Creating virtual sets

It was considered to build the sets as physical models, film them and then edit the footage and add layers in After Effects, using camera tracking; this technique was already used in the development of the film in Part II but it proved to be problematic, in particular when trying to control the camera movement through the physical set. In order to allow more control over the sets and facilitate manoeuvre (i.e. camera movement), they will be build using two-dimensional components to create a 2.5 dimensional space in After Effects, therefore a virtual environment.
This video is a very basic test to try effects of light and duplicated layers in After Effects.

Developing the narrative of the film project

The departure of the story now is that of a subject creating his own reality as a means of escape from the collective reality of the contemporary city (this concept appears also in Part I). Following this idea, the structure of the narrative is divided in two parts, which are articulated through the element of the ‘temple’ (container of spatial system), differentiating between an outside and inside, between one reality and another. The first part is a collective urban reality (outside the ‘temple’) as an introduction representing the context-site interpretation; the second part is a synthetic reality projected by the subject (inside the ‘temple’) as a representation of mental space and time. The development of the narrative within the synthetic reality follows the analysis and mapping out of ‘Last year in Marienbad’, throughout the five sets (corridor, hall, room, gallery and garden).