The document discusses the costume, makeup, lighting, and photo editing choices made for a family photograph being used in a film project. The filmmaker decided on casual clothing for the father and bright clothes for the daughter, with her hair down. Makeup was used to make the mother look "mummy-like" and the daughter look natural. The photo was taken in front of the Christmas tree for lighting and tone. Photoshop was used to exaggerate bruises on the daughter's face to hint at discomfort and abuse, while keeping the edit looking realistic. The final edited photo with enhanced bruises will be printed and used as a prop in the framed photo in the film.

1. After considering what sort of costumes and make up I wanted the characters to have, I decided to
have the daughter in bright clothing for the photograph for her hair to be down as well. I decided I
wanted the dad to be in normal casual clothing instead of the planned suit costume with the
briefcase. This is because I wanted the photo to be in front of the Christmas tree so that the
audience realise that it would have been a bit after this image was taken when the crime happened.
I started thinking about the make up what I wanted my female characters were going to be wearing,
as I said in the costumes and appearances post I want the girl to look like a natural average teenager,
and for the mother to be ‘mummy’ looking wearing a jumper and for her hair to be done and the
same with the makeup.
I allowed my mother to do my characters make up as my mum used to be a professional makeup
artist. We used make up such as eye shadows and bronzers to make this effect come to life. With the

2. camera and the lighting in the living room when I took the photo it did not show up as well in the
picture apart from the pictures with the flash.
Leading on from doing the make
up for the photograph in the
living room I decided to take the
photo in front of the Christmas
tree in the lounge. This brings
the lighting from the tree
forward and gives the image a
nice tone. I have decided to use
the second photograph that I
took with the flash on. This fits
more with the genre that I want
my film to be and also the
storyline as you can see the
bruise clearer on the characters
/the daughters face. Although
this picture makes them look a
happy family, the daughter also
has a sense of being
uncomfortable which shows
when she is leaning more
towards her mother than her
father.

3. I used Photoshop to edit the final
image that I wanted to use, I used the
spot healing brush and many other
things. I know how to use Photoshop
from looking at photography in my
BTEC Media and also by doing AS
Photography.
The bruises from the make up on
the girls face was not as obvious
as I wanted it to be so I decided
to use Photoshop to exaggerate
them. I used the clone stamp
tool. I thought this looked too
fake and too edited so I started

4. again and kept retrying the clone stamp tool.
This was the edited photograph
when I finished it. The bruise
stands out well although it may
not be noticeable, depending on
how long I show the photograph
for in the video and how detailed
the camera shows it considering
the distance the camera will be
from the photo frame.

5. I also adjusted the brightness and the contrast to create more tones, shadows and highlights in the
frame. This is the final image that I captured and edited, and that I will print to put in a frame and
use in Guilt Ridden.