Monday, March 30, 2015

Snorricam tests

After watching a great deal of snorricam tutorials online, I felt somewhat disheartened at how complex each contraption was to make that attached the camera to an actor's chest. However, I gave my predicament some pondering and finally settled for something a little rudimentary. Attaching the camera onto the tripod, I then balanced one of the foots inside my trouser belt and held the camera in place. At least one hand can be seen in each shot so as to make it appear that the actor isn't hold the camera in place, and that's more or less enough for what I have in mind.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Booking

I've been down nottingham today to have a look at the location. Some of the rooms are smaller than expected, but there are plenty to choose from as well as spare chairs and a staircase that could work well for the film opening. There is heaps of natural lighting which may cause an issue, but I could always bring along pin bags and tape them to the window so as to experiment with the rotolights.

There area has been book for the 7th of April all day. The deposit was £45 (yikes), and £25 will also have to be paid on the day of filming. Then again, we'll have the space for the day which means that there will be plenty of time for coming back to the area to re-film during the day. Additionally, the place has electricity which means that cameras and lights can be charged/plugged in on-site in case of emergency.

The actors that have been casted for the roles of the Assassin and the Cleaner are:

  • Lisa Briers
  • Summer Keeling
I may also take along with me another person so that I have more than one cameraman/woman or someone to assist with lighting.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Contacting the Pit

Now I need to negotiate with potential actors to find out when they're free to film. Here is the schedule that they have sent me:


Wednesday, March 25, 2015

FINAL STORYBOARD








Other potential locations for interior 1

Entrance to Music Block
Large double doors. Useful for the opening to the film but may be difficult keeping them open for the inside shots.

The pattern of this carpet really interested me. Also, the white walls and office-like look of the place is in key with my chosen genre, similarly seen in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Dark Knight and Welcome to the Punch

Large open space, with lots of natural light. Plenty of room for maneuver with the camera. However, the natural light could be an issue due to the fact that it will be harder for me to control the light.

Another shot of the double doors

Charnwood Kitchen
Smooth, metallic surfaces that give the appearance of a mortuary. I decided to scout out this location after seeing some of my classmates film their music video inside here.

There is no natural light in here. Ergo, easy to adjust and control during post-production. Bright-looking objects or obvious kitchen tools can be moved during filming but also, there is access to knives which could be useful for the shot where the Cleaner comes towards the killer with a bladed instrument.

I just like the look of this UV light. I may try to incorporate it into some sort of establishing shot if I decide to film here.

I also like the look of this row of lights. An interesting tracking shot could be done down the aisle also (so long as the cookers weren't too much in frame).

Characters

Cleaner - Interior 1 (Jumpsuit)
Killer - Interior 1 (Brightly coloured suit?)
Runner - Interior 2 (Torn clothes, dirty, urban)
 
People to ask, role-wise:
  • Danny
  • Dylan
  • Summer
  • Lisa
  • Jake
  • Matthew
  • Me(?)

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

NEW PLOT wip

--PRODUCTION CREDITS

--BLACKSCREEN, LIGHT COMES ON TO SHOW DOOR, FIGURE APPEARS, OPENS DOOR, WALKS IN ROOM WITH BLOODIED SHEETS ON FLOOR, SETS BAG DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM

--MATCH ON ACTION TO POV, TRACKING SHOT FROM BEHIND (HANDHELD), TRYING TO DIAL NUMBER BUT NO BATTERY, ‘SHIT!’

--CLEANER STOOPS IN FRONT OF CORPSE (FOOTSTEPS COME INTO VIEW/CAM ON FLOOR), PEELS AWAY BLOODIED SHEET
--MATCH ON ACTION MID SHOT CORPSE FACE, PUTS SHEET BACK OVER FACE

--CAMERA INSIDE BAG, MATCH ON ACTION TO SIDE SHOT PUTTING ON MARIGOLDS, EXTREME CLOSE UP GLOVES TWANGING?

