Group Task - 'From capture to print'

On 25th November 2009 our course leader, John Harrison, set all the year 1 FD Photographic Media students with a group task.

The Task being; Working in a group of no more than 4 people, produce one final photograph influenced by one of the following film titles:

• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• The Fountain
• Into the Wild
• Dead Man's Shoes
• Dog Day Afternoon
• A Clockwork Orange
• Sunset Boulevard
• Three Colours Red
• Stand By Me
• The Thin Red Line
• Rear Window

Firstly our group decided to research on the internet, especially as the majority of us had never seen or even heard of these old school films lol

I came across a film still photograph within the film 'Dead Man's Shoes' and due to one of my group members being fascinated by horror photography and her knowing many people who would willingly model for our shoot we decided to pursue with reinventing the film still image.

We headed out to an abandoned warehouse, after picking up all the necessary props we needed to reinvent the scene and our model met us there. After covering him in fake blood and placing him in the necessary position to the bottom right hand side of the frame we took our photographs.

Back at university we choose between the images we had collated from all four of us and darkened the final image slightly using the program 'photoshop'. The only difference I'd say was that our photograph was shot with the use of ambient lighting and the original film still with artificial lighting!

All the groups final images where delivered via email in a 300dpi.jpg file to Kevin, the photography departments technician. All the images where then printed and ready for a 1st group critique session by 3pm that day!