Test Shots

Drew599

Drew599

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These are some test shots that I did last week at a couple different locations that I'm going to be using for a short that I'm putting together. I know they look dark but that's kind of the look I'm going for. I'm hopping to start shooting sometime in mid Aug. I still need to cast it, which I know is going to be tons-o-fun.

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I'm not sure why peeps do not respond to your post but it could be because of the choise of sreenshots. try to get little better ones. First one if just little too blurry. I like the composite for the last one however seems little too dark. maybe just to bring up some highlights might help or just throw in some 500W Home depot lights in those doors to make little more contrast of light and darkness on those walls. Btw looks good, what is it about???
 
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Thanks for the feedback Michal. I know that they aren't the best screen shots and I should have just waited to post some that were a little better. I just like posting stuff on here to see if anyone can throw in their two cents. I like the idea about the home depot lights. I'm going to try and either borrow a pair or just by them. The majority of the story takes place in a projection booth. It's about the main character getting infected with this evil that he found, which starts showing him these murders from the past. He tries to free himself from it but only damns himself ever more. It's going to be about 18 minutes long or at least that's what I'm shooting for.
 
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..with these kind of movies I get easily claustrophobic. :) Sometime it can be pretty challanging to shoot in thight enviroments as such. If you can give us more grabs I'm sure you might get more people to respond, especially if there's sex, drugs and r&r :) :) Keep up good work
 
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I just got some more footage today. I just need to get some sleep before I capture it. I know, I know...what kind of film maker am I to put sleep before a project. I look at it this way...I'm tired.
 
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Sleeping doesn't make you a bad filmmaker. Getting sloppy does. Rest well.

As for the shots and the description of your storyline, I personally like the last two shots.

Shot 2: The color is "off kilter"--sort of in keeping with the "something's not right" idea.

Shot 3: Well, it's just plain creepy. I do agree that a little detail would help, but not too much. Also, I think the context of the shot could dictate where you go with the lighting. For instance, if you are moving from a bright, well lit shot and cutting to the darkness, then less detail would emulate what our eyes do as they adjust to darkness.... However, if it's part of a long sequence that takes place in dark, moody rooms and halls, then your eyes would have adjusted to the light and would require more detail.

I'd [my opinion only] like to see the composition of the shots become a little more dramatic/dynamic. Move a little more off center. Shot 2: move the guy to the right in the frame. [Rule of thirds] The left half of the frame would be dark, right half light-your subject centered in the light on the right. It would indicate the division of light and darkness [read:good vs evil-think of the bathroom scene in Kubrick's "The Shining". Jack N. has a conversation with a ghost-there's a sharp divide between them and then Nicholson "crosses over"].

Shot 3: [Again my opinion] I would suggest moving either the camera way down and let the camera look up [the walls would become tall and menacing] or move the camera way up and look down [think Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder"].

Regardless, make the frame a composition, not an observation.

Sorry, it's 20 years of Art Direction talking.

I'm interested to see where you're going, I think you have some very intriguing images starting to develop. Go cat go!
 
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Thanks for the input. I agree that the shots need to be better composed but there are just test shots. I have 50 pages of storyboards that I did for this short and they will be my guide. A lot of the shots in the storyboards are dramatic with the actor off to the side. Also when people are having some kind of conversation. So they have their own side of the frame when I cut back and forth. Once I get some footage I'll post that. Then you can tear into that.
 
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I really wasn't trying to tear into your work. I think you're off to a great start. Please try to take my input as "have you thought about..." I really didn't want to come off as one of those jerks that can't see a work in progress. I wanted to offer some food for thought.
 
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I wasn't saying that you were tearing into the stuff I posted. I was saying when I get some shots from the short up then have at it. Thanks for the feedback still. Don't worry your not one of those jerks...as far as I know.
 
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