Design Assignment Five
Since this scene takes place in a hotel, I wanted to look at some places that fit the bill and are close by.Ā
This ballroom is at The Inn at St. John's in Plymouth:Ā
I like it because the brick gives it an old feel but the sunroof gives it a hip feel, and the balconies allow for us to get high angles.Ā
Here is a lower angle of the same room so you can see the sunroof.Ā
A place that was brought up at the producers' meeting was the Detroit Athletic Club.Ā
This room has a unique ceiling and the high awnings make it look classy.Ā
Boasting a similar feel and closer to home is the Michigan League ballroom. This might be too identifyingly Ann Arbor, but is also a nice ballroom.Ā
As far as a scene to pick for this week, the one that immediately came to mind was the apology scene in Mean Girls. In both this scene and our scene, women who have wronged others (and have been wronged themselves) address all of them as a whole and apologize.Ā
A way to make this scene in our film both heartfelt and humorous could be to cut to the guys who have been wronged when they make disgusted or overly moved facial expressions- kind of equivalent to the SHE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE moment from an earlier scene in Mean Girls. What Mean Girls does well is to strike the balance between genuinely emotional and funny, and that balance is what we want to go for in Love Assassin.Ā








