The bucket list

How important is the set or location to the overall effect of the film?
It was really important that most of this movie was filmed in a hospital. It showed how sick these two individuals really are and how friendships can start from the weirdest places, but just in time.

Why do you think this film is shot on this set or at this location? (many movies have one central set and other minor ones. Focus on the main set. If there are many locations, choose one or two of those locations and focus on them.)
I believe that this film is shot in a hospital to show how someplace so depressing can really become something so great to some people. Movie shows the hospital as a symbol where friends can meet even under bad circumstances instead of just where people lose their lives. If it weren’t for this hospital these two guys would have never become friends and would have never done the crazy things that they did.

What is the art director trying to tell you with the costumes chosen for the characters?
The costumes of the two friends really show how different they both are. One is an average man who works to live and the other one is a really rich man who lives to work. When they were in the hospital, both wore hospital gowns to show that they were equal in life.

Is the lighting for the film appropriate? Why/why not? Is it harsh and direct or is it soft and diffused (or somewhere in the middle)? Explain the lighting.
I feel that the lighting in this movie was done really well. It really brought out the good and happy moments. Then put a sad emphasis on the dark moments in which life was being lost. The movie had parts where the lighting was harsh and a little too much, but it was hardly noticeable. It also had its parts where the lighting could have been a little more. For example, I felt the lighting could have been more when they were in the lodge at the bottom of the mountain. I think it would have put more of an importance on that scene.

What is the director trying to tell you with the style of lighting chosen?
The director is trying to tell us about the mood of the movie. With darker moments of the movie, he is showing the hard times both men had to face. Then he would lighten the scene to show that no matter what problem there was, the two men would get through it and find the light when there is little left. The lighting was really well coordinated with the moods of the movie.

What colors are prominent? Why? What message is being sent?
At first, the colors were plain and boring, like the white of the hospital. It showed how dull the life was for the men in the hospital. Then once they started taking trips all around the world and doing crazy things, the colors started to brighten up and become more lively. When the men started to get sick and lose their lives, the colors went back to being depressing and sad, but finally ended with the bright colors and sights from the top of the mountain to show the brightness of the lives of both men to each other.