Car Advertisement Change

I've had to change my automotive advertisement composite idea, as I dont have the time to create my original 'Subaru' campaign, as creating a robotic person will be extremely difficult.
I will still be doing an Car advertisement, but instead I will be doing it for a Toyota Prius campaign, this is because I think the campaign is amusing, and I have easy access to the car.

The campaign slogan is 'Well atleast he drives a Prius' and depicts a person doing something morally questionable, but it's alright as they drive a fuel efficient car! For my idea I am going to have my Prius as a 'get away vehicle' for a bank robbery. I will probably only need two shots for this idea, as I will most likely shoot the car on location, then shoot the robber in the studio.

Images from: http://www.advertolog.com/search/?q=Toyota+Prius

Desert Background

Here is the background plate for my desert composite. So now the plan is to add a person on a horse in the foreground, heading towards the tree. I don't know if it needs something extra? Like an object under the tree.. I wont really know until I put the person in.

**When uploaded to Blogger the colour cast changed dramatically, so the saturation and colour balance is very off in this image.**

Circus Mood Board

Here is the mood board for my magazine cover of the clown. The idea is to have a clown / jester at the front with lots of different 'circusy' things in the back, including circus tents, balloons, a lion, a ferris wheel etc. I will probably colour cast the entire background a sepia / yellow tone and apply a texture, just to make it a bit more gritty.

VIC Summary

Just got back from a week in Victoria shooting background plates and stock images for my composites. Overall the trip went well, but I had a couple speed bumps along the way.

Highlights

• Exploring the city of Melbourne
• Driving along the Great Ocean Road

Lowlights

Road closure - I drove the 4 hours from Port Campbell to Halls Gap (Grampians National Park), only to find when I neared that the road was closed, which was rather annoying, so I took a 2 hour detour in order to get to Halls Gap and I finally made it. It was rather late when I arrived so I stayed the night, and I awoke at 5:30am to catch the sunrise only to find that all roads into The Balconies lookout were closed due to flood damage. So I got no photos at The Grampians, which was very disappointing because it looks like such a beautiful place.

So I wasn't able to get the image I wanted for one of my composites, and as the premise of this composite was basically an excuse to go to that specific location, I can't shoot it anywhere else. Therefore I have decided to replace this composite with my UN competition images.

What I could improve

I did extensive research before I left and found no road closure information about the Grampians, despite going on the official visitors center website. Even when I got there I went to the visitors center; it was closed but there was absolutely no signage. The man at the place I stayed didn't mention anything either. Only after I got there and searched the internet 'Road Closure at Grampians' did I find any information, and even then they made it difficult. So as far as improving goes, I think I took the required precautionary action, however I will probably now be paranoid about future road trips so I will specifically check for road closures next time.