More Crime Scene Photography (Jakob)

Our film includes crime scene photographs, and as well as researching the lighting and effects to use to make these realistic, it is equally important to make sure we have the right photographs in the first place.

science.howstuffworks.com says 'There are three types of photographs a CSI takes to document the crime scene: overviews, mid-views, and close-ups'. To be authentic, our film should probably include a variety of these, as opposed to just one, etc.

'Overview shots are the widest possible views of the entire scene'. We include this, in a shot of the crime scene tape which leaves the body vague contributing to the mystery and suspense of the film.

'mid-shots show key pieces of evidence in context', for example, location in the scene or distance from other evidence.

'close-ups are of individual pieces of evidence, showing any serial numbers or other identifying characteristics. For these pictures, the CSI uses a tripod and professional lighting techniques to achieve the best possible detail and clarity -- these photos in particular will provide the forensics lab with views to assist in analyzing the evidence. The CSI also takes a second set of close-up shots that includes a ruler for scale'. This type of shot is the one most important to us, allowing us to convey injury and death whilst retaining mystery and suspense. We included close-ups of a foot, a hand, and finally the eyes. We have researched what professional lighting techniques to use to make these realistic, and by including a ruler in at least one of these shots we can add to the proffesional feel. In addition, we need to include a reason for the detective to have taken these photos, so we will add in some important pieces of evidence on these photos, for instance cuts or bruises.