Original Images

In the poster there is going to be photos from two different photo shoots, the first photo shoot it mainly made up of close ups
of Deluca and Sarah.

When doing the first photo shoot we had the actors wear black to fit the colour conventions of the genre. It also helps make the images more dramatic and show more of the emotions of the actors such as in the image to the light where she looks very serious. With the studio shots we also used black backgrounds to add to this.

I think the studio close ups came out really well as I got the lighting and focus right on all the images.

The medium close ups I took with the ballon did not come out as well as the backdrop was not up high enough and the yellow of the ballon reflected on the model. However, I shoudl be able to fix this because I want the image in black and white anyway so should be able to edit it. 

The final photo shoot was done in the lane where the film was set to show the setting. These medium close ups came out well because the pose of the model and setting creating a sense of mystery that I wanted for my images. The lighting could have been better but because it was outside it was hard to control but I will be able to edit these images to make them more interesting.

Final Actors and Crew

Final Cast:
Travis Brown as Deluca
Rose Harris as Sarah
Ryan Heanre as Hugo

Crew:
When looking at the crew sadly Dan Goward has dropped out of 6th Form this means that the crew will now only consist of myself and Alex Prynne.

Costume design sketches

Her are some sketches (bottom of the page) I have done of the clothing the actors will be wearing during the short film. For the short film I decided we would keep the clothing very simple I did this though use very simple colour such as black which is a colour used for a least one piece of everyone's clothing.  Sarah clothing  I decide to kept it very simple with a black t-shirt, jeans and black shows the reason for this very unadventurous clothing is because I did not wanted Sarah to look different instead I wanted her to look like a normal every day girl this was so the viewers could relate to her. This is a convention which I kept finding poping up in films of this genre, a film which I  can relate this to is Paranormal Activity where you have people like Diana a unknown actress in every day clothing which just makes you relate better to her below is a image of her in Paranormal Activity.

I also did the same thing with Hugo's clothing I did this though having him in a hoodie which stereotyped as a pieces of clothing for people around Hugo's age. Although for Deluca I made him have more adventurous clothing because he is the main character and I wanted him to be seen as different I did this though having him wear clothing such as a pea coat. A good example of this would be the swan queen in the Black Swan where the main character wears very unique style of clothing shown in the image below however you could argue that Deluca is a lot less extreme however this is just a convention which I have taken on board but put my own twist to it.

Actor Change

On Tuesday 16th December, we had planned to do a second shoot of the scene we had already done, however Travis did not come so we have now replaced him with Ryan and once Callum is back after Christmas he will return to his role of Hugo.

Throwing A Punch and make up research

For my short film there are not any special effects needed as all of the murders in the short film are done without seeing the person getting murdered, for example when Deluca kills Hugo you see the back of Hugo so you don't see where he gets hit with the rock so this means that really I only need to research into how to throw a punch for the murder/fight scene to look real.

As the short film includes a fight scene I thought it would be suitable to do some research into fight scenes and how to throw a punch. Below is a video, which guided me while doing my research as it told me about how the camera angles make big differences when throwing a punch. The video also showed how to throw a punch, which will also help when trying to make the fight in the film seem realistic.

 For my short film I also needed to look at make up conventions for a psychological thriller however  I found for a psychological thriller both genders don't really wear make up, apart from girls may wear a little eye liner. Nothing special, unlike if I was doing a horror, as this  would have meant I needed to research more into this as horror involve a lot more make up. In the psychological thrillers I have looked at females are mainly just putting on eye liner which is a simple technique which is  shown  in the video below.  

Filming our first scene

After filming the first scene for the short film  I have come up with the following  conclusions of what went well and what I could improve on.

What went well

• Camera shots were perfect.
• Majority of the shots had enough light, however one thing to improve on is how we blocked out the light in some clips, so when looking at the video the lighting sometimes dramatically changes. 
• Actors acting was professional and to a high standard.
• Everyone had there role in the film,  Alex was director of photography, Dan as script supervisor and my self as the lighting technician we may have not followed the crew list, however I don't see this as a problem as we all found places where we were better suited.

What we could improve

• After asking for actors to come in casual clothing they turned up in school uniform, so that meant they ended up borrowing  clothing, so for the next stage of filming we will need to remember the same clothing.
• Actors did not know all the lines so filming  took longer than should have, so we need to tell them in advance when  filming will commence  so they can practice their lines.

Actor Change

Actor Change
Due to an accident at ruby we have sadly had to replace Callum Starr as he will be off school for  three weeks, so for this reason we have had to find a replacement for Callum and luckily we found a replacement before we did our scene rehearsal. In conclusion Callum has now been replaced by Ryan Heanre.