Tonight BBC2: Shooting the Hollywood Stars

Brigivy said:
kev cannock yes mate i did recreation at cannock college last year really hard especially trying to get the lighting right.
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kev cannock yes mate i did recreation at cannock college last year really hard especially trying to get the lighting right
 
DemiLion said:
I think the Monroe shots would have been seen as trying to ape NY magazine's version with Lohan too much, hence avoiding them.

I think that you are spot on with the getting under people's skin angle though. One classic examples that comes to mind straight away is Karsh's Churchill.

There was another of one of the Bennett/Potter/Pinter generation of playwrights taken outside the stage door post performance by a British female photographer, but I can't remember who it was at the moment.
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At a guess, Jane Bown's shot of Samuel Beckett ?
 
DemiLion said:
One bloody name out........ so close and yet so far!! :D

Spot on Mark; and I'm now kicking myself!
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It's strange - I was re-reading the January 2010 edition of Black+White photography yesterday, where it was featured on the cover, along with an interview with Her.

Small World.... but I wouldn't want to paint it :lol:
 
Albi said:
AliB said:
lol I'd love to see you try! :)

AliB
I accept your challenge.
You supply the following:-
A selection of portrait style film advertising shots taken in UK, similar to those used in the TV programme "Shooting the Hollywood Stars".
My choice of actor/model.
Access to a wardrobe props department.
My choice of a fully equipted studio venue.
My choice of make up artist.
My choice of a assistant.

I will get Mr John Rankin Waddell, [who I think is a brilliant photographer in is own right] if available, Mr Terry Oneill or agreed substitute, to compare the print against my choice of your supplied selection.
This will make a good project/challenge for 2011.
Waiting on your reply.
Albi :cool:
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Lol, no, please, go on, be my guest :D never said I'd help you :razz:

Although it would be great to put together a studio day and pull out some classics :) (goes off to find her vanity fair book of covers.....) lol
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AliB
Some how did'nt think it would be that easy.
Like I said IF you had all the gear, props. assistance etc etc etc it would.nt be that hard to reproduce something close.
Albi :coo:
 
Ooh. How about recreating the Demi Moore cover but with a skinhead with a beer gut? Bet you could win a guardian comp with that :naughty:
 
Watched this morning. Found it very interesting, definitely more of a history than a how to but very informative non the less. With the most pro thing I have seen prior was a small studio in town or a few clips from next top modle thats it. Watching this I found there sheer number of people involved in even a simple low key shot amazing!

In a small way it's made me feel amazingly insignificant, the volume of tallent involved in each shot just seems so beyond me.
 
I watched this last night, I thought it was a great show, it gave a fantastic insight into the work that goes into setting up shots with big stars.

I thought Rankin seemed very down to earth also, not at all what I imagined him to be like.

I thought the best bit was the Martin Sheen/Chaplin shoot - I was amazed by Sheen's attention to detail when in make up and wardrobe - I guess that is a sign of a good chracter actor.
 
Sorry for bringing it up but has anyone got a link for this? I missed it and its not on iPlayer :(
 
Thanks mate, I'll keep an eye out! Really want to see it.
 
Why is it the BBC can't keep anything on the Iplayer for more than a week but Channel4 can go back years with 4OD?
 
Kev M said:
Why is it the BBC can't keep anything on the Iplayer for more than a week but Channel4 can go back years with 4OD?
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Because it'd stop them selling everything to UK-TV for re-broadcast on DAVE, Alibi etc.
 
Just one more reason why I think the BBC should be commercialised in that case.
 
joxby said:
I think Rankin struggles with the concept of photography without digital editing.
Well, maybe not concept, but he can't let it go.
He just has so many back-up's its unreal.
I don't for one minute imagine that a re-creation is anything like as easy as making a shot for the first time though, which ever medium is used.
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Watched this the other day on Sky+, I didn't enjoy it as much as I liked the Seven Images That Changed Fashion but Charlie Sheen was great as Chaplin, the attention to detail was amazing.

But I totally agree that Rankin stuggles without digital editing.
 
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