Rough Test: Hands

As a part of our creative brainstorm process, Al and I decided that we should experiment with one of my ideas for the dance video. We felt that if we didn't experiment with certain ideas, we would be too excited and opinionated about what to do as a group.

So I brought along some blue acrylic paint and started painting my hands. Al then took this footage home to key the blue paint and inverted the selection, so that only the blue would show up. For the background he put a video of the corridor where we filmed.

This certain idea was inspired by Maroon 5's "Love Somebody" music video.

I find the idea of the hands especially interesting. The idea of painting oneself into creation could synchronise into some interesting rhythmic patterns as a dance. This fascination was partially inspired by John Burrough's "Hands" and Philippe Decoufle's "Le p'tit bal perdu."

As interesting as this idea was, the group decided that the idea of painting hands was best left as a fun experiment. Especially when the idea of being painted into existence was already accomplished by Maroon 5.