Graphics

I had a go at making more graphics on photoshop which i will use in the final of editing our promo film. I was much better at it, as i had played around more and therefore got the hang of it. I did similar shapes in lots of different colours. I have attached a few examples. They will definitely make our promo more colourful!

Outfits and starting to style the promo

We have started to organise the styling for the dancers on the promo.

I have made the necklaces from the pony's and toy elephant, and they look really good. So pleased with my creation and idea.

The pink shoes our my own but will suit the styling good, and we also have a pair of aqua ones. So they will slightly match.

The two dresses i bought from next are the same but in two different bright colours. They are really doll like and great. The black girl will be in the orange one and the white girl in pink, as they suit their skin tones more.

Our dancer

This is one of our dancers. She came to the audition and was so confident and good. So excited about her dancing for our promo. We cant seem to find another dancer so i may have to also dance. we will see.

Shopping for film

Me and my partner Kis did some bargain shopping in Pound land for the film. We got some colourful socks for the dancers to wear as they are similar to our designers tights. We also got some toys we are going to make into necklaces, so creativeness is needed. Also we got some party cocktail umbrellas which we are going to put into the dancers afro wig, like our designer did.

Our practice choreography for the promo

This is our practice choreography we free styled. It was so funny when we were trying to be serious. But we managed to get a rough idea of the type of thing we want to film with our professional dancers. But i don't think we were too bad ourselves, lol!!! Check it out and you will understand our story board more. but we are just pretending the boom box is there, etc.

70s show

During the 70s show, there are psychedelic clips of them dancing with in front of them, so its an idea we could do. So to make the film even more psychedelic we would project similar images on the background behind them.

Resort 2010, Issac mizrahi

This designer which i found on style.com, is great for inspiration when getting clothes for the film (styling). As its similar to Emma Bell but also is very psychedelic. The colours are great and also the patterns. AMAZING!

My make-up artist

I am so happy i have managed to get an amazing make-up artist to do my dancers make-up for the film. I have asked her to do the doll style face, and she will test it out and send me some pics, so keep an eye.

These are some of the work she has done, so certain she will do a great job, as it will make such a difference to make the film look so much more professional.

Beatles, Yellow Submarine

Wow i am on a roll with my research, done so much and feel my ideas are coming to life and even understand myself what i wan to achieve more. Also the more research i do the more my ideas change slightly for the better and i understand my effect and theme more for example.

This is a video of the Beatles, Yellow Submarine. Its definitely psychedelic. So will look at how they used the graphics, and will take note on what objects, etc i may want to use in our promo.

N.synC Its goNna bE Me ...!!!

The N.SYNC music video form ages ago, is based on the artists being dolls stuck inside boxes on a shelf. We could do this in a similar sense. So we would have to film our dancers in front of a green screen and then we could make a small set with a box, which we can edit them into it in the end. So exciting but feel we are really challenging ourselves.

Wind Up Doll

The dancers in our promo will dance/act as they have been winded up. This video really illustrates a human acting as a doll. We will not have the wind up key on the back of them though as i feel its too obvious and cheesy. Also the make-up is great. So i will also show this video to my make-up artist.

kaleidoscope

kaleidoscope: This is a very psychedelic reference. So i was at first considering having this a clips throughout the video. But i feel now it will not match my narrative and promo idea. I guess i could have it at the end when the doll dancers have broken down, and it could portray the drugs induced for example.

RUN DMC

RUN DMC, is a artist reference for idea for my promo. I feel going more urban with this is whats needed as it would suit my designer more, as an 80s psychedelic reference is more similar to a 60s for example. I think i will take the idea of graffiti used and the colours used for this. Also the humour is great. So in a way i will get my dancers to mock these dancers of the 80s for example.

Michael Clark Dance Compan

is a You Tube video, of a

Michael Clark Dance Company video. It illustrates very psychedelic images which i will reference as the colourful spots have a fun humour to them. But the main reason i am looking at it is because it has choreography as its main feature, and is filmed in a studio, which is what i want to do. So i will note down some of the dance moves as its contemporary which is the style i want to do and also has humour, which i want as i want to portray the designers clothes in a positive fun way.

Graphics

As we have decided to use graphics in our film, this will be our main feature to the promo. We will have to either draw them and scan in, or make on photoshop. I will experiment and see whats best.

But these are some images which we will use. As they appear in our designers collection.

Hair accessories

An idea i have taken from my designer was to put the cocktail umbrella's and put them in the girl dancers afro which we will use. I feel this will help to portray the style of our designer more. So we will have to buy them, but they are really cheap so will be no problem.

Necklace for dancers to wear.

When i researched my designer 'Emma Bell's' collection, she had large plastic necklaces with animal heads on and gingerbread men. I will make these too but maybe with dolls heads as well.

MINI TOY WINDMILL

An idea i had for on the set or graphics, etc. Was the mini windmill's which kids have on the seaside. They are so colourful, and we could even film them close up so it create a psychedelic effect. VERY CLEVER TRICK I THINK!

Boom box

For our film we want a boom box or some kind of music player for us to use as its part of the narrative.

