Alice- Art Cafe test

This was a test shoot for the opening scene of Alice which is one shot of the protagonist (Alice) setting up the deal to photograph the antagonists for money. This shot is in a bar and just shows her during a conversation while she is talking to Mark who isn't shown in the scene.

Firstly we set up the zoom lens to compress the background this meant that we got a really blurred background with a pin sharp foreground so that the subject was in focus in front of a nicely lit of background that gave the illusion of a working bar. We will add extras of a waitress and bar man into the final scene so that this also adds to the feel of it being a shady deal in a bar. Next we added some lights to the scene and to the background so that we could light the subject and to add some flair to the background so the shot just looked nicer.

The lanterns and fairy lights in this scene really add to the aesthetic, however I do feel for the real shoot we should wait for it to be darker and we should compress that background further so that it is even more blurred as there is a little too much definition in my opinion. The lighting on the face however is quite nice and I think it highlights Brad quite well. I also think that the iso could be pulled down to 100 to darken it a bit as to me this doesn't feel like night time in a bar.
On the whole though this will be a nice shot and I am glad we are putting in this practise now to nail the shot and make these pleasing visuals now before the real shoot.