Planning is finally complete!

Finally, for the second time I was able to meet with the majority of my group. Together we were able to finish our storyboard and figure out what we need in order to shoot. We also established a date of production and what kind of props and materials we will need. Since we have no funding for our film opening, we concluded it was best to shoot in one of our garages, or in one of my classmates warehouse. We thought of the majority of the props we need for our shoot that we included in our storyboard.
Some of these props are:
  - chairs
  - tables
  - tools
  - a lock box
  - lab coat
  - lab goggles
  - beakers
  - liquid that can bubble
  - lights

Since we are creating a suspenseful film opening, we are going to rely heavily on lighting to create a dramatic effect. The lighting technique we are looking to use is called low-key lighting. [1] This type of lighting effect, as shown on the right, allows for only the subject to be illuminated while keeping the background in the dark. Low-key lighting requires a DSLR camera in order to capture the most optimized image by making the shutter speed 1/1000 and lowering the f stop to f/8, only allowing in 1/64 of the previous amount of light into the camera. These settings produce the image as seen on the right, greatly dramatizing the subject with only one light from above. In the next posting I will likely have most of my props gathered and will update you on how
I am prepping for my production date of Tuesday
March 27, 2018.


[1] How to Use Low Key Lighting for Dramatic Photography » Expert Photography. (2018, February 21). Retrieved March 21, 2018, from https://expertphotography.com/low-key-photography-dramatic-lighting/