Portraits of actors
Shooting in the studio:
Lara Jade (2012) Fashion Photography 101 A complete course fo new fashion photographers
In the studio at my college I have access to black and white background, 7D Canon camera and a tripod, two lights.
At first, I wanted to use both lights and the white background, but it did not feel like it would suit the tone and the mood of the drama.
I really liked the example of the "grater contrast" and the use of black background. I feel like the dramatic lighting would really complement the tone and mood of the drama.
On the other side Lilie wanted the production to seem heart warming.
I decided to ask my friends, what they think about those different lightning effects.
I have also look at example s of portraits of characters from some films:
The Lord of the Rings (2001 Peter Jackson )
The background is black and the photo shows the characters from the top of their heads to their hips. It focuses on the actors, wearing the costumes and makeup, but does not really represent the film and its tone.
Sleepy Hollow (1999 Tim Burton)
Here the photos show the characters from the front, posing to the camera in similar posses. They are standing in front of blue ish background, wearing their costume and makeup. It gives a little bit more from the film. The blue tone gives a little bit cold and creepy feeling to the photographs, which reflects the tone of the film very well.
X-MEN: Apocalypse (2016 Bryan Singer)
Here again, we have the characters in full costume and with makeup on. There is the clear rule of taking medium shot photographs of the characters. Lots of them are placed in a plane black background to bring the focus to the actor.
I guess it is a good idea to use black background. I think it will make it look more professional, more serious and more movie-like. It would also draw all of the attention to the character on the photo, and it would also complement the tone and mood of the drama.
In the end we did not have a time to take portraits of actors. Instead I tried to get photos of them on the set during the breaks between shoots.
Some of the photos are simply capturing one person and they are the center of the photographs.
Some of them are part of a bigger image that shows who they are and what they do.
Some of them are shown next to or through the camera for a greater representation of the photographs taken on a set. Through the research I have done about on the photography on set, I learned that they should look like they are part of the film. They should look like they are screen shots from the actual film. I was unable to do that. I did not have the access to blimp therefore I could not take any photographs during the shoot. The only time I could do that was when we were setting up for another shoot. I tried to take some shoots next to the camera to show that they are the "part of the film". It was my way of representing that.
Lara Jade (2012) Fashion Photography 101 A complete course fo new fashion photographers
In the studio at my college I have access to black and white background, 7D Canon camera and a tripod, two lights.
At first, I wanted to use both lights and the white background, but it did not feel like it would suit the tone and the mood of the drama.
I really liked the example of the "grater contrast" and the use of black background. I feel like the dramatic lighting would really complement the tone and mood of the drama.
On the other side Lilie wanted the production to seem heart warming.
I decided to ask my friends, what they think about those different lightning effects.
I have also look at example s of portraits of characters from some films:
The Lord of the Rings (2001 Peter Jackson )
The background is black and the photo shows the characters from the top of their heads to their hips. It focuses on the actors, wearing the costumes and makeup, but does not really represent the film and its tone.
Sleepy Hollow (1999 Tim Burton)
Here the photos show the characters from the front, posing to the camera in similar posses. They are standing in front of blue ish background, wearing their costume and makeup. It gives a little bit more from the film. The blue tone gives a little bit cold and creepy feeling to the photographs, which reflects the tone of the film very well.
X-MEN: Apocalypse (2016 Bryan Singer)
Here again, we have the characters in full costume and with makeup on. There is the clear rule of taking medium shot photographs of the characters. Lots of them are placed in a plane black background to bring the focus to the actor.
I guess it is a good idea to use black background. I think it will make it look more professional, more serious and more movie-like. It would also draw all of the attention to the character on the photo, and it would also complement the tone and mood of the drama.
In the end we did not have a time to take portraits of actors. Instead I tried to get photos of them on the set during the breaks between shoots.
Some of the photos are simply capturing one person and they are the center of the photographs.
Some of them are part of a bigger image that shows who they are and what they do.
Some of them are shown next to or through the camera for a greater representation of the photographs taken on a set. Through the research I have done about on the photography on set, I learned that they should look like they are part of the film. They should look like they are screen shots from the actual film. I was unable to do that. I did not have the access to blimp therefore I could not take any photographs during the shoot. The only time I could do that was when we were setting up for another shoot. I tried to take some shoots next to the camera to show that they are the "part of the film". It was my way of representing that.
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