New Chivalry Photos

Last Friday I rephotographed the Chivalry project in the photo studio at university. The first set of photos were really nice but I had a few issues with names and consistency and also I really wasn't happy with the lighting so I thought that using the studio would help to solve a few of these problems. I'd forgotten how bright the lights were in there so they're not quite as atmospheric looking as the first set of photos however I think they look a bit more professional and I managed to ensure that the book barely moved at all so when the photos are put together as a title sequence it runs pretty smoothly. I sent the photos to Joe as well and he was really happy with them which is obviously the most important part as he is the client.

Chivalry

This week I've been working on a project for my good friend Joe Taylor, he (and others) made a short film for their final project on their course and Joe asked me to do some illustrations for the title sequence, he wanted it to be quite story-bookish and the story was based around a knight and an old woman who finds the Holy Grail. I began by doing drawings of the props, characters etc and yesterday I spent literally the whole day photographing the sequence.

Inspired by some work by Container Plus I decided to use an actual book as a set and use the drawings and lettering to create a 2D/3D set. As I've mentioned on here before photography isn't my strongest point and lighting is always trouble for me so I'm not 100% sure about the photos. I wanted them to be quite shadowy to give the impression of medieval-ness and candlelight etc. part of the film is set in a junk shop so the shadowy darkness also applies to that.

Below are the 11 images that I edited quickly this morning, I think they still need a bit of work and I need some help to make the light look a bit better but I'm still happy with them.

No it's not illustration...

but it would make a great one.
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