colored locations around the campus.

The motif of the film is the relationship between people’s moods and the different colors of the building. While the focus of the film is placed on the spaces within the campus of OCAD, the relationship between mood and color is depicted through the appearances of a character who moves through different locations of the building. The film depicts the journey of a student through different parts of OCAD in a regular weekday. The film goes through green, yellow, blue and red spaces before ending with a night scene. The feelings of freshness, happiness, sadness and passion are illustrated respectively by the different colored spaces.

The track “The Winner Is” by Mychael Danna & Devotchka was chosen as it begins with a light hearted tone before moving to a more emotional climax.

This corresponds to the emotional order of the scenes, allowing the journey through the building to become a more immersive experience. The film is largely shot through panning movements and moving shots. This was done to replicate natural movement through the building despite the budget constraints.

At the end of the video, the audience will have gone through an emotional journey around OCAD and hopefully, they will pay more attention to the colors that are subtly influencing their moods.

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STORYBOARD

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

1. Green as a representation of fresh- 1. Reveal the colorful pillars of ness, introduce the character.

OCAD.

1. Present the colored space between the doors of the entrance.

1. Red as a representation of passion.

2. Introuction of OCAD through a landscape view.

2. Continue the movement of character into the main building.

2. illustrate ambition of character.

3. Illustrate the change in color as the doors open.

3. Emphasize the wide space and red colored lighting from the exhibition space.

2. Continue the movement of the character.

3. Present the park positioned at the 3. Place emphasis on the box-like west of OCAD. shape supported by the pillars.

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Scene 5

Scene 6

Scene 7

Scene 8

1. Yellow as a representation of hap- 1. Transition from the staircase to piness. workshop.

1. Blue as a representation of sadness.

1. Conclusion of the film.

2. Subtly suggest the character’s mood through her movements.

2. Show the different colors and textures along the corridor.

2. Subtly suggest the character’s 2. Show OCAD’s bluish exterior apsadness through crushing of paper. pearance in the night.

3. Emphasize the artworks and grafitti on the completely yellow walls.

3. Express the length of the corridor. 3. Frame the cloudy blue sky and have a close up shot of view out of window.

3. Ends with character leaving campus, fade into black.

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SHOT LIST Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Location:

Location:

Location:

Location:

Park beside OCAD

Trail leading to main entrance of OCAD

In between the two doors of the main entrance.

Exhibition Area

Props & Equipment: 1. Tripod 2. School bag

Props & Equipment: 1. Tripod.

2. School bag

Props: & Equipment: 1. Tripod.

2. School bag

Props: & Equipment: 1. Tripod 2. Red clothes / item

Technique:

Technique:

Technique:

Technique:

1. Start with focus on character 2. Zoom out to reveal OCAD.

1. Start with a neutral focus on pathway.

2. Pan camera upwards after character walks past camera, placing emphasis on the pillars and box-like feature of Sharp Design Centre.

1. Sill shot 2. Capture movement of character going into the building.

3. Capture the color shift in the space as the doors open.

1. Still shot.

2. Capture the space of the exhibtion area 3. Character serves as an exhibition together with the other artworks.

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COLORS Scene 5

Scene 6

Scene 7

Scene 8

Location:

Location:

Location:

Location:

Yellow staircase level 2-3

Yellow staircase & 6th floor Corridor The Workshop

Outside OCAD’s main entrace (night)

Props: & Equipment: 1. Yellow clothes / item

Props: & Equipment:

Props: & Equipment: 1. Tripod 2. Crushed paper, paper 3. Blue clothes / item

Props: & Equipment: 1. Tripod 2. School Bag

Technique:

Technique:

Technique:

Technique:

1. Moving shot 2. Several clips throughout the movement required to show illusion of charcter reappearing after going down the staircase.

1. Moving shot 2. Continuous shot along the corridor.

3. Camera should remain relatively centred throughout the movement of going through the corridor.

1. Pan shot.

1. Pan shot 2. Briefly show character’s actions. 2. Zoom into the character to show 3. Focus out of the window, into the action of leaving the school. sky.

4. Pan into pillar for transition into the next scene.

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FILM STILL 1 We start the film by introducing the character as she makes her way towards OCAD through the park. This scene shows the position of OCAD beside the green park where there are tons of activity happening during the day.

The greenery of the park suggests “freshness” marking the start of the student’s daily journey through the OCAD campus.

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COLORS FILM STILL 2 This scene depicts the yellow stairwell, an extremely impressionable and easily accessed area. The stairs are fequently used by the students of OCAD as it leads to all the levels of the building, allowing students to skip waiting for the elevator situated beside it. The character depicted in this scene feels happy, represented by the color yellow. Her other thoughts and emtions are subtly represented by other colored spaces throughout the video of the building.

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FILM STILL 3 The final scene of the video depicts the building at a landscape scale while showing the motion of the character leaving the campus, marking the end of the daily journey through OCAD. The scene is filmed at night to represent that it is common for a design student to work till late at night, only to leave the school when the city sleeps.

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COLORS EXTRAS

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“So for me designing without color is rather like boxing with one arm behind your back�

- Will Alsop