photographs for film magazine review and poster

In my research i found that the iconic scenery that gave the film its time and emotion were included in the background of the main focus which were the characters. So in the composition of my photographs, night time had to be utilised, as the darkness represents the feel of the film as it is mostly set at night.

The main character, Harriett, was the main focus in all of the shots due to her heavy feature in the film, her clothing style would attract the target audience as straight away they can relate to her and want to know what else they can relate to. I made Harriett wear iconic sports and street wear brands in order to gain the relation effect for the audience and also hint at what my film is about, as streetwear/sportswear in the darkness only means one thing... the rave. These are the clothing choices: 

 

Nike Air Max 95's are commonly worn in the rave and by drugs takers as these shoes are extremely "street". These shoes are quite expensive at £115 a pair so for the audience to see these shoes on my actress they know that this film os seriously representative and 'in the know' not just the same old film pretending to know about youth culture. 

A Sergio Tacchini shell suit jacket was also worn as mixed coloured jackets are extremely 90's, in my research as previously stated, photos of the film normally show the time that the film is trying to represent, this jacket automatically says 90's. 

The full costume may look unorganised and not colour co ordinated but every peice of clothing is over £60 and is respected by every member of the youth. 

The Photos

(i paid £8 to get these photos printed)

This photo was set in the same place were i filmed Harriett at the back of some flats in Walmley, Birmingham, i made her crouch down on a bin with the rails and flats in the background for the time and place effect, this photo shows that she is a street rat effectively. The fact that i took these photos on a camera from 1990 gives the effect of time and era aswell as the jacket.
This photo would be brilliantly used when talking in my film review about characters.

This photo again shows Harriett out, possibly waiting for a drug deal or just thinking about her hard life, the 90's feel of this photo is incredibly real, the shops in the distance at the end of the long spiralling street path give the contempory feel to the film.

These photos were set in the same palce as the smoking scene, the bars and boarded up windows show perfectly the life of the actor and the setting/feel of the film.

The Adidas raver jacket was a change in costume.

This was shot on my own flat balcony against the bars, in order to represent a prison aka trapped in by drugs.

This photo is my favourite picture as my technical skills came of a treat. As i took the photo i moved the camera during the flash in circular motions to create a whirl effect of colour, the colours now symbolise the lights at the rave and create a slow motion blur as would be seen through the eyes of someone on drugs. The bars also look like prison bars

better than the other pictures as the bars are extended to create a full trapped effect.