--ACTOR RUNS INTO SHOT OF PAYPHONE OVER THE SHOULDER
--MATCH ON ACTION MID SHOT OF FACE, PANTING, RELIEF
--MATCH ON ACTION TRACKING SHOT FROM BEHIND OF THEM WALKING TOWARDS IT
--MATCH ON ACTION CAMERA INSIDE PAY PHONE AND ACTOR SQUEEZING IN, PUTTING MONEY IN, PICKING UP PHONE, TYPING IN NUMBERS

--LOW ANGLE POV OF CORPSE, MAN COMING CLOSE WITH SAW THEN STOPS AS --PHONE RINGS, STANDS UP, PICKS OUT PHONE FROM POCKET, HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF ACTOR PUTTING PHONE TO EAR ‘KARAM CLEANING SERVICES, HOW MAY I HELP YOU?’

--MID SHOT, FACE OF PAY PHONE USER VIDEO ‘JO, GET OUT OF THERE.’

--DEEP SHOT CLEANER ON PHONE, FOREGROUND PEELS OFF RAG AND BEGINS TO SIT UP
--MATCH ON ACTION TO THEIR FACE. NOT A ZOMBIE; AMUSED. LINGERS AS PHONE ARGUMENT CONTINUES, THEN BEGINS TO STAND, MATCH ON ACTION LOOSENING TIE

--OVER SHOULDER CLEANER FACING CAMERA AS KILLER APPROACHES
--BIRD'S EYE IF MANAGEABLE OR SIDE SHOT OF STRANGLE

--MATCH ON ACTION LINE GOING DEAD, BOOTH ACTOR LOOKING DISTRESSED, EVENTUALLY HANGS UP


SCREEN GOES BLACK ‘TWO DAYS AGO’ 

Location number two

( Kim Kardashian, Prada )

Okay, so my movie will not be as prolific as this recent photoshoot - but the sole image of her with her clothes on was actually the most interesting in my opinion due to the lighting and colours. 
I will by no means try to replicate this photoshoot in my film opening, but I've decided to include a telephone box. Such a phone box can be found near my old primary school: graffiti'd and with broken window, but manageable.

The inside still contains a telephone and the buttons are visible. Due to the fact that the phonebox looks so distressed correlates with my chosen genre.


Parallel Editing

Despite the fact that I have already created a storyboard that matches with the time constraints, I feel as though having two narratives going on at the same time will correlate with Thriller directors such as Christopher Nolan (Inception, Momento). parallel editing adds pace due to the fact that the two storylines keep the viewer's mind occupied, and also interested in the product. The last thing I want to do is make an uninteresting product. Poorly made? Maybe. Uninteresting? Hell no.


So what to add to a torture scene that won't seem too out of context?


Jumping to and from the hostage to somebody travelling to the phone booth, running, to then call the hostage bloke on the phone. It will have to be shot at night. This will also allow me to experiment with shots such as Tracking shots handheld shots, POV shots and snorricam shots. Said snorricam shots are used by directors such as Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets) and Darren Aronofsky (Mean Streets). I could try to replicate these shot by having the actors hold the tripod to their chests, or strap a rucksack to their chest to hold the camera attached to the tripod in place.


SHOTS TO INCORPORATE
--POV
--TRACKING FROM BEHIND/MATCH ON ACTION/SNORRICAM
--HANDHELD/TRACKING FRONT
--POV TOWARDS PAYPHONE/MATCH ON ACTION/CAMERA STATIONARY INSIDE BOOTH
--FINGERS PRESSING BUTTONS/PHONE TO LIPS, HURRIED SPEAKING
--SLOW ZOOM OR EXTREEM CLOSE UP AS LINE GOING DEAD

