Production 01 - Contextual Approach

David is walking to the park and sees Nabila and Rizal

 

As David is walking to the park where he Nab and Rizal always go to, he sees Nab and Rizal there, 
cuddling on the park bench. David turns back and walks off in anger and jealousy, throwing the paper bag to the ground. For this scene, we had to play with all sorts of angles to find the correct position to film. Kim tried filming from the normal eye level view while I tried low angle filming

Low angle shots help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling, the lack of detail about the setting adding to the disorientation of the viewer. The added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer, who is psychologically dominated by the figure on the screen.

Lighting wasn't really a big issue for this scene. We had sufficient amount of lighting from the streetlights nearby the housing area :). The streetlights gave us a cast of David's shadow which adds on more to the "Noir feeling". Not only that, the lights were perfectly shined onto David's face which gives a more detailed outline of his face and expression.

-Rizal and Nabila chilling at the park bench -

This scene was done really fast as there was nothing much to film about. A little bit of extra lighting had to be used in this scene as It wasn't really bright at that area. I was incharge of holding my phone light and directing it towards both of them. It was an easy part to film as they were both naturally " lovely dovely" with each other..tehehehe xP.

DESIGN REFERENCE

Reference source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/27672048@N00/6988703312/

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Murder attempt to kill Rizal

This is a scene where Rizal drops his lighter and missed a gun shot .Honestly, we took A LOT of time taking this "murder scene" over and over again.This is because timing when he picks up the lighter and when the killer make a shot has to be in sync. Due to the lack of lighting, we had to use several sources of light. Kim was holding the light source where Rizal drops his lighter.Not only that, Rizal's car headlights were also use as one of our main sources of light..Many thanks to Rizal for saving our lives by contributing his car lights =)
Rizal's car lights casted a shadow onto the trees which really makes a good lighting effect to our Noir film. I personally love how the shadow creates a mysterious feeling. We tried our best to not reveal the killer, therefore..a dark background is needed and highlights on Rizal's action :)

 DESIGN REFERENCE

We tried our best to incorporate this type of lighting for the murder scene. Instead of streetlights..we replaced them with car lights instead..This was because the streetlights around the park area weren't bright enough and It wasn't at the location where we need it to be.

Reference soucre : http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/nex3/Interesting