Project 4: Re-Creating Film Stills-Printing Compositions

This is a test shot of my first final print. On the original screen shot, there were four men, three on one side and one on the other side. However since there were limited number of boys in our class, I had to ask Katlynne to be one of them. I also prepared the setting in the way that the tallest one is to the closest and the shortest one is in the middle. It is also like that in the screen shot. I had Fabrizio holding a paper because the man in the picture also had a paper in his hands. I also wanted Fabrizio to be speaking and catch him in motion because the man's mouth also seemed like he was talking.
In the original picture, the overall lighting was very blue, and so I had quite a hard time figuring out the right light setting. However I realized that the focus of light was mainly on the first two people at the left. The man on the right was very dark and in shadow. So I turned one of the lights at them and left the other two unlighted. Even though they were not lighted, the light on the top helped.

This is a test shot of my second final print. In this shot, there are one girl and one woman. I wanted Heather as the girl because she had the similar hair color and style. I also wanted Meghan in the place of the woman because of her hair color and her black clothings. I tried to have a table in front of Heather so it resembles the girl with her hands on the table. However Heather trying to hold her hands up in the air seemed useless and just painful. So I got rid of that and instead put the light prop at the back. I realize that the distance between the light and the models are too close, but if I had them apart, they would not fit in the same frame.

For the lighting, I had a dim light in front of them to give a general light. Then I put the soft box behind them both as a prop and as a light source. In the original screen shot, the mirror has lights around it. I was aiming for this when I put the soft box in the frame.

This is a test shot of my last final print. In the original screen shot, there is a woman facing her back to the viewers. She is looking into the mirror with lights in front of her. I had Heather as the model because she had the straightest hair in the class. I had her lean back at the chair and put one of her leg up and rest it agains another chair, so we can see a part of her crossed leg. I also put the soft box in replace of the mirror, since the mirror in the original shot also had lights around it.

For the lighting, I only used the soft box. It did not only act as a prop but also as a light source. It brightened the model's face and darkened her backside.