Test Photos

Whilst I was filming I took several photos of my actors as I was thinking of possible ideas for my trailer. I liked the idea of them sitting against a brick wall as I thought it highlighted the urban aspects of the film. However, as the lighting is not great in these photos I might be able to cut out the characters and layer them onto a different background image, such as a wall covered in graffiti. However, as I am not very confident with Photoshop, I am going to have a practice at doing this in today's lesson with some of these images. If this proves too difficult, I have arranged to meet with my actors on Thursday 29th November to take some more photos of the characters against a blank background.

I liked the positioning of the characters in these shots, as Tyler (Frankie) is crouched higher than Jack (Nathan) to show his importance in the film. When retaking these photos, I would like to use a similar positioning of the characters to focus the attention on Frankie. With this, I might have Nathan crouching down, looking up at Frankie standing up.

Here I have taken individual photos of the characters to cut out in Photoshop. With this, I will then be able to layer the characters onto an urban background image like the original brick wall. I have positioned the characters like this so that I can put them together to make them face each other. As Tyler (Frankie) is crouched higher than Jack (Nathan), it will look like Nathan is looking at his brother, but Frankie is gazing off at other things, showing his dominance in the relationship.