Hollywood Publicity Photographs

          

 My Own Attempt.

This is the lighting diagram of what I used to try and get the correct lighting for my Audrey Hepburn style image. This shoot only needed a honey comb attachment on my key lighting directly in front of my model, but slightly raised the case a small shadow below the models nose and neck. 

Using a honey comb to give a soft cast over my models face unlike a snoot would have been to harsh of lighting on the models facial features.

Holly Wood Publicity Photographs

James Cagney

The stylistic techniques used in this photograph would be the way to lighting has been positions around the face of the subject to create sharp dark shadows above the eyes which are formed from above the eyelid being a blocker of the light source in some way, for example you can see from this photograph the lighting was taken from above the model also it has caused shadows around the jaw giving it more of a masculine effect but also the idea that this man is playing the character of a dangerous man just from lighting, pose and expression can change the whole view of an image.

This photograph links well with another image I had research of Lauren Bacall.

These are a couple of images of Lauren Bacall also showing the shadows just above the eyes to give that seductive mischief look about her, making the character look more dangerous but it may not be aggressive danger but to be aware of her way, all that is shown just by the expression on her face and the way the light portrays the way she wants to be known for. For example the sharp detail around the jawline and there being less shadows making this look more of a direct shot of light on the models face, I think that you would be needing a very strong powered light for this shot, natural lighting wouldn’t be able to get the same effect on this image as a powered light bulb can.

Audrey Hepburn was another female I had looked at to show similarities to the lighting used in Lauren Bacall’s images.

As you can see there are fairly any shadows on this image just under the nape of the neck showing the lighting must be from above looking down onto the subject but to avoid any harsh shadows below the eyes or nose they would use some sort of reflection below the models face to give the other features of her face a bit of shape and density. As I said earlier on that expression and pose is just as important as the lighting the images of Audrey Hepburn give off more of a soft glamorous atmosphere because of the soft lighting, this suits her completion well and this is a well know model used for glamorous beauty.

 

Other lighting I looked at to show more of a heroic figure would be of Errol Flynn.

Not only would it be the lighting but also the pose gives of the impression that he is a wanted man by the ladies but a heroic one at that the way he’s looking away from the camera gives off the impression he has something better to look at, something more important and is looking up, just like the lighting. The lighting seems to be looking up at the subject creating harsh shadows around the jaw line and cheekbones to give of a strong feel towards this subject just like the character he would be playing as a strong leader.

It also looks like there is fair lighting behind the model the give the shape of the hair so the model doesn't slowly fade away into the back ground, this is most definitely not a flat image is as dimension and looks like it wants to stand out to be a powerful image.