Meryl Streep is one of the best actresses of all time and she nailed it!

Its one of the best films I have ever seen, Iv seen a lot of films and they are so predictable I just sit there and mong it the tele and nothing goes in. But this film got me right from the start and I loved every minute of it. I didn’t want it to end.

One thing I did think of though is, what would the Iron Lady herself, actually think if she saw the film? I think she would approve of the scenes explaining her way up in her career but not so much about her private life, showing us she’s a little mad and seeing her dead husband.

Anyway, I loved the film and its one I would definitely go a “buy”

Producer: Charlie Wright

Date of recce 02/02/12

Time of recce: 1.32 pm

Location: Bingham

Person in charge of location: Charlie Wright

Contact number:07960322990

Power available: Power socket in hallway ( 2 feet away)

Sound/Ambient noise/ problem: because the project is using its own soundtrack, sound isn’t a problem while filming.

 Other information: toilet and catering are available

General description of location: Bathroom is small with a potentially slippery  floor, grey coloured walls, shower/bath with curtain, basin, toilet and cupboard.

Description of action: close up of the ink/colouring dripping into the water

Health & Safety notes: tripping over the power leads, electrical hazard from power sockets with water from the bathroom, that could also damage the equipment.

• Monday 6^th
• Tuesday 7^th
• Wednesday 8^th

Equipment List

• Panasonic SD60 x 2 – two is needed to capture the ink hitting the water from different angles.
• Tripod x 2
• Lighting kit ( 3 point lighting)
• Extension cable
• Matts

Cast and crew are not needed for the production because I am shooting it on location at my home. The main reason why I am filming at my chosen location is because I need to be close to a water supply.

Real-World Budget

Based on a 3 day shoot, a real camera rental company hiring a Panasonic HDC TM10 (with tripods)  will cost £52.50

Lighting kit for a 3 day will cost £90.00

Editing facilities for a  day shoot will cost £600 according to banyak.co.uk

Total £742.50

After today I kinda felt defeated lol, to be honest I didn’t know how difficult motion capturing would be and thought it would be a easy enough to do, but after the hung, strung and quarted earlier I have decided to change my idea and play with milk, ink and food coloring instead!

So bugger this, I’m sticking to coloured milk!!! who wants animation anyways? Im doing moving image for fuck sake………

Heres some videos

What I thought was to have a couple of dancers (or maybe even one dancer), have them do what they do best in the suit and then use the skeleton (that is created to capture the motion) as a grid for the smoke and lighten to follow. What I don’t want is people thinking that just because I have the motion bit, that I’m going to create a 3D character because I’m not. All I want is the motion, so then I can apply a lever of smoke and lighten on top of the skeleton.

I thought about creating the visuals too require three projections, the middle would have the dancing and then the other two will have like a border effect on them which would collide into the middle projection once and awhile. Also I wondered if it would be possible to project the dancing smoke/lighten onto a dancer on stage?

Anyway, stay tuned!

So today I decided that I was going to stick with my original idea, after Dominic said “If you have a crazy idea, stick with it”. So after a chat with Matt about the equipment I would need, I have chosen a motion capture visual of dancing smoke.

I’m not sure about how I want the dance to be like, but i want to push my boundaries all the way with this one. I mean that in the way that normally if I can something is too difficult or something that I wouldn’t know how to pull off, I run a mile, but this I really want to see if I can actually produce something that even I wouldn’t think I could do.

So stay tuned folks! =]

second, would have to be James Cameron. his passion towards his films are what make them. he knows what he wants and its a bitch to work with, but he must be doing something right because he has the two highest grossing films of all time (titanic and avatar).

To get some ideas together, I have researched into different formats that have used projected images.

although the following videos aren’t projections, there are some really cool graphics that could spark some inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdQ_uD5IWk&feature=player_embedded

Brief Ideas

Idea One:

Playing with lava lamps – says it all on the tin! 

Idea Two:

Light and smoke – have a street dancers made out off smoke/lights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4K2P4tAHQI

Idea Three:

Playing with light through different objects – light appears from random objects, glass, fabric, bouncing off other objects making it a bit abstract.