Robyn & Jade Character Photoshoot

In order to have some high-quality stills featuring the characters for our short to complement some of the stills taken on-location, we decided to use the school's photography studio and take some shots of our actors. Lauren studies Photography at A2 level and she took the photos below. These could be very useful when it comes to constructing our posters as one of our two ancillary tasks.

We wanted the pictures of Robyn alone to hint at her mysteriousness and seductive powers; we shot her in moody low-key fill lighting, illuminating only one half of her face. This is a commonly-used sign in films to signify multifacetedness.

We wanted the stills of Jade to portray her as innocent, but perhaps hiding a dark secret. As the girlfriend of the dangerous 'K', we shot her wearing expensive-looking yet intriguing jewellery and in a black dress, similar to her costume in Scene V, the prelude to the Handover Scene.

We took some stills of both Robyn and Jade together, and experimented with proxemics and lighting to signify certain things about the characters. This shot is particularly effective: we have Robyn in the foreground with Jade (artificially) blurred slightly in the background. Robyn is using direct address to capture the attention of the viewer while Jade seems concerned and is looking away.