Spotlights shine on Video 3

Written by Bartel and Bachelor, ‘mute’ tells the story of a girl named Willow, played by Ella Platt (12), who struggles to find her voice in life causing her to struggle to get her friends and family to listen. The idea came from a pitch deck Bartel presented to the group. “I don’t think it’s a story that’s often told in media. Yes, the story of a character not fitting in is told, but a character not being able to talk or have a word or say, I think it is an interesting approach” Bartel said.

Even with such a small class, everyone still carries a big workload on set. The on-set roles in the team are as follows: Bartel as the director and script writer, Bachelor did the jobs of both electrician and assistant director, Crane worked hard as director of cinematography, Ayers is what’s called an art director, Christensen excelled in audio design. The director holds the overall idea of how the film should look and play out as a story. Electricians work closely with the cinematographer to make sure the lighting in a shot looks good. The cinematographer does more than just move and set up the camera. “She is in charge of creating the visual aspects of Miles’ story” (Luchs). An art director sees over all of the “arts and crafts” of what is seen on screen. This includes costumes, props and even food. It also comes with making sure things within a shot are consistent, a job hard to do over many different takes. Audio design is operating the microphone on set as well as overseeing all final audio editing.