We also used a Samyang 135MM lens, This lens was useful when creating very specific detailed shots mostly used for B-Roll in the garden of flowers but most importantly used for our final shot revealing the passing of the father's son headlined on a newspaper.

Our final Lens we used was a Lensbaby Composer Pro II. During the scene where the father falls asleep and begins to dream of his son at the beach we used the Lensbaby to enhance the dreamy aspect. The lens allows you tilt it up and down providing us a more creative control over the focus. This allowed us to selectively focus on specific areas of the frame while blurring the rest. This lens meant we could mimic and see the distinct difference of what is a dream what's reality.

Application of this LUT is non-destructive. If the intensity of LUT appears too strong on certain shots, the opacity of the effect can be toned down.

Rather than taking the poem at face value, we wanted to extract ideas that we thought would suit our film. We therefore took the idea of loss of faith, but wanted to look at loss in a more general sense, linking it to the power of nature. Furthermore, we wanted to explore the interaction between nature and human grief.

Video format: 1920x1080 25p

Shooting mode: CineEl

Colour: S-Gamut3.Cine/SLog3

Scan Mode: Normal

Codec: XAVC-I

Shutter: 1/50, 25fps and 180 degrees

Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,

At their return, up the high strand,

Begin, and cease, and then again begin,

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in.

“Listen!” serves as a command to the reader, I suspect it’s intended to grab the reader’s attention by suggesting what follows is important.

“you hear” could be the writer speaking generally, as “you” could be referring to a general group of people. However, the writer could also be targeting the reader through the use of “you”, suggesting that what follows could be applicable to the reader specifically.

The imagery of “grating roar” evokes a harsh, grinding sound. Possibly alluding to the power and force behind waves crashing onto the shore. “Grating” implies there’s a rough and unpleasant quality to the sound.

“Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,”

“Of pebbles” implies that the “grating” sound may be coming from the movement of the pebbles, the movement of the pebbles being agitated by the “waves”

“the waves draw back, and fling” sounds to be describing the action of the waves, pulling the pebbles towards the sea, then forcefully ejecting them back onto the shore. “Draw back, and fling” clue the reader into the forcefulness of the waves.

“At their return, up the high strand”

This line focuses on the movement of the waves as they return to shore.

“At their return” refers to the moment when the waves come back to the coastline, completing their cycle of movement.

“high strand” possibly refers to an elevated shoreline, such as waves crashing into cliffs or simply a steep coastline.

“Begin, and cease, and then again begin.”

I believe that this line is referring to the cyclical nature of the movement of waves. “Begin” suggests the starting point of the waves’ motion and “cease” indicates the moment when the waves stop their movement. “And then again begin” reiterates the idea that this process will repeat again and again.

“With tremulous cadence slow, and bring,”

“Tremulous” means shaking or quivering slightly, but this in addition to “cadence slow” implies that the waves have a slow unsteady rhythm. The use of “cadence” is interesting because it’s a term often used in music, suggesting that the movement of the waves has a rhythmic, almost poetic aspect to it. “Bring” implies that the waves are carrying something along with them, likely the pebbles as mentioned earlier.

“The eternal note of sadness in.”

This line suggests that there is a perpetual, timeless quality to the feeling of sadness evoked by the sound of the waves. This sadness is not temporary or fleeting but seems to be an inherent part of the waves’ sound.

“Note” is another musical metaphor used within this poem, likening the sound of the waves to a constant, haunting melody that accompanies the sound of the waves.

“In” indicates that this sadness is somehow contained within the sound of the waves.

Our decision to move forward with a 4:3 aspect ratio was to allow for a "more intimate portraiture" (Andrea Arnold to Filmmaker Magazine), as naturally, subjects will make up a larger portion of the frame than 16:9. In a 4:3 frame, backgrounds are not as prominent, drawing focus to the subject solely.

Another source of Inspiration we took from "Aftersun" was by shooting directly into the sunlight, this made the film have a sense of realism and make the audience feel like they are part of the experience however for us it was to enhance the dream like look during the 'dream' sequence.

We open up with the old man's home. Here we can gain a sense of personality through the look of the home. The garden being full of flowers and garden ware revealing his crafty, creative side to him. The garden itself is used as a metaphor that in order for his heart to heal his heart must grow.

We then enter his living room. His living room looks warm and welcoming. This is to show that the living room is his place of comfort where he can relax and be at peace.

As he falls asleep on the sofa he starts to re-connect with his son. Here he dreams of his Son coming to him. The dream is set at the beach as this is the location where his son went missing and lost his life. The beach is also where his Son and him would often spend their time at, this is suggested to the audience as we see the old man often crafting stone decorations to hang up in his house to preserve the memory of his son.

As the old man re-connects with his son we cut back to real life and see a newspaper article revealing the missing of his son.

We hand-made these decorations ourself as we felt it would make it feel more realistic and loving with the handmade look.

To make this we handpicked the stones from a beach (Eastney Beach) and then using a mini Pillar Drill and a 3MM bit size screw, we drilled in the middle to make little holes. Luckily some stones also had natural holes giving a more symbolic look. We then thread a thin wire through the stones and tired them together.

To make the Newspaper we used an online newspaper template and added an image of the son to it.