My media project

2. We were able to get George into the studio to take some photos for our posters...etc. He brought his bugle
major; Brian Hindmarch along. I do believe George brought him thinking he could get out of this photo-shoot
but he was terribly mistaken.
Fortunately, we were able to use Brain to our advantage and have now integrated him into our film idea.
Already we have Alfie and George, but now with Brian we can make it so there 3 different versions of
himself. Young George are his happier memories/flashbacks in the past, Brian his later self, bad flashbacks/
memories of the war and then George playing the present George suffering with this illness.
The following two pictures were test shots so we could see how we could alter the lighting and
positioning...etc. (hence the gormless faces). 1 ) There are some images that show the uniform
Brian (the 'younger' George) was wearing. It is a
WW2 issued uniform and I believe he is wearing
Amo boots or parade boots. (They look more
glossy compared to the average army issues
boot).
2 ) These two shots of me and Alex show that the
light needs altered. It looks nice and bright
however the lights are washing us out making us
look incredibly pale. It looks better than yellow,
and can be adjusted on photoshop, but we
decided to fiddle around with the lights to try and
get it more or less perfect.

3. 4) These are a handful of images that are just evidence of what we did in the studio. They
aren't particularly amazing and some are blurry but you get the gist.
5) As you can see, if we were to use images that were like the one to the left of this text, a
large shadow has been cast on the floor. We could edit it out on photo-shop but on some of
the other images it affects the colouring of the pants and how the boots look. We had to
again, alter the lights and where we were standing so we weren't affecting the outcome of
the pics.
6) Not all the pictures are in focus but it allows you
to see how we were up close and personal with a
uniform that was actually worn by a World War 2
soldier. (It isn't exactly comfortable).
7) We wanted the actors to feel really comfortable
so we couldn't shoot for a long time. they were both
sharing the uniform and because it is made of thick
material and due to the lights being on near enough
full blast, we had to quickly do shots so they weren't
over heating.

4. 8) These shots of the legs, torso and
chest are off Brian. Like I said, they
are sharing the uniform and are almost
the same size yet the pants didn't fit
George. We had to compromise with
what resources we had and with what
time we had left and just took pictured
of George's torso, hence why he is
sitting down in his shots.
9) This can be seen on our posters.
Both, myself and Alex have taken a
minimalistic approach when editing
our posters. It creates a simpler and
eerie feel to the poster and with all the
colours and effects, it adds to the WW2
feel.
10) (Talking about the image on the
right) I love how these images
turned out. He looks like an actual
WW2 soldier and has that
honourable pose to go along with it.
He captures the essence of being a
soldier and fighting for the country
is this image. It seems hard to
believe, I mean, anyone could look
at it and get a different response but
I do feel like he looks like a proud
soldier.

5. 11) Too much shadow is happening on the
image to the left. the angle is too left as well,
should be slight centred and angled to the right
a bit.
12) These are Alex's granddad's war medals
and I do love the close ups of them. I like how
old and worn they look too. Works well with
the colours and condition of the war uniform.
13) Although he didn't want to get pictures
taken and was rather reluctant (we pushed him
into it haha) he was amazing! He worked well
with the camera and embodied the character
really well. I like his eyes are these shots
because they look like they're filled with a lot
of emotion capturing his pain.

6. 14) The image below is great. I don't think I'll be using it because I like a lot of the side
angles from Brian and the one of George sitting down however I love his face on this
image. He says he isn't a good actor but he is being modest! When I look into his eyes it
looks like he has captured every emotion and sucked it into himself. He looks tormented,
full of pity and sorrow and I just love this image