Monday, March 16, 2015

Idea #3 - kidnapping/pre-torture

Production Credits (30 seconds)
BLACK SCREEN heavy footsteps heard, light flicks on to show a door, (10 seconds) footsteps continue, eventually man with duffle bag seen (5 seconds), door opens, slow zoom begins, man tied to chair with bag over head, man in doorway seen from behind, moves inside, duffle bag set down on floor, camera keeps panning towards them, bag taken off of head (10 seconds)
MATCH ON ACTION side view of hostage’s face, covered in blood, mouth taped up, man in suit leans into shot, staring at hostage (5 seconds)
Close up of hostage, sweating, panicked and irritated, adjusting to light and beginning to breathe through nose. Mouth covered. (3 seconds) Ropes around hands/twitching fingers (1 second), swollen wounds on face (1 second), tied feet (1 second)
Close up of kidnapper leaning in, examining the hostage, lip pouted (5 seconds)
DEEP SHOT kidnapper straightens posture, puts hands in pockets, looks around room, huffs. (6 seconds)
MATCH ON ACTION high angle slow zoom over shoulder of hostage of kidnapper kneeling, dragging bag towards him about to unzip (4 seconds)
MATCH ON ACTION camera in bag worm eye view hand moving into bag, looks up, fake smile (6 seconds)
SIDE VIEW hostage’s head lolling, kidnapper’s smile slowly dropping, his hand coming into view (3 seconds)
MATCH ON ACTION mid shot kidnapper’s hand slaps hostage around face loudly. (1 second)
CLOSE UP hostage’s eyes flickering open (2 seconds)
Pan shot of surgical equipment, but eventually picks out rubber gloves (4 seconds)
Extremely slow zoom, putting on yellow rubber gloves, kidnapper humming tune, hostage wants to protest through tape, kidnapper then picks out screwdriver, grabs hostage’s face, hostage begins to cry (20 seconds)
ZOOM AND TENSE MUSIC STOPS at sound of phone, kidnapper shows irritation/clenches jaw, eventually huffs (9 seconds)
Film title comes onto screen

eta: 2 minutes



Inspiration: Utopia


Utopia Scene Torture from Diego Machado on Vimeo.

eg/ Hostage & kidnapper scenario
      Colour Grading
      Costumes (Suit)

Idea #2

--CREDITS (40 seconds)
--Open locker, take out gum strip, close locker (5 seconds)
--Long shot, slow zoom, protgaonist mid shot from behind (2 seconds)
--Unravel it (POV shot) to find name and address (3 seconds)
--Side profile only mouth visible, puts gum in mouth (2 seconds)
--Walking though building, tracking from behind,  (3 seconds) close up of weapon (2 seconds)
--Open locker, finds cash, close (2 seconds)
--Slow zoom in bathroom, (3 seconds), washing blood from hands (2 seconds)
--Open locker, take out gum, close (2 seconds)
--Look at reflection over shoulder blurry out of focus, then focus on mirror on bloody face, only side of head like and hair visible (4 seconds)
--Use cash to snort cocaine SLOW MO, (4 seconds) bubble popping (1 second)
--Unravel name and address (1 second)
--Ring doorbell (1 second), junky opens door, with chain on, gun pointed to their forehead (2 seconds)
--Scrunches address (1 second)
--Close up, flicking, wiping bloody hands over face SLOW MO (4 seconds)
--Open locker (1 second)
--Flicking lighter x3 (2 second), static on bloodied tv (2 seconds), "please! please! no!" phonecall slow zoom on phone dangling by wire (2 seconds) MATCH ON ACTION to swinging receiver (1 second)
--Open locker, empty - Finally we see the protagonist, who stoops to look into locker, sees nothing, tense music (10 seconds), locker closes
--Protagonist looks tense, looks around (5 seconds), MATCH ON ACTION of cameras (1 second), camer POV (2 seconds), back to mid shot, walks offscreen towards camera, (10) cuts off to title

2 minutes ( will have to do storyboard )

Music to incorporate:

Back to the drawing board

In order to remake the storyboard for my opening and get a decent idea of what to inclde in the plot to my fake movie, I decided to traverse back to TV Tropes.com to look at their definition of a thiller:
  • A thriller is a genre in visual media and literature which focuses on action, fast pacing, tension, and suspense
  • The conflicts are usually between desperate heroes and powerful antagonists who outmatch them by a large margin. 
  • Frequent location changes, time shortage, and Cliffhangers are extremely common. 
  • They are more defined by their plot and devices than by their content. 
  • The genre an cross into many others such as sci fi and action
There was no sign of suspense or tension in my initial film opening idea, only aspects of gore. There was no attempt at suspense, and it was anything but fast paced.

Suspense and tension needs to be built up, be it for a horror, action or thriller project.

As seen in the Dark Knight opening, there were frequent location changes and lots of different cuts to keep the action movie. The music - much like in Psycho's shower scene - was a useful tool for building up suspense. Loud gun shots and smashing glass also added to the atmosphere and kept the viewers on their seats.

What I do not want to include in my film opening is dialogue (so as to pay homage to Kubrick's minimalist approach to film making, and also because sound gathered from the camera microphone is low quality). Also, I would prefer to use as few actors as possible - and have it all filmed at night or in an inside environment where I can better control the lighting.

