Not too late

Had another idea for my film poster after looking at the posters for the top ten stalker films.
I would like to have the couple walking happily along, smiling at each other and in the background we see a blurred figure (the stalker) about 50 yards behind so it is still unknown whether the stalker is male or female.

If not many people liked that idea, thien i want to use one of the girl walking alone in the dark under a strret lamp. The background would be a bigger picture of the stalker, face obsured by the hoodie, with the title inbetween the 2 images.

Although i have already taken some test shots which are yet to be addeed, i wanted to see how an audience would resopond to some close up's for a poster.

Poster?

Took the photo's yesterday during the day but am tempted to go back at night to get the real effect. Will work on them in photoshop back at college and mark out where the people would stand becuase at the moment they are just long shots.
I took a variety of shots, in my favourite 3 places; one from a distance so we would see the back of the stalker and one as if to look over the stalkers shoulder which would be in the corner.

There are 3 positions i decided on;

• One looking at a bench where i imagine the couple would be sat, with a tree to the side to show why the stalker can't be seen. I liked this as the frame tightened around the couple on the bench becuase of the trees and branches closing it in.
• Another shot was from upon a hill which is called the red mount, the stalker watches from further away, hidden by the wall. What i liked about this shot is it could be taken in reverse; either from behind the stalker of infront of the couple looking up so the audience could see the stalker lurking in ths shadows which would be ver creepy.
• I took some pictures facing towards the arch, the couple would be walking underneath the light post in the middle of the park while the stalker is partically hidden behind a tree. This would have to be taken at night time though because i wanted to connotate good an bad by showing the couple in the light and the stalker in the dark.

I have also put a shout out on Facebook and Twitter, asking friends to give me their opinions and complete the polls.

Ideas

Was walking home the other day in the evening and went though a place called the walks. It triggered some ideas i had floating around my head for where the second part of the trailer could be shot as well as the film poster or where the magazine cover could be shot.
It is really closed in with trees and looks creepy in the dark but i think i could edit the picture to create that effect if i was to take the pictures in light.
In the dark however, it would work very well with the heightened atmosphere which would be the second part of the trailer, the turning point.
From one angle i looked at, i thought of a really great idea for the film poster and a shot for the trailer. The stalker could be stood behind the tree with a hoodie or something on as to not identify them, watching the girl walk hand in hand with her boyfriend. I would do a long shot, from behing the stalker behind the tree. They could hear something and turn around but the stalker would not be there.
 As the brief states, all photgraphs must be original and be taken by yourselves for authenticity and copyright reasons.
I have thought about continuetity and weather due to it being a public place which is why i would aim to shoot it in around 2 days, keeping a list of positions, clothing, time ect.. incase any scences need to be re-shot.
The upside to my idea though is that the shots would be taken as if the stalker had been grooming their prey for a while and the most recen shots had been taken over a month so there would be costume changes between takes.

Blurred

I think that the outside background does ruin the effect i was going for but when i applied shadowing, i lost the people in to the background but im still trying.
I think now that it has a tighter frame, viewers can see what i mean about looking out of the glass and feeling isolated while searching with their eyes.

WatchOut...

This image was inspired by aclip from the trailer for 'Single White Female' where the actress is looking out of the window in her apartment. I wanted my actors to be blurred and the main focus on the background as it would be anfter they have found out they are being stalked. This would mean the focus is on the outside world and where he (or she) could be.

I want to edit this to remove the window frame on each side so it becomes a tighter frame with the main focus lookingout.
I would have liked for the outside to be a little darker which i tried to do in editing but didn't work out as i planned so i focused on blurring the people a little more.

Shadows

I experiment with shadows on this image, i mentioned before how i wanted a darker background but this was difficult becuase then i would lose her face and altering contrast just made her look like an orange with hair. I found middle ground here but would rather there be no shadow on her face as it makes it diffiult to see the expression on it but the eyes still shine through which was my main concern.

Its very differnt to the original idea of DiCaprio looking in to a mirror but i tailored it round to what i would use in my actual trailer.

The original image is very light and in a tighter frame whereas here its wider frame and dark shadows.

Action...

Original photo;

I really liked this photo without editing, just the pure expression on her face (it took around 20 takes to get the correct expression to match Leo DiCaprio expression as he looks in to a mirror for the trailer for Shutter Island.
The light has caught her face at the right angle which makes her expression clearer and her eyes look watery which is ideal for a scared face.