the shoot

the time has come to the shoot so I have gone over to the room to set up the lighting and its hasn't not gone well at all! this is all I needed I tried everything with this location lighting kit and just could not get the lighting the way I wanted them to be! so I gave a call to a friend who is also a photographer and he bought all of his stuff down to help out he came in and saw that the problem was I didn't need the location kit but just a off camera flash as soon as I had taken a shot I couldn't believe that he got the lighting to exactly the way I wanted with one flash! we did change the narrative of the clown just a little bit instead of having the clown in the middle of toys we changed it to the clown was trying to get the child's bed the goal was to be in the comfortable bed which I found really amusing as I used balloons in one of the scenes which made it look like the clown was bribing the child to get out of the bed. Over all I think the shoot went well really happy with the way it turned out with all the hiccups at the start of the night and day. 

carrying on with the bedroom

I got up at the crack of dawn to go out and get some wall paper to get the room looking different which I am glad that I did it was so hot in the room that the wall paper kept falling down so in the end I had to use industrial tape to keep it up, then came the fun part of bringing in the toys my next door neighbour is a foster parent and had loads of toys to give me that she said that she didn't even need them back! but I had to give them back because I had no use for them when picking the toys up I got asked a million and 1 questions about why I was taking there toys the only way my neighbour could explain it to the was I was doing my home work and needed there toys it was heart breaking because one of the girls burst into tears thinking the evil woman taking her toys would never bring them back. As soon as we got the mountain of toys into the room I started to get the bedroom together and it was getting better and better as I went along I even had a doll house in this mountain of toys and those wired games that have the little shapes that you move side to side. I built boxes to put near the window to hide further cracks in the wall and an old chair in the conner of the room. the room was finally built!

getting the room ready

Today I went over to look at the room I would be using and since I hadn't been in the house for a few year I noticed the walls where horrible and full of cracks, I would have to sort that in the morning as the shops where closed now, so instead we moved everything out bought in the bed and bedside cabinet for tonight that is all I am able to do until tomorrow. 

wig

I bought a wig online with the rest of the costume and it has turned up and it was horrible I wish had not bothered ordering it online and just buying it from a shop it was a big afro red wig so I went out and bought another wig this time it was bald on top and hair round the side of the head which I thought was really funny but at the same time better than the last wig. I would have to paint in the bald cap in white as it was a skin colour.

the clown makeup

For the clown I have decided to give it a classic look like Penny-wise in Steven Kings It as this was the most influence film that made me go for the idea of using clowns as they did terrify me as soon as I watched this film. so I went for the big white face red lips and big eye brows the one thing I want to add is pink rosy cheeks I have not a clue why but it seems to bring the clown to life having rosy cheeks. 

preperation

so I'm preparing  for the shoot and there is a lot more work into doing a constructed scene than I thought, you have to think of everything onto just the main things but everything ahhh more work but I think when I get everything it will be alright.

ideas

I have decided that I am going to stick to the idea of using domestic scene so I wont be using any of the location I found the other week but I will be doing the idea's I have already put up I want the whole domestic theme going through them once again I only have 4 ideas and I'm really heart set on having 5, 4 images just doesn't seem right. I really want to exhibit them as well so I really want to get it right I don't want to make it look simple I really want them to stand out. I am really lucky to have a friend who has a massive second living room and she and myself will put a children's bedroom in this location. once I have that one sorted and get the images I will be trying to keep the bedroom as much as possible but getting a massive amount of stuffed toys around the clown so you have to look for them so I am not to sure how much of the bedroom I would be able to keep. then also in the same bedroom I really want to try and get the whole closet and mirror reflection done but where to find a child willing to let you take a photograph of them being scared but hopefully by the end of next week that should be fine I am just hoping to get the lighting right and not get flashback in the mirror I defiantly think that I will have to get the lighting down to a T so I am thinking I will set everything up the night before and see how I go and get all the lighting set up the way it is going to work. With the 4th image im gona have to hope and pray that the is really nice sun! this image shouldn't be to hard as long as I have the sun just a washing line with white bedding with the clown behind it with a few children's toys and bikes and then if I can find a child to pose for me I will have the child going towards the clothes line to see what is behind the sheet. for the final idea I think im going to ask a few people where would they hate to find a clown in the domestic environment so I can get an idea from that.