FOR SUSPENSE:
I (unfortunately) had a look at Mulholland Drive and the notorious diner scene. I say unfortunately because no matter how much I watch this clip, it skills scares the hell out of me - yet I know what's coming. The jump scare at the end gets to me everytime due to the fact that it comes so unexpected despite the man in the diner foreshadowing the 'monster' at the beginning. There is no music - it's just him speaking, although eery sound effects (wind?) begin to start when he regales his dreams to his partner. There are arrows telling him not to go towards the corner outside, yet he's drawn to it inexplicably. The POV shot also puts us into the man's shoes, as if we cannot escape. I will definitely use this shot in my project. Also, experiment with foley sound to get the static noise heard when the 'monster' appears.

So. Revised checklist:
  • Parallel editing (more than one story happening at once)
  • Quick cuts
  • Suspense
  • Minimal dialog
  • Indoor filming
  • Night
  • Colourful lights (neon-ish)
  • Decent sound effects (explore foley)
  • Techno music (adds to 80's aesthetic e.g. Hotline Miami/Drive)
Possible Plots:
  • Kidnapping (either hostage or kidnapper, silent, feeding them?)
  • Heist (breaking into house?, someone opening a safe/door?)
  • Cat & Mouse (ends in gunshot + 'two hours later')
  • Face illuminated by static, slow zoom, switches and scene changes to looking in mirror, lights flickering, tense sound increase, then phone rings, POV moving around location to room with phone, dead line, puts down phone, behind shot, someone puts rope around protagonit's neck, screen cuts off
  • Someone breaking prisoner out of somewhere, different cuts of someone being interviewed, and someone cutting the power, faceless)
  • Sipping coffee in public place, then everyone looks at protagonist, tense sound, looks around then someone sitting opposite, coffee turns to syrup/blood, man lunges with knife, protagonist wakes up (david lynch-ish)
  • Compilation opening: Se7en-esque
  • Someone getting ready, then walking (similar to place beyond the pines; continual shot)
  • Someone doing drugs, dancing in mirror, parallel editing of disturbing images. Blood. Headlights. Flickering light. This imagery builds into crescendo as focus suffers from an overdose, banging on door telling them to keep it down

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Film opening: timings


Warner Bros Logo: 13 seconds
Legendary Pictures Logo: 12 seconds
DC Comics Logo: 13 seconds
Blue Smoke: 10 seconds
Skyline; Slow Zoom towards building before gun shatters window: 19 seconds
Mid Shot man with gun: 3 seconds
Above angle, other man hands him rope to shoot out window: 6 seconds
Man holding mask, slow zoom, car pulls up and he gets in: 13 seconds
Putting on belts: 2 seconds
Close up; thin being pushed down rope: 1 second
Sliding down rope: 3 seconds
Sliding down rope onto rooftop above angle: 6 seconds
Dialog in car: 6 seconds
Mid shot front seat: 8 seconds
Above angle opening bag on rooftop: 6 seconds
Clowns getting out car: 6 seconds
Running/shooting in air: 4 seconds
Bank manager: 2 seconds
Running clowns: 9 seconds
Bankteller hands up: 2 seconds
Clown outside looking at gadget: 2 seconds
Over shoulder/clown getting gun: 3 seconds
Close up bag: 2 seconds
Carrying bag: 2 seconds
Threatening witnesses: 2 second
Handcuffing hostage: 2 seconds
Dialog/shoot roof clown in back: 5 seconds
Clown on ground: 1 second
Faffing with bag: 2 seconds
Running clown: 4 seconds
Man taking off glasses: 3 seconds
Handcuffing victim: 2 seconds
Getting into underground vault: 5 seconds
Spinning mid shot boss clown: 2 seconds
Quiet clown still handcuffing: 3 seconds
Putting drill against vault door: 6 seconds
Clown threatening: 2 seconds
Closeup man: 3 seconds
Smashed glass: 3 seconds
Clown ducking for cover: 2 seconds
Man reloading shotgun: 1 second
Drilling/Electric shock: 1 second
Walking/shooting with shotgun: 2 seconds
Clown looking for more cover: 2 seconds
Pumping shot gun, shooting again: 2 seconds
Clown scrambling: 1 second
Clown different angle: 1 second
Man with shotgun shooting again: 2 seconds
Clown finds other clown: 1 second
Man walking closer: 4 seconds
Clown dialog: 4 seconds
Clown popping up long shot: 0.5 seconds
Man shooting: 0.5 seconds
Close up clown: 1 second
Bank manager: 1 second
Clown comes out to fire: 1 second
Man down: 2 seconds
Close up clown curious: 4 seconds
Other clown comes out: 2 seconds
Clown looks over to him: 2 seconds
Follow into underground vault: 3 seconds
Tools closeup: 1 second
Tolly clown talking: 3 seconds
Over shoulder: 4 seconds
Close up clown opening vault: 3 seconds
Tool clown shoots vault clown: 1 second
Quiet clown meandering around people: 3 seconds
Clown running into vault: 2 seconds
Back shot of him: 3 seconds
Close up grabbing money: 2 seconds
Dragging money bags: 5 seconds
Quiet clown turns around: 3 seconds
Clown dialog: 3 seconds
Quiet clown finally speaks: 3 seconds
Gun clown tilts head: 2 seconds
Other clown does with him: 2 seconds
Gun clown tilts head: 2 seconds
Hit by bus: 1 second

