So I am nearing completion of my dialogue for my short film and I have decided to base it around the structure of Sassoon's Pacifist Statement. I have organised for a professional dancer to be the focus of my film and also choreograph the piece. I want my character to have no fixed influence as far as styling and looks go, it's important he/she appears to have had no direct influence from advertising and popular culture. I want a creature, wild and unrestrained from social construct. Below is a picture of my beautiful model and dancer Tyler Lloyd-Curtis:
I've chosen Tyler because of his striking androgynous appearance. I like how there is no fixed sexual identity, which reflects my theme of trying not to allow outside influences with interior motives to shape you. As far as styling is concerned I have yet to settle for definite on the type of imagery I want, I just know I want it to appear free and unrestricted somehow. Then, whilst procrastinating, I came across the very simple yet affective music video below for a song called "A Thousand Thieves" directed by Matthu Placek for artist Trixie Whitley. This video has me set on choosing some really gorgeous billowing clothing to emphasise the free movement of the piece. Check it out.
As far as movement and dance go, I am fairly open to suggestion. I have a list of music videos that I will show Tyler, who (having choreographed many dance performances in his time) has agreed that he is happy to use these as inspiration for his moves which he himself will come up with, taking into consideration the location (which has now been decided, pics below) I do however know that I want the movement to be slow to start, increasing in size and energy to the fit the music which I think I have decided on! A track called Steede Bonnet by Tarantel.



As I am travelling to my camera men for the shoot, the location had to be close enough for them to travel by train with their equipment. I discovered this place on google madps and thought the highstreet had the slightly gloomy feel I am after. My camera men offered to take some pictures of the location so here are a couple. I have nice plans for the subway and black wall. It is important this place looks fairly anonymous and bleak. This can be aided by desaturation of the final image.


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