As we have been researching more the 60s for their psychedelic references, then a 60s music player is what i guess we should use. But i feel these do not suit our more hip-hop style clothes and a record player may be too retro and not modern enough.

So we will use an 80s Boom box, as there was a psychedelic comeback in the 80s with urban artists. So this would be great and meet the music we are thinking of using. I will have to buy one though, so will have to think of a budget.

Set for filming

We are going to film in the studio. But like the idea of building a small box for the dancers to dance in, so they feel more like dolls and trapped, etc. The image i have included will actually be more different and bigger to this but you can get an idea.

NEED DANCERS

We made this poster and will print them off and put round uni and dance school notice boards. hopefully we can get some poeple who can dance contacting us as they want to be in it. fingers crossed everyone!!!

contemporary dance

Hermes

This Hermes campaign, illustrates their amazing colourful prints. These are the prints i will not only use as inspiration for the styling of clothes on the film but also the graphics i will use during the editing process as they are very psychedelic.

The image was ripped out of Harpers Bazaar magazine, the march 2010 issue.

TIE-DYE

TIE-DYE, is something i will definitely use when it comes to searching for clothes for the film, as our designer Emma Bell uses it as the main feature to her collections, and its also very psychedelic and goes with our 60s colourful theme. Here are some images from a collection of different brands, which i found in fashion magazines which also use TIE-DYE, so as its in trend surely it cant be that hard to find in shops and buy.

bbycks.com

bbycks, is a brand which i feel we could use certain things from pretending to be Emma Bells clothes, as they have a similar theme and is also very colourful. I love the huge necklace as its similar to what she uses. We could also make one easily i am sure.

Filming location

The idea we had of using a studio for all of our filming for the promo. An idea we could also consider is using a graffiti background, as they are often very colourful and feel would suit our choreography effect. It would also make the promo for street and urban which i feel matches the style of designers fashion.

AFRO WIG

I am considering using large oversized afro wigs, which our dancer can wear. These are a big fashion trend seen on the catwalks but feel it would also suit the style of fashion/clothes and also meet our psychedelic 60s theme.

Psychedelic graphics

These are two graphic images which i feel would be good graphic images to consider when it come to adding them to my film during the editing process.

They were from magazine called 'IDEA', Issue 338. post Pop Graphics.

I am starting to feel nervous about doing these graphics during editing as feel i will have a lot to learn if i want it to look any good. ahhh. Oh well its good to challenge myself and learn new things.

story board

After our tutorial with Dennis, it gave us inspiration for the basis/narrative of our promo.

I have attached the two scanned images of my rough and first draft of the story board.

Pucci

The designer lebel 'Pucci' is know to have psychedelic prints. These prints i can get inspiration for the graphics and editing in the background of my promo, but i can also use the fashion for ideas to add to my designer Emma Bell's pieces.

Music

I definitely want to use music in this film, as i feel it will be needed to portray the theme, etc.

We have an idea of house, funky, or 60s cheese. We will have to consider the lyrics of a song, as it will make a difference to the meaning of our promo. It may be easier to use a track with no lyrics.

Masquerade ball

We had an idea of a theme of using masks, like the ones used at the Masquerade ball on Gossip Girl.
I have included a photo of this. i feel it could create a more doll like effect to our film, but it may not suit the 60s theme.

Wiley & Chew Fu - Take That

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYWvnw_aLso

Look at this link on You Tube. Its a music video, which we could kinda of do in a similar way. As we have choreography. But we just wont have people singing.

I love the speeding up on editing which we can do. Also the dancing is very doll like. So i like how its wild and the music is what we could also work with. Unless we choose to use more 60s music. But this video also has strobe lighting, so i feel its a good reference for inspiration and ideas for our promo.

Strobe lighting

Although we do not have our effect as strobe lighting like some groups do. I would also like to use it and incorporate it in my film. I FEEL IT WOULD SUIT OUR HOUSE TYPE OF MUSIC WE WANT TO USE, AND WOULD ALSO SUIT THE PSYCHEDELIC THEME AS ITS VERY COLOURFUL.

I have attached a clip on you tube which is great. we could easily film this in an night club.

I have attached the link to watch it on you tube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjbrmfjJRk0

(CONTAINS FLASHING IMAGERY!!!!)

Make-up

The idea e had for the make-up on the models or dancers. Is very much similar to how our designer Emma Bell displays her models. iTS BIG FALSE EYELASHES AND VERY DOLL LIKE MAKE-UP.

We would just need to find an amazing make-up artist!

Studio for filming

Like the Monki look book film, it was all done in a studio. This creates an achievable budget as all the work was done in editing. So i think we may film some of our footage in the studio or even all of it. We will see. This also depends on our editing skills, but i am sure we can learn.

Doll like dancers

I have an idea where i would like dancers to move like wind up dolls. i think it would be very psychedelic and also match the type of clothes my designer has. Also then we could play with their make-up ND IT WOULD BE TRIPPY AS THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE MOVING DOLLS. We could even edit it so they look tiny, etc.

Psychedelic Movie Nr 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KiPqZ48e7c

check out this you tube video. its really pyschedelic and would like to use the effects in my film. Its good inspiration and research.