By analysing the timings of this film opening, I now understand that fast, quick cuts are in key with my genre, and I should not be afraid to be more mobile with the camera. I should use tracking shot, shakycam and steadycam.
Additionally, the production company credits almost took up a minute, which means that I could lengthen my product with the use of real - as well as fake - production company tags.

COSTUMES

PROTAGONIST
IDEA 1
  • Light Coloured Apron
  • White T Shirt
  • Yellow Rubber Gloves
  • Blue Jeans

IDEA 2
  • Jumpsuit
  • Boots
  • Mask/Biker Helmet/Balaclava?

IDEA 3

  • White Shirt
  • Suit trousers
  • Black Trousers

Friday, March 13, 2015

STORY BOARD idea 1


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0VERALL
57 SECONDS

( This storyboard is not long enough to last for TWO MINUTES.
I will have to add more at a later date )

THRILLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES: FilmNation Entertainment




Origins: American
Industry: Film distribution and production
Founded: 2008-
Founder: Glen Basner
Products: Motion pictures


Thriller Films
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Two Faces of January (2014)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Side Effects (2013)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)

THRILLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Spyglass Entertainment

Origins: American
Industry: Film distribution and production
Founded: 1998
Founder: Gary Barber/Roger Birnbaum
Products: Motion pictures

Thriller Films:
Instinct (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Stay Alive (2006)
The Ruins (2008)
The Tourist (2010)

THRILLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Legendary Pictures

Origins: American
Industry: Film distribution and production
Founded: 2000
Founder: Thomas Tull
Products: Motion pictures

Thriller Films:
Spectral (2016)
Inception (2010)
The Town (2010)
Lady in the Water (2006)

THRILLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Syncopy Inc.

Origins: British
Industry: Film distribution and production
Founded: 2001
Founder: Chris Nolan
Products: Motion pictures

Thriller Films:

Batman Begins (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

THRILLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES: New Line Cinema

Origins: American
Industry: Film distribution and production
Founded: 1967
Founder: Robert Shaye
Products: Motion pictures

Thriller Films:
Crawlspace (2015)
Pride and Glory (2008)
A History of Violence (2005)
Se7en (1995)

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

IDEAS SO FAR

CREDITS/PRODUCTION COMPANY/ACTORS
SLOW ZOOM of a phone ringing. Ambience in bg, screaming, stops abruptly
Hand (yellow rubber gloves, they’re wearing a butcher’s apron too, maybe—something dirty and bloodstained) picks up from side “YOU HAVE REACHED ___ SERVICES.”

EST: Video tapes on floor, sweets, drugs, STATIC TV

“IF _____ HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, PRESS 1”

Hand presses 1, leaves bloody fingerprint “THANKYOU FOR USING ___ SERVICES. YOUR NEXT JOB WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY”

Walks off in front of camera, scene changes

WORM’S EYE/CROOKED of antagonist

OVER SHOULDER VIEW – dead body sprawled out on chair (bring plastic sheet to stand chair on for realism/not to get set messy), lots of different shots

Change focus when antagonist turns around to walk off screen, in its wake is the title of the film or TWO HOURS EARLIER motif

Phone idea inspired by:

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Checkmate


After looking at some of the film openings that others have done before me in different years and various schools, Checkmate was the text that I found the most inspiring. This is because it was simple, linear, had a strong narrative and not a word was spoken. I don't want to incorporate speech into my film opening because of the quality of my actors and the amount of feedback that may be gathered from the microphones. Also if I had to add sound during the editing process, the opening may end up looking like a dubbed martial arts film. The only additional sounds that I'd consider adding to the opening would be foley; background ambience, which is done perfectly in this opening.

