Life of brian stoning scene

This i researched to give me ideas on how to film a torture scene and see what it might look like. Even though it is a mock one, the ideas and setup are still relevant.

List of things i need to do to complete the project

DVD of site specific

evaluation

Script

My site specific project is based upon witch craft and how they used to be tortured. The site chosen was around Pendle hill, a place famous for witchcraft. I wanted to demonstrate how that the way the witches were tortured still goes onto today in a modern society.

I will create 5 different short films. Each of these are based on the 5 points of the pentagram. These are water, air, fire, earth and spirit.

Each of these film will be projected onto 5 different locations of Pendle hill. The 5 projections will be projected onto elements that relate to the pentagram. All of the locations are accessible via the route running through Pendleton to newchurch where on of the Pendle witches is buried.

The first location will be at the bottom of Pendle hill in Pendleton. The film is a water torture scene that is projected onto the stream.

The second location will be projected form the very top of Pendle hill. It will be projected into the air or possibly onto cloud. It can be scene from the road driving via the route described before. The type of torture that can seen on this clip is hanging which relates to the element of air.

The third projection location will be on the nick of Pendle. A bonfire or smoke screen will be set up at this location and the film will be projected onto smoke. The torture scene of this will be of burnt alive highlight the element of fire.

The forth film will be located again at the nick of Pendle. It will be projected onto a rock face showing someone getting stone to death. This will highlight the element of earth.

The final film will be located in newchurch in the grave yard of where on of the pendle witches (alice nutter) was buried. The film will be projected onto her grave showing torture of someone being buried alive. This will highlight the element of spirit.

Creating the hanging and fire scene

These will be done both by green screen.

Fire sequence:

This will be projected onto smoke, ideally from a bonfire. the area that it will be projected onto will be:

The earth squence

This is going to be projected onto rock. The area chosen to do this is to the right. This cliff face is quite flat and will be able to be projected on clearly.

Both of these locations are also very accessible for driving.

The air Projection

The air projection the best way can be explained is like batman calling light:The projection of the video will be of a person being hanged, adding the element of air into the torture sequence. The project will be place at the top of pendle hill, and will be able to be view from the road. This is where the projector will be placed:

Water torture on location

This is what the video would appear as if it was projected onto the water. The location of this is N 53 degrees 51.118 W 2 degrees 22.353. It is just near the entrance of the bottom of Pendle hill

This is what the location looks like:

The projector will be placed facing down on the edge of the bridge projecting onto the water.

Todays jobs

Go pendle hill photograph and video places

record gps cordinates, put them onto google maps

Website to put corodinates on google maps

http://www.accessgrid.org/node/767

Setup buried

This was the box that use used to film the buried alive film.

Setup

This is how the head underwater was filmed. The camera was placed under the box filled with water.

motion grave

Buried alive/spirit

Pendle Pentagram

This pentagram has photos of various locations of Pendle Hill show where the video's could be projected and what projected onto.

Torture scenes

These website contain information about the best torture scenes. I am going to research them and find out what makes them good.

http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/09/09/10-of-the-most-memorable-torture-scenes-in-movies/

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/the-10-best-torture-scenes-in-american-cinema.php

http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/2007/07/19/top-five-movie-torture-scenes/

latest update

There will be 5 diferent idents filmed. Each of the idents will be showing the different forms of torture or death. The 5 idents will represent the 5 elements of the witchcraft pentagram. What they are projected on will also represent the pentagram

These are ideas of they could be:

Earth-Projected on rock- Stoned to death

Water- Projected on water-Drowned

Fire-Projected on smoke-Burnt alive

Spirt-Projected on a grave (alice nutter maybe-a pendle witch)-Buried alive

Air-Projected in the sky- Hanging

An idea would be good if from the bird's eye view of pendle hill could make up the 5 points of the pentagram.

Update

Watch the film the crucible. This gave me an insight to how the witches were portrayed and sentenced.

Location idea

On the top of Pendle Hill is the reservoir that could possibly be the place where images could be projected from.

Different famous witches

Wicked witch of the west

Charmed

Macbeth

Modern Day Witch Hunts

Terrorism

Pedophiles

Water Boarding

This is a form of modern day torture. It creates the impression that the victim is being drowned without actually drowning the person. It makes the body's gag reflexes.

The night of the hunter research

This scene was shot underwater showing a girl that was been tied to a car. It gives the idea of something being very horrific but yet beautiful at the same time.

