I took photographs while Yve was filming her film. I used the Canon EOS 250D without a tripod. Her film is about energies an dhow people with lower energies get attracted to people with more influential energies and channeling ones spiritual energy. I took the pictures from a low angle to make the actors look powerful and superior. It made the clothes look more opulent. I read about how to take such shots on:

https://digital-photography-school.com/get-low-and-aim-high-how-to-use-low-angle-photography-to-great-effect/

https://erickimphotography.com/blog/low-angle/

Here are a few unedited shots:

I’ve booked Canon EOS 250 D from the media store to experiment with lighting and still imagery.

Model: Paola, stylist and director: Koi, hair and make up: Jessi photographed by me!

I helped Jess to style and assist for a few things on the shoot location (Horley). I sourced outfits according to the character sketches and the references given by her – Kriti was assisting me! On the shoot days – the first day I was styling and assisting Jess. Kriti assisted me for half of the day. On day 2 I was the only stylist getting 4 actresses dressed up on time, helping decorate the sets and bringing coffee/ water for some of the cast & crew members. It turned out to be quite hectic because I was told there were two other people on the styling team and I didn’t know they wouldn’t be on set for the shoot. I thought I could assist and style thinking that it wont be very hectic. In terms of styling, I learnt that I should only participate in projects which involves professional actors and a producer on set. One of the actresses mishandled the clothes and damaged a couple of pieces, and a top worn by another actress was stinking so much that I couldn’t return it. After pack up she didn’t bother returning the clothes to me. I found them in a bedroom after looking for them for a while. Its unfortunate because Jess ended up paying for a top and I was questioned at Topshop about returning an used skirt. Up until then I’d never faced such problems. The actors and models are usually careful with the clothes because they know the products are supposed to be returned. Overall, it was a great experience!

Although, I couldn’t help much on the second day after pack up because I had to assist Laura and Jessi for Jessi’s shoot in Aldgate East. I packed up all the clothes and shoes in Firda, Jess and my bags & returned the props that we used to decorate the set which were borrowed from the owner of the house (who was literally the best Airbnb host I’ve ever seen) Jessi did’t have a proper team. As it was her first time directing a film, she was panicky. Laura was glad that I could make it to the shoot because I helped her with the lighting I could communicate in English since the rest of her team was Chinese. The next day Jessi shot the remaining half of her film at a studio in school. I helped them decorate the sets in the studio and figure out the lighting. Everything went well eventually. Had a fun time with everyone!

Yesterday I helped design sets for Fiorella’s fashion film. Joy and I worked together to achieve the closest result to the imagery that was referred to us by Fiorella. It was an amazing experience working with my friends from class. We sourced the props from National Theatre. I have never worked on – physically putting a set together. But working on this shoot has helped me understand a lot of things about the placement, renting and sourcing props, figuring out the angles and the importance of lighting while shooting a video. Fiorella organised everything very well and the experience was as good as one would get while working on a commercial project. Here are a few images of the sets that we helped her for: