Jack and I haven't had heating since we moved into our new flat. Some time ago we purchased one of those cheap yet electricity-consuming heaters so that we wouldn't actually freeze to death. The best thing about it though is that it glows. Quite literally it is the brightest source of campfire-like orange colour I've ever seen.
At the same time, I also bought a LED strip that comes with a RGB & white remote and you can change the colours and get every other shade in-between. I only realised how bright it was once I had set it up.
The orange of the heater and the blue of the LED splits the room into two. It reminded me mostly of this photograph I found in one of Crewdson's books:
I love the contrast between the coldness and warmth, the darkness and the artificial light.
That got me thinking about whether I could introduce another light into the image as despite both current light sources being quite bright, they were still too dim and simple to really bring out the subject of the image. I happened to pop into a hardware store after work one day and found a quite cheap torchlight, which seemed to be worth the investment. In terms of light I have it all figured out. I am still debating about the choice of subject/subjects and props.
Following my last post, I decided I wanted to take the image that would be a shot from the ending sequence of a film. For this specifically I imagine it being a wide shot that peaks through a gap.
Previously whilst researching Crewdson I realised I wanted to make the image somewhat surreal, like it was part of a story that remained untold. I also mentioned that I loved his usage of flowers because that was something I was quite interested in in my Foundation year when doing my short poetry films.
So here is the list of what I think my 'set' should have:
- LED lights, torch and heater
- fresh flowers (mainly roses)
- strings and tape to attach them to the ceiling
- plain duvet covers + pillowcases
- tripod as the shoot time is going to be in the evening
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