Hat Card Miss Scene Setup

This is the Card Miss scene setup for (shot09) on the original storyboard. This is the scene where Frank attempts to throw the card into the hat but he misses his target due to the fact that he is distracted. For the clip I have decided to have Frank distracted by the parcel that is put through the door as opposedto the photograph he finds of his girlfriend. The image below shows the camera placement and the lighting setup. I wanted a close up for this shot as I thought it would more interesting and it also meant that with this particular camera placement I could have the card fly past the camera.

Lighting this scene was quite tricky and both Alex and I tried to get the lighting looking believable. To begin with we tried experimenting with just one light, however it was always too bright/ overexposed or too dark. So we introduced some extra lights so that we could first light the card, because initially the side that faced the camera was completely black. We also wanted some bounce light on the background as well as under the hat itself. We felt that with the use of only one light the scene would have otherwise been too dark and certain components would have been indistinguishable.

Occlusion Pass
Final Gather Pass

Original Storyboard

Again very pleased with how this shot turned out and how close it is to the original storyboard. However rather than having the camera on Frank's side of the table and having the card move away from the camera I thought it would be more interesting if we had the camera placed on the opposite side of the table so that the card would instead fly towards the camera and the audience/ viewer. This way the composition in my opinion would be far better, the shot would be therefore more dynamic and the detail of the card could be seen more clearly.