Week 5 ‘A terrifying night’

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I decided to put together a video where the ‘bus-shit crazy old lady’ appears completely out of context.I hope this to be one film in a series of many. I plan to film other short films with her quirks etc before looking back at how she became the anger riddled/bitter old lady that she is today.

  • 'a wig and cross crutch'I thought this was very similar to a skull and cross bones and could potentially be used as a flag.
    ‘a wig and cross crutch’I thought this was very similar to a skull and cross bones and could potentially be used as a flag.
  • When filming i somehow never realised this picture was behind me untill half way through!And that was when I decided the camera should pan in.
    When filming i somehow never realised this picture was behind me untill half way through!And that was when I decided the camera should pan in.
  • The wig has sculptural face like qualities of it's own.I have ideas of the wig taking on it's own personality and coming alive at night or talking to her (This is also a future scene i'm planning to film)Aswell as a tiny bus driving around her head and going into her mouth.I want the character to be as absurd and surreal as possible like a Monty Python sketch.
    The wig has sculptural face like qualities of it’s own.I have ideas of the wig taking on it’s own personality and coming alive at night or talking to her (This is also a future scene i’m planning to film)Aswell as a tiny bus driving around her head and going into her mouth.I want the character to be as absurd and surreal as possible like a Monty Python sketch.
  • This still looks quite sexual which wasn't esactly what i was going for but you don't get to see Louis face this close due to the camera angle when filming anyway.
    I like this still ,but it looks too sexual which obviously isn’t what I’m going for.
  • I decided to take some stills from the filming and I didn't realise that one of them had turned out this way due to a hand tremble.Even tho it was an accident I feel like this technique could be useful in the future as it has a really atmospheric feel to it.
    I decided to take some stills from the filming and I didn’t realise that one of them had turned out this way due to a hand tremble.Even tho it was an accident I feel like this technique could be useful in the future as it has a really atmospheric feel to it.

I think the video was far more sucessful then I had envisioned,the red lighting really gave an atmosperic feel and I think the video was the right level of dark avant_garde humour.I’d say for my first time making a comedic performance and not a serious performance art piece it has turned out well.I must admit it was a lot of fun to make and coming up with ideas. Alot of laughter was involved in the filming of this and I hope it it brings laughter to everyone that watches it especially in these dark times.

Medusa has been a very obvious choice in terms of the hair altho Granma sadly doesn’t have the power of looks to entice people in with!

I was encouraged by my partner to watch some of the Monty Python sketches as they may be somewhat of an influence to me.And I just so happened to occur this sketch called ‘hells grannies’ which obviously coincided really well with my project.Altho bus-shit crazy old lady is obviously alot darker I love the thought of grannies rebelling and doing what society doesn’t expect of them.I also think that in a way we all know some old person who rebels like that. I allways remember being in total awe of my friends granny as she looked so sweet but swore like a trooper and would allways be flirting with old men,especially one that used to bring her a paper each day.

A few illustrations of ideas for further filming.I feel that drawing the ideas helps the development of the process and helps them come alive.It also felt natural to use the paper used for creating the wig in order to draw on it.This connection just felt like part of the process.Writing some dialogue also helped with the characters development.I felt that using continous line gave her the most character.

I feel that the prison shot would be a good shot for when she gets caught after all the ‘cable murders’.

A look at giving the wig a personality of it’s own after discovering last week that it had it’s own sculptural almost facial like qualties.I also drew some drawings of potential personalities with added to dialogue.I don’t know if prehaps this would be too much work alongside the character of Granma herself but I am willing to see where this takes me as nothing ventured,nothing gained.

I have the idea of a stop motion where the knitting starts to knit on top of her head and down her face and round her into a scarf.The only issue would be getting the needles to stay upright especially when they are meant to be moving.

I watch alot of murder doccumenties which inspired the idea that every time she creates a murder ‘The cable connects’ appears as she obviously uses this to kill.

I decided to make posters which will be put about town with the hashtag ‘what is the last stop’ so that without people even knowing it she is getting inside there minds as they take a photo and use the hashtag which then connects the image to the internet.So the public become almost part of the performance but without realising it.

I was encouraged by a fellow classmate to watch ‘Commedia dell’Arte.I find it interesting how they talk about ‘moving through the emotions of the character using the body’ as opposed to speaking and this is something I think i will try to take into future performances.

Bibliography

Comedia dell’arte. (2011). Character Shape. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJEwuurzDe4&t=38s. Last accessed 16th Nov 2020.

Youtube. (2010). Monty python-Hells grannies. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzMzmnB-iQ. Last accessed 13th Nov 2020

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