Project 2: part 2

Here's a snap shot of my janky set up for filming (arial view). (Ignore my onesie pants and my fuzzy socks...)

After I made my casting of the tea pot, I traced an outline of it on white card stock. After I cut that out, I taped it onto my background. I used black fabric to create the "stove" where the "flames" would be. I used some canvas pieces to create water inside the tea pot and then used light colored tulle for the beginning stages of steam and then some doll stuffing (no I didn't take it out of an actual doll..) for the later stages of steam. I used (get this) painted pieces of a ripped Kroger bag for the flames and them took some clear tape and taped it around so that there was a long side of the tape at the bottom that I used to move in and out in every frame.
When filming, my iPad would be sitting on the edge of the chair. My bucket is there because I put a lamp on top of it to add light. The fabric was being held by some fabric weights.
I chose the red patterned fabric to create a warm, Saturday morning feeling during the cold months. I found Christmas fabric to be too distracting although the tulle did show up well against some of the darker colors. I ended up choosing the red fabric because it looked winter-y without yelling winter or Christmas. It reminded me of pajamas or a blanket you'd be curled up in while drinking the tea brewing in the pot.