After planning my primary research for this term's project, it was time to actually do it.
During last night I visited a number of locations and shot test footage of locations in park and a few streets.
Street
Sony alpha a7RII 16mm F2.8 SS1/30 ISO800
I did not have this kind of location in the script but I like the composition in it. Blooming trees and a bright strong light from a lamp. Being top lit creates this surreal and quite mystery lighting.
Below you can see a short test footage I shot at this location.
Park
Sony Alpha a7RII 16mm F11 SS30s ISO160
I really like the composition in this photograph. With the trees creating sort of a tunnel and pathway created with leading lines to the centre. I also focused on the second tree instead on infinity to indicate where the action would take place. I also really like the lighting in this scene. The warm light from the lamps covered in places by leaves create a really isolated surrounding with bright pavement and dark space around it.
Sony Alpha a7RII 16mm F11 SS30s ISO100
A wide shot of a park at night. It would be one of the shots described in script as a wide exposition shot of the empty park. I really like the negative space in this shot. The warm lights in the lover third and the deep blue cloudy sky above it. I think that it shows the scale of the emptiness and alienation very well.
Sony Alpha a7RII 16mm F2.8 SS1.3s ISO100
One of the shots I added in the second draft of the script. I think that the backlit silhouette of me with those strong shadows made by me and the bench works really well in this scene. I think that could be even wider with camera a bit further back. I am not the biggest fan of the brightly lit courts in the background since they are stealing the attention from the bench, but overall great shot.
Sony Alpha a7RII 49mm F11 SS30s ISO160
Last shot I took was of this arch. It was not in the script but I liked how giant it felt. I would imagine a scene with me walking by its fence in order to show scale of it.
While I really like how they look I think that I will have to change this location completely. I was quite surprised how much light I needed for those shots. It is definitely too dark at night in the park for this kind of shoot. For it to work I would have to set my ISO to around 12800 which would create a lot of noise in the image.
Fortunately enough next to the park I found a great place for a replacement. A skatepark which is well lit at night.
Skatepark
Sony Alpha a7RII 50mm F1.8 SS1/3200 ISO50
I did not take any photos of it that night, but a few days earlier I was at the same location during the day and I shot this photograph. I think that it would be a great replacement for the original park location. The only problem is that even at the hour I was visiting at night there were still a few people using it. I might have to go there either later at night or very early morning.
Entry to the building
Sony Alpha a7RII 37mm F11 SS4s ISO125
Lastly I photographed the entry to my building. I think that it looks good enough. Nothing special but I am fine with it. I like how right wall and left side of the door are dividing this frame into three parts.
Below you can view a test footage I shot that night, which I quickly edited into a title sequence. How I did that will be covered in separate post in which I will talk more about my progress with learning how to better edit.
I found this research very useful. I learned a lot about the limitations of my camera and locations in general. I was happy to found out that I can shoot at up to around 6400 ISO without almost any noticeable noise.
Now I only have to rewrite the script so the park scenes would fit into the skatepark.
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