WEEK THREE

I explained to Alan the problem and he suggested that maybe I should chose a definite time period for which I want my scene to belong, and then start to look into basic components inside a machine and think about how I could re make the machine. Also to have a look at existing robots in film and see the methods and techniques that they use, in particular he mentioned the Disney Pixar film, ‘Robots’ as they were all comprised of object found from the same time period. After speaking to Alan, I refreshed my mind about what I was trying to create and had quite a few ides of further paths I could take in my development stages.

Within a few days I had started to generate quite a few ideas, I have chosen a time period – the 1940’s as I have a personal fondness to the time periods style and also to relevance of the war, which has similarities within some of the lyrics in the song itself, using words like ‘march’ referring to others as ‘sir’. I like the idea of maybe intertwining very subtle hints of the war, maybe in the form of a poster on the floor or a similar effect, and maybe not everyone would notice it but to have that aspect there would be brilliant for when it is noticed.
I also made a trip to a local breakers yard to take pictures of interesting pieces of machinery, old pieces of car and the way they fit together.

I am aware that my final machines will not be made out of car parts but the way they are put together would follow a very similar technique. I was particularly looking at shape and texture and found myself being more interested in the older cars in the lot as they seemed to have more character. Maybe this was because their dents and scratches and alterations from how they were originally made told a story about the ‘life’ that they had lived – this is what I want my robot to be able to do!

Below are my images that I have managed to gather, i have put them in very short slideshows as i felt this was the easiest way to view them on my blog unfortunately they were too large to be uploaded here so i have put them onto 'YouTube'. The links are below....

A COLLAGE OF 1940'S MACHINES AND DEVICES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0EmFEUIT7w

BROKEN DOWN MECHANICAL OBJECTS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWT6gpnnya4


CAR PARTS IMAGES - MY TRIP TO THE JUNKYARD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vmeKlTWZvs

EXISTING ROBOTS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n1e-LlY8yU