Lighting for shoot

Lighting for Shoot

For our shoot we decided we will need a strong light in order to highlight the areas in the background of the frame. We were hoping to have a light go off in the background of our protagonist or have it help him define himself away from the background and into the foreground. The light is easy to turn off and on and has 200w of power available on battery.

The Super 8 Top Mount we will be using has over two metres of cable which makes it easy to manipulate the light or change its direction on test shoot day.

Before

After

This photo demonstrates the power the light has on the wall. it is not a good light for lighting figures because the light is quite blinding however it will help our subject be more defined from the background.

Revolution - The Power Goes Out Clip

Revolution - The Power Goes Out Clip

This sequence demonstrates how many people would react once the power goes out. Although this is over the top the drama is concise with the emotion we wish to create. As we only have one protagonist we will have to convey the fear not through dialogue but through the emotion shown on the face of the character as he slowly realizes that the world is slowly changing in front of his eyes.

Lighting
The contrast in lighting is significant after the power cuts out.
Camera
The stunning visuals increase as the power goes out. We can use this in our film to signify the change in the atmosphere as the boy goes from being calm in the mundane to unnerved in the darkness.
Sound
There is no diegetic sound for the opening thirty seconds of the sequence. The sound effects increase in loudness during this duration only to suddenly pick up again with stunning visuals to increase the impact of the electricity.

Blackout: The Power Outage That Left 50 Million Without Electricity

Blackout: The Power Outage that Left 50 Million Without Electricity 

This is a interview with the people involved in the 2003 blackout in America. It effected over 50 million people across the country and it was a superposed 'wake up call to the nation' and 'We have a real crisis in our grid, and this is why, despite being a superpower, we have a grid that is comparable to a third world country and that's not right'

This was a good insight into the aftermath of our film. The footage helped us see into the lives of the people affected which helped us create a realistic character. The panic that erupts form the outside world can be hinted at the end of our film with a dramatic ring, signaling the end of normality.

Sound effects Freesound

Sound Effects from Free sound

Sound effects are important to our film as they will allow the viewer to get across the actions our protagonist takes. By adding in these effects we can over react on the sound effects and get across the audience that the technology we use for electricity is wrong and brings to question if we take electricity for granted.

• Space ship passing through (could be used when the lights are going out) https://www.freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/130506/
• Outdoor car alarm  https://www.freesound.org/people/fraioscar/sounds/98973/
• Car alarm 130603  https://www.freesound.org/people/Timbre/sounds/190647/
• Dog bark (as all of the lights have gone out) https://www.freesound.org/people/Puniho/sounds/115536/
• House alarm https://www.freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/19934/
• Glass breaking https://www.freesound.org/people/unfa/sounds/221528/
• Phone Glitch https://www.freesound.org/people/gumballrimpoche/sounds/65428/

Targets for shoot

• Change the ending of or narrative
• focus on varying shot types
• engage the audience with an interesting cliff hanger
• do more tests shoots (as many as needed)
• work on when titles will come in
• how are we dependant on electricity? How will it effect us?
• Include lighting more to make it more professional

 

Examiners Feeedback

Rep 25%
Construction 50%
Evaluation 25%

1. 3 analysis in mise en scene, camera work and sound
2. Research link and how it has informed your planning
3. How have I been inspired?
4. Two opening screenshot analysis (Shot by shot)
5. Titles
6. Storyboard should be uploaded
7. Analyse how titles have been constructed, what does this suggest?
8. Draft photography and draft film making (lighting, sound etc..)
9. Research into our target audience, who is it and what do they expect?
10. Research into our production and distribution companies, independent or mainstream?

 Due in Monday 8th December

 

Before and After Shots of Reflector

Before and After Shots of Reflector

The fourth and fifth shots are the ones that where used with the golden reflector, giving a warmer feel with a tungsten look to match the lights. Although the white was good to highlight the features on the face (Such as close ups etc.) the gold will be useful for wider shots such as the fifth shot (Medium Long shot)

Here is the before shot with no reflector and only the light behind

Here is the after shot with the white reflector diffusing the light evenly over my brother's face. It evens out the shadows and allows us to see his face more.

This is the reflector (90X120CM) which my dad held for me while I took the shots. While one of us is working on the camera another member of the crew can hold the reflector while the shot is being taken.

Here is another before shot with a singular light above my brothers head. This time I used the golden reflector to bounce the light from the lamp above and onto my brother's face.

