Filming of ink shots

Ink in water:

Taking inspiration from the first three shots used in Tame Impala's "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", using a large fish tank, a needle purchased on amazon, a variety of coloured oil paint and ink we filmed a variety of shots showing the ink move through the water. We also used paint on a large piece of white card, we then showed this paint dripping down the card. These shots when edited could later be made to look stunning and bright in colour in keeping with the psychedelic genre, with specific editing software the shots could also be flipped and reversed. Before we filmed the shots with the ink I researched on YouTube how to get the best quality shots when filming with ink in water. Through watching 'Hypnotic Ink Physics in 4K Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys' through the process of watching this video and other forms of research, I found that by mixing coloured ink with cream allows the ink to keep its shape as it moves through the water allowing time for us to ensure the camera was focused and that the shots we left the shoot with were accurate. To add to this through watching this video I was given the idea to use a needle to inject the ink into the water as when using a pep-pet the ink would disperse into the water to quickly and the tank would have to be emptied and refilled with clean water over and over again. 

Model hands and paint:
Taking inspiration from Tame Impala's 'The Less I Know The Better' music video. At one point the boy in the video runs into a bathroom and vomits into a toilet. The liquid comes out blood red, and the next scene we’re transported into is a black abyss. The red liquid falls onto an invisible shape of a woman, colours drizzle and swirl to reveal her entire form. This is done with some impressive 3D animation which paves the way for the 2D collage of images that take over toward the end of the video. The transition into this animation is a welcome one in which images from the video collide to into a sketchy brightly coloured sequence of images. Taking inspiration from these shots we used mannequin arms against a white background (we tried using a black background but it was too reflective and the camera could be seen in the shot) using the paint I purchased we poured the paint over the objects in a style similar to that of 'The Less I Know The Better' music video. However, we found the paint was too thick and so we washed off the objects and filmed the shots again expect this time learning from our mistakes we used a jug to mix the coloured paint and some water together. We then used an empty bottle of paint and filled it with the watery paint. When we then filmed the mannequin shots again the paint looked far more aesthetically pleasing and stuck to the contours of the mannequins hands and arm smoothly.