Test Shots

These are some test shots we've done for the magazine cover. We were looking at different angles and shot types to establish which would be best. There's a range of long shots, extreme close up shots, medium close up shots, close up shots and medium shots. I think for the magazine cover it would be best to have a medium close up shot as it will be able to illustrate the her makeup and her clothing. We tested both black and white backgrounds but on the white background it drowned out the white top because the background was the same colour as the top, whereas with the black background it made the white and red colours stand out more and even the makeup. The extreme close up shots pay close attention to Dawns makeup. In some of the medium shots, the necklace is evident as that's a vital part of our narrative. An image with her holding or looking at the necklace will be good for our magazine as it will link well with the title of our movie and also the narrative.


These are some test shots that I shot of Sharna for the poster. The original idea for the film poster was to have both Sharna and Dawn on it to show the villain and victim, good vs evil but we decided to reject the idea of having both of them on it. In the test shots I wanted Sharna to look afraid as the images would've went alongside Dawn so the character Sharna played would be frightened of the villain. In my opinion, the test shots weren't scary and didn't show anything. I don't think Sharna looks scared and in the end it would look better having Dawn on both the poster and the magazine cover. It allows the audience to see the connection and know that Dawn was the main character.

Here's a test shot from when we were filming our old narrative. We are rejecting this because the old narrative wasn't scary to an audience. We got audience feedback and decided to change the narrative to make it more scary. In the test shot you can see the villain was attacking the girl. It was going to be a strangle scene but it is no longer needed because we have a completely different narrative that doesn't involve a male villain. We were filming in Sharna's house as that was our primary location. To shoot these pictures we had to remove some furniture in her house to make the room look more isolated and this was easier as we didn't want many items being in the shots.