The Newlywed Visual Deck

Camera Technique

Bea is the heart of this story. Aside from being a main character, she is funny, grounded, and sarcastic, while the other characters are self-serious to a fault, melodramatic, and fundamentally struggle to relate to her. To play with this dynamic, I believe we could treat her coverage in a fundamentally different way than her surroundings. Inspired by some of the handheld camera-work in “The Adults,” I believe handheld could have a very strong presence in this film. It can be irreverent, immediate, and authentic, just like Bea is.

On the other hand, and objective, and dramatic portrayal of other people’s worlds, could serve to create the friction and feeling of discrepency between Bea and the other characters in her life.

Picture Scene 1:

On Sarah’s monologue, there is a slow, heavy tracking shot. Starting close, we give her all the power and gravity, until we infer that she’s speaking to someone else, and eventually see her in the environment of the coffee shope. Then we snap to a handheld shot of Bea for her line. Now that we are in that world, and Bea has taken her power over it, the rest of the scene can play out with the irreverence of handheld.

This is a starting point, and a look that we can toy with, and evolve.

 Lighting references

Expanding on the style of “The Adults,” I also really like “Fleabag” as a reference. That show’s ability to straddle naturalism and style is so interesting and I think lends well to this film. “The Worst Person in the World” is also naturalistic, but vibrant and expressive. “Weekend” has a more neutral look, in their grade, but leans on soft and beautiful lighting. Other references include “La La Land,” “Liquorice Pizza,” “True Romance,” “Game Night,” and others…

ExteriorS

Apartments - day

Apartments - Night

Coffee Shop