We went to the location we plan to shoot in, in order to do some test shots to see if our lighting and composition of shot ideas would work. As we don't have an actress and no final costume yet, I just put on a white dress in place of the actress for these tests. We were then able to make a photographic storyboard of what kind of shots we are expecting to get on the shoot day, and we were quite happy with the results. We put this together in video format so it was a clearer timeline for us to see visually.
The only problems we encountered were slight issues with some lighting, however we only did the test shots with a headlamp and so the outcome will be much nicer with bigger redheads for example on the shoot day. The space we got to work in was brilliant in terms of size for the long shots, and the darkness that was in place when the lights were off, to get the effects we wanted in contrast with the white dress. From this we were able to realise what we would have to do on the shoot day, such as covering up some white wall fixures in the background, covering the windows on the doors, and perhaps putting some black fabric or paper on the floor to get a darker effect; however, we actually thought the way the floor looked was much better than we anticipated, and we might not necessarily need to cover it, depending on the shots we use.
The lighting on the razor we used worked well - to get a full metal one was a good choice. Also the fact my black hair blended too much into the background suggested the fact we would probably be best with a blonde actress for the shoot as planned, or back-light the hair more.
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