The after shot shows this gives a warmer feeling to the shot and distinguish him from the background and into the foreground. This concept is a good idea to use particularly if we are using blue lighting, however when we meet up to experiment we shall see if effect works with the low lighting or will create an entirely new effect with our camera. 

Equipment for shoot

Equipment for Shoot

I went out and bought this reflector for our shoot Grid. One of our problems was that the lighting was not bright enough to show the actors face. to solve this problem I have bought this reflector which will bounce the light off and onto the actor. By doing so it will brighten the light onto the actors/Talents face and diffuse the amount of light being sent to his face. This will come in handy when we trial this in our next test shoot because we will be able to experiment with different light sources and the way it bounces onto our actor/Talent.

Incompetech

Incompetech

Incomeptech is the website we have decided to use for our music. We will also be using Freesound.org in order to get realistic sound effects for our video. Listed below are the music snippets we would like to experiment with in post-Production.

• Impending Doom  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100198 
• Controlled Chaos- No percussion http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200060
• Static Motion http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200062
• Satiate- Only Strings http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200056
• Storm-front http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200043
• Red-letter http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100714
• Day of Chaos (25 seconds In) (Can be used when Blue light is introduced) http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300040
• Thunder Dreams http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Thunder+Dreams&Search=Search
• Awkward meeting (20 seconds in) http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Awkward+Meeting
• Reign Supreme http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Reign

We decided as a group that we wanted an unnerving feel to the music to correlate with the feeling of dread in the initial blackout. 'Reign supreme' is a wind driven piece that uses a mixture of horns, bass, Chellos and violins to drive the music to a cinematic end. other music clips such as 'Controlled chaos- No Percussion' use synths which sounds very computer like. This could be used for our opening Titles and to unnerve our audience into the drama genre.

Review for Test Shoots

Review for Test Shoots

After analysing our shots for our test shoot we have decided the two main areas in which we can improve on is lighting and the visuals in our shoot.

• There was too much noise on the video.
• Lights where not bright enough to maintain a good visual image

These problems can be fixed with more lighting equipment and by using the textures to bounce the light around the room. this will reduce the noise of the finished product and it will be easier to edit on post production.

• Buy reflectors to reflect light onto the actors/Talents face
• Lighting
• Record sound with Rhode mic (Car alarms, Dog barks, Angry voices, Glass Breaking)

By using the Rhode mic we plan to recreate our own sound effects thatw can be heard as the protagonist walks around with the candle.

We plan to shoot either on a Tuesday week A or Friday week B. It will depend on the arrival of the camera we will be using which will be available after the weekend has past. We will decide as a team which day we do do our test shoot on and take more shots with potential improvements.

Timing for Grid Test Shoot

Timing for Test Shoot

We plan to meet up for our second test shoot with the shot list (as shown). We plan to meet up at the location at 3:50pm and prepare the location ready for a shoot at 4:00pm. we have had to shcedule the shots in mind of the darkness, light needed and the time needed for each shot. we have layed out what props we will need and will tick them off when we arrive at the location.

Test Shoot for Grid

Timings

Arrival: 3:45 pm

Setup: 3:55 pm

Test Shots: 4:00pm-5:15pm

Experimental shots: 5:15pm-5:55pm

For Grid we decided we wanted to the test the lighting, zooms and other ideas we had brainstormed in class. One of the ideas we evolved on is the mirror reflection (Which is not pictured here) That gave a essence of drama to the sequence. We went through our foundation shots first that we knew we wanted in our short film and then experimented with different shots as time progressed.

This was the setup we placed in for the opening shot. We decided to get the image right before shooting. We had already placed the track down and where able to set up the angles of the shot before our actor came onto set.

This is the intensity of the light around 4:00pm. We where not planning to shoot in this bright light until the day darkened but planned the shot for later and to keep on track with our time. We aimed to keep the light in the centre of the shot to keep the shot parallel and in frame.

This displays how far we had the light away from the door and how we light the scene. The light was bright enough to capture the mood and by leaving the door open we could keep an eye on the light to ensure it wouldn't fall over or be stolen. After experimenting we decided that keeping the door open was a better idea (As described above) as well as lighting it from the outside giving the hallway a eerie look.

