LAUAN601-Concept Art for 'Sal and Peppy'

Concept Art for 'Sal and Peppy' 

As well as working on my own short film, I decided to broaden my work by working on the concept art for the backgrounds of Briony Caswell’s short film: ‘Sal and Peppy’. I received mood boards from Briony based on a 1930s kitchen setting. These mood boards include: the set out of a standard kitchen in the 1930s era, the style of the chairs and tables and lastly, a prop sheet of what would be placed within the kitchen during each background, depending on the action within the scene. Briony explained during our conversation that she wanted the floors to be checked/tiled and also gave me a colour palette to stick to.

Some of the mood boards I received:

Designed by Briony Caswell

Designed by Briony Caswell

Following the guidelines given to me I started by creating a concept sheet of the design of the cupboards and fridges. Studying the design of different cupboards and fridges I created many different designs for Briony to choose from. I enjoyed doing this piece as it gave me a break from my own short film and allowed me to work on pieces that I have not had a chance to do before. As well as this, it also made me realise how much I enjoy doing concept work and found myself happy with the concept boards that I created for the background designer.

Concept art for the design of the cupboards and fridges in the 1930s style:

Concept art for the design of the props around the kitchen:

Once the basic concepts were finished for the props and the furniture within the kitchen, I moved on to the aesthetic design of the checked and tiled floor.  I started by using perspective skills learned during this course with the end result of the six different camera angles of the kitchen. This was going to aid me when drawing the tiled floor because I was able to test out how the tiles would cover the floor based on where the camera will be as well as, giving the director a vision of what the tiled floor could appear like and the test of what colours from the palette worked best with the furniture within the kitchen.

Concept art for the checked/tiled floor:

To finish the final concept design, I put all the concepts together to create two different 1930s styled kitchen. I did them with two different colour palette and different colour schemes and designs of the furniture within the kitchen. Creating two kitchens styled differently allowed the director to see the layout/set-up up of the kitchen based on what layout will be the most effective for the action that is going to take place within the background. As well as this benefitting the director, it also supplies the background artist with designs to work off of when laying the background depending of the perspective of the kitchen during the action of the characters and the props within the scene.

The first draft for the layout of the kitchen:

Briony also asked me to play around the colours, and eventually landed on the final colour palette of the kitchen being: number 3 for the checked floor, number 6 for the colour of the wallpaper and lastly, the layout will be the kitchen with the red table.

The final concept design for the 1930s style kitchen: