In the module of 'Storytelling for Animation', we were allocated six sessions with Frankie, our lecturer for 'Cinematography'. After consulting with our second year peers and watching some of their cinematography final pieces, my group and I came to a realisation that most of the themes were horror and we didn't really want to tap into that.

After pitching our idea of a drunk lad coming home and somehow ending up playing a tensed up game of Jenga with a teddy bear, Frankie said he liked it a lot as it seemed like we were pitching a "Say No To Drugs" campaign. Honestly, that seemed like a good way to go about the project.

This was our final piece:

We had such an amazing lead actor in this project and we were truly grateful to him as he was so cooperative with us throughout the entire filming session. The major issues of this project was trying to handle the teddy bear. We had one of our team members to move the bear but also not have their hand in the shot. The scene where the bear slams the Jenga stack out of frustration... we only had that one chance and thankfully we did 'warm up' shots before leading up to that one sole scene.

Overall, it was a good experience and also the post-production team definitely had fun editing and compiling the footage and also had fun with the effects that they could mess about with. Hopefully you feel the intensity of this cinematography project!

Have a nice day!