This is a BTS shot taken of how the layout looked for the hallway sequence. At first we placed the light outside the front door and shut it in order for it to catch the effect left on the window pane. However after determining that this had no effect on the shot we decided to leave the front door open (As seen below) so we could easily change the intensity if needed and give the actor more space to move past the camera when walking out of shot.

This displays the look that we achieved on the test shoot of Grid. There was enough light hitting the room in order to create shadow but not enough to cause problems for the actor walking towards it. The actor said he was happy with the intensity of the light and found it easy to walk to it without squinting or having to cover his eyes.

This was a shot I took from upstairs. It was not planned to be filmed but the effect given off by the light is striking and had to be photographed. The light was placed in the kitchen opposite and shone directly onto the banister, creating a suspenseful effect on the stairs. If we have another date for test shooting I would like to experiment with this shot more and have our actor walk past the light in order to see what effect it has on the sequence and see if it will create suspense for our genre of drama.

This is an overall shot of what our setup looks like. In this shot is the Nikon camera, Our tripod, Tracking equipment and the Light that we placed outside the window. We placed the dolly in different positions throughout the shoot in order to experiment with the different shots we can use in Grid.

This conveys the contrast of the characters emotions as he decides whether he will venture outside or he will stay indoors. There is nothing good left for him here but all the comfort and the security he thought he had has vanished. The orange is meant to be a source of comfort however it signifies danger with the use of the colour orange. The blue, on the other hand, warns of the danger the world has been left in with no electricity. The gel also ties in within the Sci-Fi genre and gives an essence of danger to our character.

We placed the light outside, however when we where trying to shoot the candle shots the light was not bright enough in order to see our actor. Instead we opened up the curtains more to allow more light the enter through the window and we opened the blinds to create a diffuse between the window and the light. This created an effect on the wall that is not completely visible on the test shot but gives atmosphere to the room. the lines of the wall give the blinds a sinister look to the man-made object, conveying that what was once useful to us is now useless in this unpowered world.

This shot allows the room to seem cold and dark, yet when the candle is lit it lights up the picture only enough to see the characters face. The coldness is still around him yet it gives the mood a edge as we expect our protagonist to decide what he will do next. The blue gel was behind in the shot and the only other light source was the candle (As seen in this shot). This shot worked well as it pans up onto the face of our protagonist, conveying his angst of the situation.

Location for Test Shots and Shoot

Location of Test Shoots and Shoot

The dining room table table will be the main area in which the character will sit at the beginning of our sequence for Grid. In order to get enough light into the room we will also place a blue gel over a keylight outside the window to get an eerie blue light to cast onto the character when the lights fade out. If it begins to rain outside we will have to place the lighting equipment inside but we hope to naturally diffuse the light by using the window pane and spreading the atmosphere across the room.

Use of Mirrors in Test Shoot

Use of Mirrors in Test Shoot

For our test shoot we plan to experiment the shot of mirrors in order to include elements of the drama genre into our sequence. For example I had my brother enter the hallway which we will be using in our final short film to give an example of the effect the shadows have on the character. Mirrors can be seen as revealing the truth of a persons action or quality, and I believe we will be able to show the protagonist facing up to his fear by walking outside and trying to figure out why all the electricity has vanished. We hope to use a blue gel on the light and have lights inside the hallway so the audience can analyse the protagonist's face and understand how fearful he is of the outside world yet he is determined to solve his problem out.

Grid Fonts

GRID Fonts

As a group we have been experimenting with fonts and have been finalizing our final title with the help of Picmonkey.com. We wanted to have a drama/sci fi effect with our film and evolved our ideas from using a shadow or give it a more gritter look with the typewriter, which relates to the use of the internet and how humans will have to revert back to basics.

The first one we decided to experiment with a less serious style. Although we ended up not using this font we did like the mood it gave off with the shadow, however we could not recreate this style after this and decided to go for a more serious approach instead.

Our second font was a more intense outline and had scrapes to look beaten up. However this feels more to do with a war or epic genre which does not tie into our aims and contexts nor does it apply to our Sci/Fi genre. On the contrary we decided to try and keep the jagged edges and search for a parallel lined font that is seen in films like 'Cowboys VS Aliens' and 'Oblivion'.

Third choice was more to the desired effect with less grit but more outline. This worked better for us as we can define each letter and separate them if we wanted to in our opening.

Fourth font delves into more Sci-Fi than drama but does have some attitude to the wording. You know the words are on the screen and it becomes apparent this is the main title and not a sub font for actors/Talent or crew.

