The meeting last Monday was a good chance to discuss how the characters are developing, and the practicalities of getting everyone together for a photoshoot. Setting a date was quite a logistical task, but we are now on a countdown to Wednesday May 21st.
Guided by Gemma, Kirsten has decided to focus visually on one side of her character and has chosen the widow rather than the schoolmistress, with dramatic effects.
Phil has acquired costume items from a local gentleman, Mr Brian Moore known as "the spectre".
Gemma is guiding the development of these characters, and the idea of how character is portrayed by burlesque performers.
Ross`s primitive methodist minister has proved the most difficult to develop. I think it has great potential – a methodist minister with a twist of punk to reflect the radical nature of this victorian breakaway movement. The concept is really exciting, but now we have set a date we are running very short of time to get this together. Hopefully as a collaborative effort we will pull it off, and Ross will `model` the character for the shoot. We may be able to borrow costume items from the Royalty Theatre, but have yet to have this confirmed.
The photoshoot will be held in various locations in Sunniside Gardens throughout the afternoon of the 21st. We`ll need to be organized to get the most out of the day, but at the same time retain a certain amount of fluidity. Our objectives are to assist Gemma in creative directorship, facilitating the creation of images (for exhibition) and the recording of footage for Carl Gregg`s vj performance.
Also of course to create something visually different …
and on the subject of something visually different that leads to the subject of titles. We now have one for our project:
What do you think you`re looking at
…… the Sunniside of Burlesque.
