during filming, we took the opportunity to take stills of the scenes as we went along , allowing for more photographs that tell our story of the crossover between the Religious and LGTQ+ communities, as well as our studio images. These photographs include scenes such as the couple in the church and the dream sequence in our film that showcase the couple’s idealistic world for them, in which they are free from restraints and internal conflicts. Within Lightroom, Olivia sorted through which images she thought were best in the sense that they best conveyed our message and were clear and in focus, and that also related back to our original storyboard.
This photo sets the scene of the main character, practicing her religion through reading the bible. This shows a personal relationship with Christian religion for the character and shows that to the audience clearly. When editing, Olivia started off by slightly decreasing the exposure and increasing the contrast, causing a more dramatic setting which will later show a juxtaposition to the lighting of the dream sequence. After this, she then went on to adjust the shadows, highlights, whites and blacks within the image, by increasing the highlights and whites and decreasing the shadows and the blacks, further creating a larger contrast.
This still image displays the scene in which the couple are separated due to fear, still however sharing glances at each other. This conveys how in some instances people belonging to these two communities have to conceal part of their identity in order to be accepted. Olivia edited this photo in the same style as the scene before.
This photograph is a still image of one of our establishing scenes for the dream sequence. This is as the wide shot foregrounds the dream like and scenic setting, due to the castle in the background and vibrant green grass. Here this colour grading contributes to the film by matching the mood to the vibrancy in contrast to the dark slightly duller tones in the church. For the dream sequence Olivia edited the still images by decreasing the exposure due to the large amounts of sunlight already in the photograph. In addition, she also increased the contrast and adjusted the highlights, shadows, whites, blacks and saturation within the image.
This final scene of the dream sequence displays the couple holding hands again, feeling at peace with both sides of their identity, walking through the vibrant, green setting into the sunset. This again reinforces the idea of an ideal world that the characters are longing for themselves. whilst Olivia edited, she kept the essence of the photo bright and vibrant