Concept Art

It has been a little while since we really had things moving on here, but, well, we're going to have to dig down soon, aren't we?
So, back in Bristol and with the complete absence of a projector, we have decided to focus on the story and artistic side of things without having to worry about lumens or calibration.

After checking out the ins and outs of our new residence, we have found some useful places for practice and rehearsal (and, strangely enough, this place has an 'indoor garden' - you really have to see it to believe it...). We found a nice little room near a fire escape that looks like it has been largely undisturbed since the '70s, with a whitewashed wall.

Today we set up the camera in the room, put on our greys and did a few 'concept' scenarios. The idea is that we photograph ourselves in basic scene ideas and then layer on some art in Photoshop mainly using multiply layers to create a similar effect to a projected image. The layer of the original photograph isn't edited at all - we just slap stuff on top of it.

See our legs?

Nice UNITE carpet too.

The point of all this is to try some different styles, colour palettes and scenes, and also continue to think about what would be feasible with a projected image. Of course the scenes we are building in this concept art are exaggerations of the capabilities of a projected image - the image would be thrown slightly by our bodies, the brightness levels would be different and also from a live audiences' perspective it would be considerably harder to create the illusion - plus...these images don't move! Plenty of food for thought... 

Some of Livvy's art to follow shortly...