Finally Our last font we tried to combine the two once more but we feel this did not work to the standard we wanted. We decided not to use Picmonkey for our credit sequences and instead decided to use Adobe After Effects as it would have interesting transitions and professional looking fonts.

Feedback

Do draft filming shot by shot for saturday


Audience Feedback
Appropate name and suits the diagesis
Likes how the titles merge with the opening sequence
Is interested in how the use of blue with work with the darkness

Font Ideas For Opening Sequence

Font Ideas for Opening Sequence

As a group we decided to experiment in fonts and decided to turn the fonts into a poster. We like the look of this font becuase it branches into the Sci-Fi genre but we feel we would like to experiment more in order to extend our possibility and add an atmosphere to the main titles.

Synopsis of Short Film

The protagonist (Teenager) is sitting at home, absorbed on his computer and interested only on what is on the screen. As we see him become more and more engrossed we see the change in light as the power cuts off. As he panics we realise that everything that uses electricity has stopped working and the boy is on his own.


Themes                                                Reasoning
Mundane                                            The protagonist knows nothing else than
                                                            Playing on his computer games. This can
                                                            Be conveyed through the monotonous playing on
                                                            A computer or gaming device, the boy is obsessed
                                                            And cannot escape his addiction. It is only when the
                                                            De-equilibrium happen can he begin to recover.


Sanity                                                 The boy constantly plays violent games on his device.
                                                            This allows the audience to question the  protagonists
                                                            Motive to play the game and how his actions are not of
                                                            a positive nature (sitting doing nothing, staring at a screen)

Analysis of Fonts for Opening Sequence

Analysis of Fonts for Our Opening Sequence

With these title sequences The Terminator allows the font to add a sense of seriousness and drama to the sci fi film. The font is bold and contrasts with the blackness to the background, allowing a stark contrast to be visible within the opening shot. James Cameron’s name is also important as it can attract.

At 16 seconds the shot fades in to display a baron wasteland with the words Los Angeles 2029. The use of framing in this shot allows the words to be clearly notified in the bottom of the shot. As part of our short film I would like to incorporate this idea by using a white or grey font that will contrast with the blue lighting and orange candle light to bring attention to the actors and the crew.

At 57 seconds a paragraph of text appears containing information relevant to the narrative. The text is then placed in the centre of the frame allowing use to understand the importance of what the director is trying to put across. The native is told within this paragraph so it becomes the main focus of attention, whereas the previous shot did not retain this idea. The director has also decided to allow the shot in the background to continue its movement to add excitement and suspense to the audience while hey read the text.

The main actor is introduced as the title ‘Terminator’ is passed in the background this adds depth and intrigue to the opening sequence because we are now having to focus on the names as well as the narrative. The use of blue also ties into the Sci-Fi realm which we wish to incorporate into our film.

Actors such as Micheal Biehn and Linda Hamilton then proceed Schwarzenegger as the letters’R’ and ‘E’ cross the background. They are framed inside the letters to allow them to represent the coherent to the films storyline and allow Schwarzenegger to has more prevalence in the opening title sequence. All of the opening titles retain in the shot fro four seconds before disappearing into the side of the frame.

We also understand the sequence is coming to an end as we finish on the most important part of the film; the director and Cinematographer. The order of these shots allows the talent to be the key interest at first and slowly move onto the main crew members. When we work together to create our opening sequence we plan to use this as an influence as to when the names of each crew/talent member come up.

The main title appears in front of us in the main reveal. Brass and horns from an orchestra peak at the revealed as a glint crosses the words allowing the audience to recognise that the words are made of a metal and symbolise power and control. Cameron then allows the font to drive backwards at speed, allowing us to realise that previous events have occurred and that we are about to begin a new chapter in the film. The blue is more striking in this shot and becomes more relevant in this shot, bringing into detail the light that is hitting the top of the font and giving it an ominous glow.

Overall I have learnt that the blue is striking with the black background. This is positive news for us because we were intrigued into the concept of blue lighting and now feel more confident in the production process.

