Ancillary - Lighting and Photography planing

Lighting and Photography Planing

For the equipment, we are going to be using a DSLR. The same DSLR we will be using for filming. We are going to be using a DSLR because of its ability to capture RAW images. This will help us correct: Colours, lighting and exposure in post.







We will be using a tripod along with the camera for added stability. The benefits of using a tripod is that we can level our shots so that they have no angle. It will also add as a level of protection for the camera because it is fastened into the tripod.




We are going to using natural light because we will be taking pictures outside. We will try and shoot our pictures during mid day so that the natural light around us is brightest. Because we are shooting in RAW we will be able to change the lighting levels of each picture in the editing stage.








When we are taking pictures we need to take into account where in the shot the text will go. To help us manage this we can use the rule of thirds. Most cameras allow you to have a grid display up on the screen. By using this we can align up where the characters in the shot should be and and if there will be space to put the text.
If we say the text will go on the top line then we can put actors and props along the bottom line and the sides.

Costume/Props/Make-up Planning (Ancillary)

In regards to costume we will be using the same clothing that the main actor will be wearing during the filming. This is due to the link of the film and poster. To have the actor wearing the same clothes it allows the audience to instantly recognise the main character from the clothes that he wears.

With props we may use a piece of paper with the words "bucket list" written at the top of it. This obviously directly links to our film and would not have any other words written on it. Having this as our poster will easily grab the audiences attention and will easily convey what our film is all about and who is acting and filming it.

The poster above is an example of the type of clothing that is similar to what we may use for our ancillary poster. It is quite ordinary clothing for someone around our age. Though this may not be the best poster it does give us some idea as to how a basic poster can be rather effective at getting the image of the film across.  

Actor Planning for Ancillary

We will use our main actor (Liam Hodgson) in our poster. Most films use their main actor to not only promote the film but also to promote the actor. Usually films will use main character as the main character is usually a well known actor so this will promote the film further as people will recognise the actor and look into the film. As Liam is not a well known actor we will just use him to stay relevant to the film.

Film posters are used to tell the audience roughly what the film is about, so we were thinking that we should put on of the bucket list ideas.

Task 2

http://www.emaze.com/?emazehome
This website is for presenting. I think this website is a good website to use in the future as it is simple and easy to learn but the outcome is very good and looks professional. It is very similar to Prezi so we would already know the basics.

http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/

This is a website for photo editing. This is a good website as it is very simple to use but it doesn't go in as much detail as photoshop, so if we want just a quick job on a photo we would use this site but if we want a professional job then we would use photoshop.

Ancillary task schedule

Due to a delay in filming for various reasons we had to delay the creation of our ancillary task to around the beginning of February.

Draw Poster Audience Feedback

I handed people in my class a copy of the draw up film poster and asked them to say a positive and a negative thing about it.



Nick Baldwin: The posters main headings fading into the distance is a nice touch. You might run into trouble when trying to picture a scene with the Sun out and a few clouds because of the season.

Josh Barnes: The location which is draw looks very nice. The poster is missing the names of key actors and institutions. A little bit of work will need to be done using Photoshop to blend in the titles with the clouds.

Danny O'Brien: Neat looking poster. Could try and add more of the characters to the poster.

Jake Hemming: I like how the titles are blended in with the clouds. This will require some photoshop work but overall the poster seems not overly complicated which will be easy for your group to meet deadlines.

Ancillary Location

For our posters and other ancillary we are going to use our main location for filming so the posters stay relevant to the film. We are hoping to get a picture of someone going down the road and we are hoping to get a clear road so the best time will be to shoot at night when the road is clear but if this is not possible then we can always take photos inside the house.

This is the road we want to take photos as this road is more quite that the others so we would be able to use the road with out cars getting in the way.