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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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Challenge: Scene It! (Basic Editing III)
Collection: What Was I Thinking?
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Aug 29, 2006
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Studio, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 I was tempted to sit out this week, but this seemed like a cute idea (and relatively simple to execute). The biggest problem was finding a Wonka Bar. I've seen them in stores before, but not when I actually want to buy one! :-(

I finally resorted to building this Wonka Bar from a large Kit Kat bar, the foil from a Hershey bar, and a label that I drew in Photoshop and printed on matte paper. Pain-in-the-neck.

A bare monolight was behind my model, and my daughter was bouncing a small gold reflector in his face. A brolly box provided some fill light.

Processing was fairly minimal- Crop, Levels, HSM, slight Shadow/Highlight and a saturation boost in Channel Mixer.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.0164
Avg (commenters): 7.1290
Avg (participants): 5.3393
Avg (non-participants): 6.1189
Views since voting: 6241
Views during voting: 613
Votes: 426
Comments: 33
Favorites: 0

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 09/06/2006 07:13:45 AM
26th place? A bit underrated in my opinion. Some folks commented on the flatness and the background. Those things originally stood out to me as well, but considering that it was an older movie, and the family was very poor, I thought it kind of fit. I think it's a great shot for the challenge! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 09:34:01 PM
Cute, creative and the composition and exposure are good, but the background panneling is a bit distracting. If he was a few feet farther away and if you had a more shallow dof it might work better.

Message edited by author 2006-09-06 00:50:47.
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 09/05/2006 06:11:47 PM
lol that's pretty good :)
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 09/05/2006 01:10:26 PM
love his exprssion
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 09/05/2006 08:59:03 AM
i like how the light looks as if it's coming from the candy. nice touch.
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 09/05/2006 12:33:53 AM
this is adorable.
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 09/04/2006 04:29:40 PM
Great lighting and comp. I love this movie. Nice job on the wrapper and the expression.
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 09/04/2006 01:53:57 PM
Good shot and shows much preparation (hard to find one of those Wonka bars with the prize ticket).
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 09/03/2006 12:44:46 PM
Alright, where did you buy a wonka bar? Just for the prop you get a 10.
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 09/02/2006 10:44:31 PM
Very cool! The boy even looks like Charlie. Having the light from the ticket on his face adds a lot to this. A little looser crop would be the only suggestion I could offer.
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 09/02/2006 11:31:03 AM
Lovely expression. Sharp and good control of exposure.. but watch the cropping.. the right hand is cropped too much.. 7 for me
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 09/01/2006 02:47:59 PM
Love the expression you have captured and the likeness the child has to 'Charlie', nicely done :o)
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 09/01/2006 02:57:01 AM
Lightning is abit flat, but i like the picture. Good lookning props.
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 08/31/2006 10:04:13 PM
Oh wow, he even looks like the original Charlie.
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 08/31/2006 12:30:22 AM
Not a bad photo, although, I would have prefered seeing it a little bit more 'fleshed out'. maybe more of a wide angle with a colorful character in the foreground or something like that.
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 08/30/2006 07:51:58 PM
Good job with props. Nice clear image.
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 08/30/2006 07:15:02 PM
great idea ... wish the light wasn't falling directly on his ear
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 08/30/2006 03:55:08 PM
well done, I especially like the light on the face and the accuracy of the costume. the only suggestion I could have made would be to try and PP so that it feels like an older movie. and also in the movie there weren't any protrait scenes, not trying to nitpick too much but just a suggestion. 8
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 08/30/2006 01:59:49 PM
He even looks like Charlie! Niceley done lighting is good. 8.
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 08/30/2006 01:08:07 PM
he really look a like that boy....neat !! 8
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 08/30/2006 10:33:19 AM
aw man he found the last golden ticket! Really cute kid, and great expression
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 08/30/2006 10:31:57 AM
Nice simple shot. 7
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 08/30/2006 09:42:25 AM
I hope more people see it, but getting the reflection of the gold wrapper onto the childs face, just like Charlie when he opened the wrapper - as well as the exact blue turtleneck - quite a feat. GREAT job!
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 08/30/2006 08:48:49 AM
He got the golden ticket!!! Great lighting!
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 08/30/2006 08:32:23 AM
Charlie and the Chocolate factory, that aside I love the lighting you have used (gold reflection on the childs face) , great set up and follow through, good luck in the challenge.

EDIT: Appologies, I never realised the origianl was called Willy Wonka & the Chocolate factory. Anyhow I still love the shot and imagine it to do very well.
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 08/30/2006 07:14:57 AM
I like the light on his face...nice shot and a good expression
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 08/30/2006 06:34:10 AM
Alright. You've got a bit of a "midday snapshot" glow coming off his head there.
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 08/30/2006 05:09:51 AM
Ahh very nice! I wanted to so this scene also!!! But I didn't ;(
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 08/30/2006 05:03:41 AM
well done
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 08/30/2006 04:48:18 AM
oh...charlie &... was one of my favourite books...! cute photo!!!
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 08/30/2006 02:49:20 AM
Aw cute! Nice choice.
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 08/30/2006 02:33:41 AM
good picture. i love the original version!!
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 08/30/2006 01:46:53 AM
Nice idea but it lacks the depth of emotion that I would like to see from a photo referencing this film. Finding the golden ticket was a real turning point in Charlie's Life, the boy in this photo just looks like he got a decoder ring in his cereal box. The wooden background doesn't really ad anything interesting. Sorry.
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