Potential Production/Distributors

Potential Production/Distributors 

Universal are a worldwide credited industry who have made a name for themselves with Hollywood blockbusters. Below is a list of films which I find to be suitable for the category such as Schindler's List (Drama), Oblivion (Sci-Fi Drama) and Cowboys Vs. Aliens (Western, Sci-Fi). These films are created for a mainstream market and we feel our films narrative would be interesting enough to be placed in this category, without is being a quick money maker and more of an interesting narrative we wish to bring to the big screen. We wish to treat the audience as smart individuals and allow them to work out what is happening to a world where electricity has gone down without it being too gory or cheap looking. As universal are the distributors we feel they would take a harder approach to the film. It would appear around the autumn time after the blockbusters in the summer in order to attract a teenage audience who wish to be challenged by the subject.

Lighting Techniques

Lighting Techniques

As part of our lighting technique I decided to look further into the sci-fi genre of lighting decided to take influence from Dr Who because of the mood of the lighting. Although this is a TV show it has a good quality lighting scheme that we hope to match in our sequence. I took the screen shots off the BBC iPlayer from two episodes (The first four screenshots being from 'Listen' and the last shot from the episode 'Kill the Moon') where the atmosphere becomes increasingly tense because we as an audience are foreign to the blue colours and darkness, therefore making us feel more uncomfortable. We get the feeling something bad is about to happen and that we cannot control it, however since we are connected to the protagonist we are encouraged to continue to watch the narrative. The blue can also intrigue an audience as well as help achieve a cinematic looking shot. Below I have analysed each shot separately to define what makes them useful for our shoot:

For this shot I feel that the use of the mist highlighting Oswald's position as she hides from a potential threat is a creative use of lighting. It gives the bed a dark mood to it and that she is visibly frightened by the experience she is going through. 

This shot is a good example of how we may light our protagonist when we are building up to suspense. We can hint at the events that are about to happen (Such as when the lights first turn off) and allow the audience to notice the change of mood without using dialogue, however it will not overshadow the narrative as our protagonist stumbles around for a natural light source.

This is my favourite shot of all. This was created by using a fog machine and a blue keylight from outside the location. The fog gives the scene a definite look and allows mystery to be allocated to the shot. This also gives Oswald a silhouette that highlights only her figure where we can only figure out she is staring at something that is not in our view. There is a great depth of field in this shot by the use of the bars and the ladder up to the bed which gives the shot an interesting look.

This shot uses the blue in a cooler effect as if the moment has intensified greatly or is calming the audience down. By doing this the director will lure the audience into a false sense of security even though we are still unhinged by the physical look of the shot. We become further aware of what Oswald is looking at and become intrigued as to what she is finding so interesting.

The reason I wanted to include this shot is the use of the torch in this shot. Even though we are not setting our sequence in space the use of the torches allow the blue to further shine through in the shot. This gives a supernatural element to it and allows a lens flare to be added when shone straight at the camera. For our sequence we plan to use a candle, on the other hand if we find the candle is not suitable enough of we want to intensify the mood. We can include this as a secondary prop or have the torch flicker on and off before our protagonist chooses the candle instead, referring back to the plot line that all electricity has gone down.

Test Shots for short film Grid

Test Shots for Short Film GRID

With our lighting we decided to use the light of a candle to add suspense as to what is outside. I like the first, second and fourth shot as I think the lighting adds a film of claustrophobia to the film which is a key part of drama because protagonists are forced into situations they cannot control. The use of the clothing as well worked well because they sink into the background and allow the idea of a tried and boring world to be visualized without the use of background information.

We think that the suspense can be done through this light however we will need to do a test shoot to see the results on video. We have arranged to meet up once a fortnight on a friday as our group cannot met up anytime else.

Feedback for Media As 10/1/14

• Rough draft of storyboard needs to be developed into further versions that will be viewed in premier

• Test shots with keyboards and electronic equipment to make sure they work on the day of production

• As a group we must go onto premier and upload our pictures. However the storyboard must be of a better quality and readable for our narrative to flow better. We must further investigate our soundtrack in order to create a mood in which we wish to tell our narrative.

Storyboard for Grid

Storyboard for GRID

Our storyboard shows how we want to create atmosphere in our sequence by including the use of a candle and the blue lightning. We all took it in turns to draw however we all came up with ideas through a mind map (shown previously). We have agreed that although this is no our best piece of work we wanted to get our narrative down on paper and get across our pivotal shots of the sequence.
As a group we plan to also add more detail into the storyboard and hope to incorporate the lighting into the shots (such as what light will hit the subject or foreground etc)

We have also decided that we need to change the ending of the narrative. Instead of the boy travelling to a window we thought he would walk to the front door were a blue light surroundings him creating a silhouette. This will create enigma that will continue through onto the main title.