Update with Bill and Chris

Trail by drowning

Ophelia

water boarding

witch hunt

Look at the play the crucible

Night of the hunter- shelly writers water scene

link to contemporary issues and culture- modern day witch hunt is pedophiles and terrorism

project into water and underwater

Pentagram

Spirit

Air

Earth

Fire

Water

Based on these 5 elements I want to show and represent them in some way or form

Need to do

brainstorm the 5 elements

ideas of what i can do with them

Update with Mark

I need to research more about witch craft

Watch Most Haunted for narrative style

Witch craft research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEHgM-lCrLM

Penticle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai7fDm3MwjM

Witch craft

The location of the project is going to be based on the grave of Alice Nutter, a gentleman that hung for witch craft. I am going to incorporate the idea of witch craft.

next objective,

More research on Alice Nutter.

Research on witch craft

Pendle Links

http://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/

http://www.moorhouses.co.uk/witches.html

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/1126382.100yearolds_link_with_witches/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches

Facts

Alice nutter was hanged in 1612 for witch craft

Claimed to of sold her soul to the devil

Beggers

August 1612-400 years later 2012

Grave Video

Location grave

This is the grave of alice nutter, one of the pendle witches. This is where the site specific media will be placed

Location scouting up pendle hill

Today went around Pendle hill to visit the location of where the witches grave is.

I have decided to based on witchcraft and the trails of the witches. The loaction I want to based the media on is the grave of Alice Nutter, one of the pendle Hill Witches.

Change of idea

The ideaof creating a video game on a landscape did not have much site specific scope. The game could have been anywhere and was not very specific to the place.

Game idea

A shooting range. The player goes to a location where mountains are visable and the player has to shoot characters that appearing as if they are climbing through the mountains.

Men in black ride, universal studios

"The ride's outcome is based on your score – save Earth and you might get promoted to full-fledged Men in Black agent. With multiple endings, it's never the same ride twice! Have you got what it takes to join the best of the best? "

The ride use's zappers to hit the targets.

Design proposal

I want to create game that interact's with its enviroment. I want to use character that are projected but no level design. The game will work like the channel 4 idents were the player has to look at it from a certain angle in order for the game to function correctly.

Update with kath

Character design and game design

interaction for one person

on a building or scafolding

"real" platform game

projected animations to shoot and interact with

Objectives

Learn about animation and character design

Create a real life level design.

Level design

What i need to do

• think about the location
• what i want the game to do
• location scouting
• Research flash games

Be ambitious, don't think about the small coding part.

Maybe think about different things happening that could change the point system.

Creating a game from the location as the level

The idea of this is selecting a location that has elements that could be used as level design. The location will have a basic game that uses elements of architecture the or landscape were characters can walk along, race and interact with. An example of this is using real scaffolding for the mario game.

More ideas

Projecting images on to grave stones or places people have died telling parts of there life story

Pub

A pint glass with motion sensor determining the weight of the beer. There is a video projected inside the pint glass. As the more alcohol has been drank, the video changes.

TimeTable

week 1:

• Research
• Location ideas
• Research technologies
• 
  

week 2:

• Finalise idea
• Research what and how i am going to with it

week 3:

• Start a rough cut

week 4:

• Install the idea

week 5:

• Record and document it

week 6:

• Evaluation
• Completed final project

websites

www.submarinechannel.com

www.mediaartnet.org/

www.mediaartnet.org/themes/generative-tools/

www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-list/movement/?search=Site%20art%2FEnvironmental%20art

installtionart.net/

www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue3/butisitinstallationart.htm

scratch.mit.edu/

www.processing.org/

www.flashnthebeach.com/

www.mediamatic.nl/

Locations Local

Samsbury Hall

Graveyard

Hospital

Darwen tower

Troff of Bowland

Devil's bridge

Brief update

1. Research art/multimedia site specific and installation
2. Locations- facade building
3. bruce nauman-historical

-historical-site specific

-archeological-installation

robert smithson-spiral jetty

Death

Places that people have died, tell there story.

Things that are not actually there.!!

I am liking this idea, a place with history or a past, with an myth, urban legend. The myth can be seen in a room.

samlesbury hall blackburn white lady

Another idea

Something small but big projected from it,

eg. Darwen tower with Eiffel tower on it.

Ghost walks-sabury hall

Research, Natural bridge

At night the natural bridge, one of the 7 natural wonders of the world has a light show that is displayed under the bridge. The light is project as readings from the bible can be heard over a loud speaker.

Idea's

Wonderland-the idea that something isn't actually there.

The orange 4 wall-this is what i am, this is what i am becuase of everyone around me

Idea-Pub with no decorations, all projected.

Changing themes

Place's ideas

7 Wonders of the world

Blackburn

Darwen Tower

Site Specific Project

The project is based upon a piece of media that is set in a specific location.