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The Shining ... Heeere's Johnny
The Shining ... Heeere's Johnny
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-5500SZ
Location: Living room of my house, Lumby B.C.
Date: Aug 28, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 second
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 First of all I had to have the cooperation of my parents to pose in this one, and originally dad doesn't have that much hair... so I had to cut up a girls wig to tape to his head, darken his eye brows and mustache with mascarra. Mom's part was fairly easy, I just straightened her hair and took off her glasses.

Set up of the scene, I conveiniently already had a broken door(long story) so I just found the best corner in the house to prop it up against, then I used an old tri light dimmed on dad's face, and a halogen, layed down on a foot stool so it could be angled shining right in my mom's face. Then hung a dark sheet behind my dad to keep the background dark. And after that it was only getting the right facial expressions and in the right light.

Post processing was fairly simple, just cropped, adjusted the contrast, sharpened and then saved for web.

Here's a link to the original scene which I was trying for
//k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/shining.jpg

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.4243
Avg (commenters): 5.9048
Avg (participants): 5.1346
Avg (non-participants): 5.4672
Views since voting: 1085
Views during voting: 660
Votes: 403
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 02:47:24 AM
LOL! - Very good. The split-screen thing is great.
 09/04/2006 04:27:13 PM
Tough photo to control the lighting (you have two subjects in to completely different light)but a great idea and execution. Very nice comp too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 02:06:21 PM
Nice to see "Wendy" in the picture as well. COuld have used less light on her side of the door.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 12:39:36 AM
okok.. score for the broken door.. good composition.. but the size of the head and the axe seem a little off porpotion.. 6 for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 07:49:29 AM
Seems everyone loves the shinning! awesome movie, I must admit. Funny expressions :)
 09/01/2006 04:51:44 AM
too soft a grab on the knife for teh terror she is supposed to express
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 03:05:53 AM
Shouldent she be looking at the ax, rather than into the air?
 08/31/2006 11:03:18 PM
I like this one out of all the other "shining" entries. Made me laugh!
 08/31/2006 07:07:04 PM
Great facial expressions!
 08/31/2006 04:45:25 PM
this is a good recreation, but the girls face seems alittle too much fake acting. but way to give the rest of it that movie feel
 08/31/2006 01:52:11 PM
Fun acting
 08/31/2006 07:59:13 AM
i dont get the psyko feel.. He looks allmost happy and she looks fake-scared. nice idea, but i think it could have been done alot better..
 08/30/2006 09:47:05 PM
The lighting on this seems kind of harsh to me, but you have done a nice job with the set up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 08:51:01 PM
pretty good set up. lighting is pretty harsh on the right side. for me both expressions seem off. not crazy enough and not scared enough. extra point for the set up though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 08:07:11 PM
it's a comedy !!
 08/30/2006 06:41:25 PM
What a fun photo, though the axe seems rather small compared to "jack's" face.
 08/30/2006 06:27:48 PM
hahaha - that guy IS scary! Good representation of that scene from the Shining.
 08/30/2006 05:28:27 PM
Some people will do anything to get a new door . . . like it!
 08/30/2006 10:00:07 AM
Too staged .. the woman's expression is very fake.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 07:17:48 AM
very good...is the low contrast on purpose? you guys need acting lessons as the poses are unconvincing...the axe did a great job ;-))) 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 05:09:06 AM
++ for actually smashing through something with an axe. That's commitment for you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2006 05:02:54 AM
well done but no resemblance in characters
 08/30/2006 04:22:03 AM
The female model really could have done with looking more scared, the expression just doesn't look terrified, maybe you should have scared her a little properly for effect ;0) Good luck.
 08/30/2006 01:42:00 AM
Hey this is cool but the lady doesnt look scared >.<


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