Dodo Lantern referbishemnt 2010

Hello one and all! One event I help out with and participate in is the annual Lantern Festival every September at Ulverston, Cumbria. Here the video I shot last year with an ordinary point and shoot camera.



A quick note on the construction of these lanterns, they are produced by the cutting and taping willow withies into different shapes, then tissue paper is added with diluted PVA glue (half and half mix of PVA glue and water) Illumination comes from a candle installed in the main body of the Lantern (LED light is used in lanterns where narrow spaces where a candle would result in buning the lantern) Each year there are different theme for people to build lanterns (In 2009 it was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, This year was Circus of Dreams)

Last year I produced the Dodo featured in this video. I had originally wanted to have it with wings extended and looking back the top of the head wasn't very well illuminated by the candle installed in the belly of the lantern.

For this year I wanted to create the wings I originally planned for and add LED lighing into the Dodo for non-candle based illumination (much safer for indoor display)

Here we see the Dodo's wings half completed.


Side view.


Front right view. To be able to work a little easier I tempoarally added a side stand on the rear right of the lantern so I wouldn't have to keep propping the Dodo against tables and chairs.


Scale view, The Dodo is on a table but this gives you an idea of the size of my lantern.


Video of the referbishment of the Dodo, partly completed.

After a few more hours of manipulating the withies, liberal use of masking tape, instalation of LEDs and gluing up of tissue paper results in the final lantern!


Front three quarter view.


Side view


Rear view, I'm quite happy with the details on the wing tips for the feathers.


Close up of the head of the Dodo.


Front view to the left of the Dodo.


A video of the complete lantern. This shows there some of the LEDs are inside the Dodo.

I hope you have enjoyed this showcase, if you are in the North West of England it's something I would reccomend for anyone the participate in for next year!

And now for me acting like an idiot! Enjoy!



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A world of collaboration - my adventures

Sorry that My past posts have been rather sparse in their content. I'm hoping to become more proactive in blogging as allot is happening this year so I will be posting more than once a month LOL

Anyways, on with the post. Just as a side note, the end of 2008 was just crazy, from October onwards I have been all over the place not to mention the IWM student film festival fun. So in the past three months I have made plans for three feature length productions (writing, designing and acting as producer) The ball is going to start rolling come February on all three at the same time and I'm ready! But these three productions all stand on their own in their complexity and message.

With a residential Guerilla Film-making course up at Ambleside at the end of October has yield new collaborations with young people in the North West of England (they are like rooster teeth up here!) no longer can I sit on my ass thinking up cool ideas, I have to keep up now which is really great!

My own personal film project hasn't launched as I have a lack of confidence, yes... It's true. I have had to many ideas to try and keep up in the air is near impossible but with new collaboration comes a renewed desire to visit old notes, scribbles, scripts and even old tests from college. All these ideas for little things and being boiled and reduced down into a thick soup of greatness, pure flavor! no filler! don't think thats how it goes, who cares IT SOUNDS GOOD AS I TYPE xD



So 2009 is shaping up to be a good looking year with equal parts success and failures (I'm a pessimist when no one is looking)

Keep watching!

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Lots o' pictures

Been busy over the bast month, as you can see :P


Waiting for ice cream by ~Petro1986 on deviantART


Spirothingy by ~Petro1986 on deviantART


Chiwawa Painting by ~Petro1986 on deviantART

If you couldn't tell, I'm on Deviantart...

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Riot Police - Drawing

This could be one of my better photoshop works. Originally the picture was for a a short movie to be made over the next few weeks, the idea behind this drawing was to difficult to pull of in real life.

Originally drawn on a note card, this picture has got me going now and back to enjoying film making. And thats is dreaming...

Enjoy!

P.S. if you would like more drawings (whether for you're own blog or comic) then drop me an e-mail, or leave a comment...

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Graffiti Name

Of to be an extra tomorrow, Did this name thing for a short film festival thing.

Enjoy the graffitiness...

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Apple Logo

Late on Sunday night, I start playing about with Photoshop and the apple logo. I had a play with lighting, chrome and various other things, which resulted in this nice picture.

P.S. I've done a video with this picture but I'm going to have to put this up in a few days as on YouTube, I'm about to upload my 100th video, and I want to make it a special video for my 100th, so yeah. This will be my 101st video, and it will be up in a few days...

::Edit::

Here's the video.



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Paranoid Diffusion Overdrive

Video I did while I was sick last week. Was going for a Lynchian, Dream scape type expressionism of my inner turmoil, plus I wanted to have fun with stop motion...

Enjoy, and leave a comment

*BIG NEWS*

I going to be moving my video's from google video to YouTube, as I will be getting a greater audience and they look better. So over the next few days, I there are any missing videos, Don't worry as they will be up and running again very soon...

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Un-Named Short & Contest

The latest short film I'm working on, but. I can't come up with a good name. If you come up with a name, then you will get a credit in the final Short film...

Leave a comment or e-mail me direct...

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Mentos & Diet Cola...

After watching so many Diet Coke + Mentos video's. so I decided to make one today. Even with the help of Adam Clarke on camera, I didn't get this

Enjoy though...

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