The Historical setting, forest location, cool and earthly toned coloring from The VVITCH(2015) and the fantastical setting, sibling dynamic, and ever present stalking presence of the Beast in the woods from Over The Garden Wall(2014) combined together makes up the Tone of The Red Boot.
Visual Motifs
Subjects framed by tree limbs and shots dirtied up by trees and foliage to give a sense of denseness to the woods.
Wide Shots and High Angles to make the subjects feel small.
Close up on Props to Introduce and establish Characters. Each character will have a prop which represents them.
Locations
The Woods are alive in this story. A living breathing interconnected organism. The Woods as a filming location will be shot as if they were a character in of themselves, utilizing shot types that are usually exclusively used for human characters, such as over the shoulder.
This film takes place over the course of a single day and as such the sun will set throughout the film. Early on in the daylight The Woods will feel like any other wooden location but as the forest grows darker the shot selection will reflect the setting becoming more alive.
The family’s home, The Cabin, and Hildegarde’s house in the woods are places of safety. The film opens in the family’s home as they get ready for their day. This scene will be the warmest scene color-wise in the film to represent the safety of this location. Hildegarde’s house is also warm toned, but less so then the family home, this location is safe, but not as safe as their home is.
The warmth of these interior locations will contrast with cold & cool colored exteriors of The Woods representing the danger of the cruel wilderness.
Each of these comparable films are of similar look, feel, and tone to what we are seeking to accomplish with The Red Boot.