Planning the Re-Shoot of the Final Scene

After receiving the footage and being disappointed with the lighting and some of the quality, I decided to put together a rough draft of the scene so I could locate the sections I wanted re-filmed and see if all the clips worked together in creating my vision. The rough draft is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8hN4YGuLE

I think the movement translated well on camera and the use of three models was effective in making her feel more included my different generations. The use of two sets of styling introduces her growth in confidence because I entwined the more dramatic styling in small clips towards the end until she appears in her full white leather styling. I originally wanted to show She in the white styling throughout; however I think the styling would have been too dominant if used throughout, distracting from the emotion and movement.

Harrison said I would need to colour correct each scene to create my desired effect; however I still felt some clips were too dark for this to rectify them. I made a clear list of all the clips I wanted to re-shoot and why I wanted to re-shoot each one.

Close up of hands on body
- Put the camera on a tripod to keep the camera completely still
- Change the model’s positioning to look like my previous test shoot
- Pull the model’s sleeve up to her shoulder to show more skin
- Make the hands come in and out more randomly and slowly

First image of Louise
- Have the models twist to get the their positions to continue the roll from the previous clip
- Have Natalie in focus, then out of focus, then in focus again
- Make the focusing in and out quicker

Falling section
- Make the lighting brighter but adding a fill light
- Natalie should keep her head straight the whole time to make the movement more subtle
- Capture a closeup of Louise’s hands when she catches Natalie (second fall)
- Do the side angle shot with the same lighting

Arm across body
- Make the lighting brighter throughout this long clip, especially when the model turn around
- Move the camera down slightly so you can see the arm movement more clearly
- Do all the angles in the test shoot with the new lighting

Extended arms
- Make the arms softer and less robotic
- Make sure the models look up at the same time, to keep synchronised
- Increase the brightness of the lighting slightly

Dance face to face
- Make the lighting brighter, but using a fill light on the shadows
- Do all the same angles again with new lighting

Stand in line
- Shoot the side angle, but make it in focus

End clip

- I need to re-choreograph the ending as I think it is too long and monotonous.

This clip is with all three models, when She reveals her unedited self in her rebellious white leather gown. I want her to look empowered and confident; however I don't want her to look like she thinks she is better or more important than the other two models because this scene reflects her feeling of acceptance into society. I felt like in the shoot above, it looked like she was the leader of the other models because she was stood in front of them and they were in such dark lighting. However I have spoken to Harrison and agreed the lighting should be more evenly spread across the models and I think She should be positioned within the other models rather than always in front of them. She's styling is very dominant so the choreography needs to reflect that she belongs to society.

I will keep how She slowly unfolds upwards; however I will place the two models in front of her and facing her for a more inclusive feel. The two models will then place their hand on She's shoulder to reflect their acceptance and they will continue to do a slow, smooth body roll in unison, as shown similarly in the shoot above. After this they will all turn to face the left in a line and then fall slowly forwards onto each other, reflecting their trust and built relationship. This clip will then fade into the final clip which I did not choreograph for the shoot above, so I will need to decide how the final scene will show She's reality of discrimination crashing down on her.

Other Changes

I will make the older model's eye makeup slightly darker when she changes her styling towards the end because the other two models seem to change dramatically; whereas her makeup and hair stays very similar. To make her look more confident and slightly fierce I will slick her hair back with gel as it will look more dramatic and high fashion than her more relaxed hair in the previous styling.

I have organised a photographer to take images of behind the scenes to give me images to reflect on and image to add to my website. I was disappointed that I didn't get many images from the last time I shot this scene so I got a photographer to make sure that I didn't have to worry about this happening again.