Cast List for magazine
Model- Jamie Elphick-Calle
Friday, 4 May 2012
Journal - Photo shoot
Journal - Photo shoot
My photo shoot did not go as I had originally planned as I had planned to do it in the studio ay woods browning where i could have shot against a plain black background with superior lighting sources which would have made it look more professional and easier to edit. However I overcame this by having the villain the main centre piece of my magazine and that would be the back of him and therefore did not need much lighting. The camera I used was the same one I'd have used at Woods Browning so in terms of the quality of the image it is no worse than it would have been if things had gone as originally planned.
The other major problem I faced was that Merran was unavailable for the day I needed to photograph him. However, I once again overcame this as his face was never seen in the trailer so I took another person of similar build and photographed them in the costume instead. I believe this has worked very well as when looking at the magazine cover you would not know that there is a difference between the two actors.
Photo shoot Lighting
Lighting for Photoshoot
We have three lights all
pointing at our lovely model. Light #1 is called the
“key” or “main” light. It is the main source of light for the subject. Its main
purpose is not only to light the subject but also to provide depth by creating shadows. This is why the
position of the key light is off camera left.
Light #2 is called the fill
light. I have it slightly off camera right, which is fine, but you really want
to keep it as close to the camera’s axis as possible. For a standard portrait,
you want to have the fill light at about half power compared to the key light.
This is not an absolute (nothing in photography is). If you want the shadows
more prominent then use less fill light. The point is that you want the fill
light to produce less light than the key light or you will lose the depth in
the portrait.
Light #3 is called the hair
light in this position. Its purpose is to separate the subject from the
background by lighting the hair. This effect greatly improves upon the three
dimensional look a professional quality portrait should produce. Light
#3 can be used in a different way to separate the subject from the background
as seen below.
Masthead/ title ideas
In terms of my Masthead ideas I narrowed it down to 3 possible ideas. These are as follows:
How filming went - Journal
Film Journal
In terms of how my filming went I believe it took longer than it should have done. Originally I had wanted to do all filming and have it finished by the first day of filming. But due to daylight hours and the availability of my actors I was limited on the times I could use them. When we did film there was at time some joking around between my actors which obviously did prevent maximum filming getting done. Though I did not mind that as I believe that is something that happens when everyone films as is always seen even in Hollywood films through bloopers and outtakes. Without allowing these people that freedom to enjoy themselves and get comfortable then the quality of acting that you'll get from them will be considerably worse. I also wanted to make sure that my actors had fun making this film and enjoyed themselves.
I did not film in maybe as many locations as I would have liked to but I had experienced several technical difficulties with the equipment I had and time was running short with the actors rarely all being available on the same day. For example on the last day of filming Merran was not present at all and I only filmed Jordan and Caleb.
Budget
In terms of budget I had to work with a very restricted budget mainly making use of what I had. For example I asked Jordan if he would be in my film as then I could also use his car in my film. Otherwise I used a gun that we already had and other props which were also already available to me.
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