'Revenge' Production

The idea of Revenge was to produce a completely different outcome than that of Certain Defeat. I feel I have successfully created that idea with the completely differing colour palettes.

There were many things that could have gone wrong with this shoot being on location. As we were faced with very varied weather during April is was hard to predict a convenient time to shoot, and then also ensuring the photographer and model were available with little notice. Luckily we managed to get a few good mornings of weather in a row so I jumped to the opportunity and proceeded with the shoot quite late into the production of this project. This was in fact the last shoot.

The smoke bombs let down the shoot a little. Their performance was very poor as the smoke lasted about 30 seconds each and only produced a small amount. Eventually we gave up on the idea of the smoke in the photos and only used them in the filming which was much more important. The photographer made the suggestion to edit the smoke in the images just like I did in the test shoot.

We also had a few issues with the styling, as the lace kept on coming apart and a stylist on hand would have been extremely beneficial. Another annoyance came from the fact the false nails I created wouldn’t stay on and kept on falling off as she moved the material around. Eventually we removed all the nails and avoided any focus on the hand area.

We also faced the challenge of using natural lighting. We did have a location lighting kit but I really wanted this look to be so different from Certain Defeat. So when the sun decided to show I quickly jumped to the area with a reflector. We got some amazing shots and Petar edited in some really awesome vampire teeth! I think they look brilliant, and so realistic!

Petar (the photographer) had his concerns with how the images and film would turn out but I had every faith in his ability and I am so pleased with how it all turned out. This shoot is very different to the others I have done, but I feel as though it adds another dimension to the project than just ‘easy’ studio shooting and creates a real sense of atmosphere. I do believe that the shoot could have ran a bit smoother by ensuring there were loads of smoke bombs, or even grenades that are easier to ignite.