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Movie Stills Photography

Postby bonou2 on Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:03 pm

Hey all,

Got to shoot some stills for a little indy flick due out next year. Here are the results. (dificult shoot as lighting was low as possible). Think Sopranos meets Cheers!

Dan

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Cheers (part two coming)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:09 pm

I'd say your second is the best.

But the others don't really have much of an interest.

The first is soft and the PP doesn't really save it at all, which is a shame since it looks like it could be a good image even with not-so-impressive composition.
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Postby poompy on Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:48 pm

#2 gives off a better mood to me. Probably the pick of the lot
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Postby mic on Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:02 pm

2 and I like the Glass.

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Postby Yi-P on Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:26 pm

#2 for the theme and last one for its mood :)
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Postby thelastname on Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:27 pm

I like the softness and the mood in the second. Great shot!
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Postby bonou2 on Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:50 am

Thanks for the comments (bar the first reply - which i dont think was extremely helpful at all - i am not reinventing the wheel with movie stills here, and its my first attempt, and i have many better shots).

Cheers
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Postby wendellt on Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:05 am

you made the actress look great in image 2, quite a nostalgic image
is the softfocus effect done in photoshop or is it an optical effect?

but i think the 1st one is more intruiging somehow
just need to watch that framing it would look better if the guy was slightly framed a little bit more to the right
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:53 am

Second photo is ace with the soft and dreamy look. I think the first pic would benefit as a portrait shot rather than landscape.
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