the inspiration for the shot comes from the movie poster for the 1980's movie The Changeling which was an incredibly spooky movie. the original poster was an illustration but i wanted to capture the original creepiness of the drawing in a photo
first i had to find an old wheelchair and after putting out a search via the social networks i turned to craigslist and low and behold i found one. where i had to go and pick it up from what was a pretty run down trailer park and murdered after answering craigslist ad type headlines were racing through my head through the entire transaction. luckily i left with the wheelchair and my life so that is a good thing
next i needed a wood floor and a long room. my neighbor happened to be in the process of moving so his dining room provided the long wall i needed. since there was carpeting in the room and i wanted a wood floor, i bought a couple boxes of clickable faux wood flooring and was ready for the shoot
on the day of the shoot i started to assemble the flooring when i realized i had made a big mistake on the estimation on how much flooring i needed and came up way short. since the flooring store was closed that day and i was so far into the setup already, i decided to shoot the flooring in pieces.
i shot the main parts of the shot with the wheelchair empty and then again with me in it to throw the shadowy figure on the wall. i then moved the wood floor several times and made enough shots that i could piece it together later to have a full floor
i then brought everything into photoshop and painstakingly reassembled the floor via the various shots and finished out the other modifications till i had the final shot complete
this was an extremely difficult shot to accomplish mostly due mostly to the logistics of creating the floor and trying to get in and out of the wheelchair without changing it's position since it doesn't have any kind of braking mechanism on it
as always, if you have any questions feel free to ask away.
...enjoy
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Yes, very creepy indeed