Camera Angles:
Crane shot - Individual on bed
Deep shot - Of room, man sitting on the bed, seen from behind
Match on action - Legs brushing past be, grabbing towel, wiping face
Mid shot - First of curtains, then protagonist walking towards the light
Mid shot - seeing him from behind, at drink's cabinet
Close up of drink being poured
Midshot/deep shot of individual walking away from window

Cuts:
Lots of match on action
Cuts are smoothly edited in key with actions---so match on action. All angles are fixed. No instances of tracking, handheld or shakycam. Reminiscent of an old film noire movie

Sound:
Muffled next door neighbours
Drink being poured
Police sirens
Water in sink
NO DIALOG (I really liked this aspect of the film)

Lighting:
Low key, no natural light
Lights covered with different gels in order to create different colours (I could try this with the rotolights)
Light from the bathroom
Light from TV
Red light from the window that ends up becoming white due to noise pollution

Mise en Scene:
Man in casual clothes (plaid shirt, trucker cap)
Props: Money, drink, gun, bible
Location: One room, delapidated, possibly a set

Dior Homme


This short film isn't exactly a piece media text in the world of Thrillers, but the director Guy Ritchie has made the advert for Dior Homme incorporate certain tropes that appear in both his movies and the genre I am researching.

A man (Jude Law) receives a phone call from the antagonist who appears to be threatening him. All the while, he's getting ready. The girl is also helping him. However as the plot progresses, it's revealed that the woman was the one calling him (somehow?) and the two seem to be meeting up for a dirty weekender in Paris

Camera Angles
Mid shot - reflection of Jude in the window.
Match on action, somewhat handheld of both actors
Midshot - Looking in the mirror, sort of over the shoulder because he's seen from behind.
Close up - Shoes and cufflinks
Slow zoom away from Jude Law exiting building, match on action of car door being opened, drive away
Sound
Non-Diegetic: Muse - Exo-Genesis Symphony Part 2/Phone call/Jude Law V/O
Diegetic: Jude law speaking, the ruffle of clothes and phone wires/Perfume spray/street ambience/car rattles
Cuts
Quick cutting adds pace to the film. There are no instances of shaky cam or handheld to disorientate the viewer. Instances of match on action keep the film smooth and with a follow-able narrative.
Mise En Scene
Locations - Hotel Room/Paris streets/Eiffel Tower

FX BLOOD - WIP



As is seen in the film Psycho, blood plays an important role in thriller films as a sort of climax to tension. The tense music of the genre as well as complex plot always result in deadly outcomes. Of course, in Psycho, chocolate syrup was used to simulate blood - and the shower scene was executed so perfectly that grown men left the cinema vomiting. However, a modern audience are baying for blood, and I would at least like to incorporate some gory effects into my opening, even if it's just a minor nose bleed or a dab of blood on the protagonist's shirt sleeve.

This photoshoot of the actor Jonathan Tucker also gave me inspiration for types of shot to use and character ideas. The costumes such as the bloodied apron and black rubber gloves could easy to get one's hands on, also.



Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Lighting Tests a.k.a. Me Looking Pensive

Lighting Tests
Equipment: Canon EOS 600D
Rotolight(x2) + coloured film

Red Light attached to camera

Red Light attached to camera + Yellow Light held close to side of face

Red Light attached to camera + Yellow Light held from above

Red Light attached to camera + Yellow Light held from side

Red Light attached to camera + Blue Light held to side/below

Red Light attached to camera +Blue light held to side

Blue Light attached to camera

Blue light attached to camera + Red Light held to side

Blue Light attached to camera + Red light held aove

(Oh dear) Light held below

Light held to side

Light shone from behind

Light attached to camera

Light attached to camera + Light held to side

Light held from above

Light held to side/below (close)

Light held to side/below (far)

 Light held above camera
 Film Noire (Light shone at eyes)
Light held side/above