Opening Ideas

Opening Ideas

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

For our plot we decided to change the narrative slightly. We have decided to rewrite the main protagonist as a teenage boy. We are going to cast Luce's Brother in the main role. We go through with him with the script and ensure that he is happy to portray the character on screen.
We have been deciding on what feel we want for our soundtrack. Although we are not entirely happy with what we found. We felt it gave us a good insight into how we wish to portray the naive characters shock and wonder of the outside world as the lights go out. It will be as if he has never paid attention to the world and has finally rearlsied how different it looks in the coldness we shall portray it in. Below is a list of music we feel will make it to our final score.

Satiate-Only stings

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=040&Search=Search

Codes and Conventions of Sci-Fi and Drama

Codes and Conventions of Sci-Fi and Drama

Sci-Fi

• Cold Lightning
• Phenomena not fully expected accepted in mainstream science
• Political or social issues (Trust, family,morals etc)
• Use of technology
• Strange occourances (predicting our future such as natural disasters or the death of the human race)

Drama

•  Depth development on rearlisitc characters dealing with emotional themes.
• Themes include alcoholism, Moral dilemmas, sexuality, poverty, corruption and natural phenomena.
• complex characters
• Audience can relate to the on screen event
• Resolve a tragic crisis (Death of a family member or divorce etc)

this will focus in on our audience closer and attract them to watch the film. Lucie and I plan to research soundtracks for our film and create hte right tempo for the film.

Tori joined our group from another group after complications with her story. She has taken on the role of sound and will now be focusing on creating enigma through the soundtrack. We will give her feedback on her findings and will reasearch with her to find the right sound we want.

Blackout

Blackout

Blackout is  a Channel 4 series that ran on the channel in 2012. The programe was about the lives of British people after the power Grid goes out. This was a very good series connoting trust, family and survival. This is all done in found footage style filming which I find intriguing as it is not a style of filming I normally find myself viewing. Overall this series has a similar narrative plot and deals with the issues we wish to tackle in our film.
This film links to the britishness that we are aiming for as it was created in partnership with Channel4, who produce birtish films at a high productive scale

Beautiful Scenery- Photography

I was assigned to take photos of my local area by my teacher so I could have a greater understanding of locations and possible scenes for our film.

 

 

These two albums where both taken in my hometown as I walking through on an evening stroll. I took these shots on my Nikon Coolpix L830 SLR and was able to capture the clock in detail as well as the plants in the foreground. I love the depth of field this camera brings to my phots. i have taken note of where these possible filming locations are.

 

These two shots where also taken on a walk through my village on an afternoon walk. There is a lot of fields in my area so I was able to walk onto the land and take some shots of the landscape before it was harvested.

again the focus and depth of field are impressiv eon this camera. however I will need to be careful because Nikon ar enot renound for thier video quality as they are their picture quality. I will discuss with the team what action will be need to be taken.

 

This shot was taken when on a shoot for 'Tom's Day Out' a short film that I worked on a year ago. I was playing around with the parallels of the track and how it contrasted the smooth countryside around us.

 

This shot was also taken on Tom's Days Out while taking a break from shooting. I noticed a couple where getting married across the road and I also spotted a circular statue nearby, thus creating this picture. I had to take the photo a couple of times to get the framing right but i was happy with my results.

 

Another shot from Tom's Day Out, this was what was behind me when I was taking the shot above. I took several shots in order to get the right one, but I am pleased how this shot turned out. I love the sunset that catches the ripples on the river and the way the boat is placed perfectly within frame. This got me considering framing of our work in our film and I began talking with Lucie about her visions for the film. We both agreed our visual would improve if we framed the subject correctly.

 

 

This was taken with my Nikon SLR camera while outside playing with friends. I noticed the moon was out and grabbed my camera to snap a shot. I took several and was able to zoom in to get a good quality photo.

 

This photo was captured while at a families wedding. My brother was standing in the middle of the shot and I decided to take a photo of him. I love the lighting in this one and it gave a romantic yet cinematic feel to the shot. I want to create a similar feeling with the lighting, creating suspence for what lurks in the darker as the boy is only used to the light.

 

This last photo was taken on my iPod while my parents stopped the car for something to eat. Although this is in Hastings and would be hard to travel to I like the layering of this shot and the stark contrast of the sky compared to the pebbles of the beach. This could portray the natural world and what the boy is missing out on.