Back on Track...

I was having a discussion with a family member, and they asked me if I'd seen a Robbie Williams concert where he asks everyone there on the count of 3 to take a picture with the flash on on their cameras, in the dark...

Here it is...

This really appealed to me...

I have developed an idea for my flashmob event influenced by this video clip and the use of light being effective in the dark.

As halloween is only round the corner, I've decided to give my flash mob a spooky twist,

The event will be based on a steep hill, maybe the one in Greenwich park would be ideal. Each person will hold a torch up to their chin and, on the count of 3, switch it on exposing a scary face, just like this....

Its not going to work....

After assessing the process that would be needed to commit the event of my previous post, i decided that the arrangement for the event would be far too excessive in the area of administration and therefore the term flashmob would not be suited to the event.

Change of Plan...

I've come to the conclusion that the most predictable events are those that include some kind of dance which children arent often invloved in... I want to move away from this, and so have decided to do something more artistsic, that people of all ages can take part in.

The idea is to make some kind of image that can only be recognised from an ariel view. The image will be made up of people wearing certain coloured t-shirts and given designated places to stand. Obviosly familys with elderly or young members will be given priority to grouped colour areas.

Here is a small scale example of this used in a Talk Talk advert....

I also found a clip on youtube showing the full length advert.

I think that if i try to make a moving image, things may become too complicated and would be difficult to assemble using members of the public...

So... i need to decide on a composition that could be very large scale yet reasonably easy to organise, made of basic shapes and colours.

My Ideas

The idea of the supermarket flash mob video clip that i posted earlier is something i find quite amusing. I am particularly interested in the idea of freezing for no reason in a random public area.

However I am also interested in the idea of having a particular theme where everyone wears a similar outfit. for example... Cowboy's. Everyone would turn up to the same designated area wearing outfits to fit the themes.

I would like to consider combining aspects of both of the ideas together however I am worried that it will be too much.

Pop- up restaurants

Is the new craze to hit London where people open their own homes as restaurants for an evening. There are no flashy signs advertising the events, it is all known about by internet invites (through social networking) and word of mouth.

Here is a news article I found explaining the new craze in more detail and i found quite helpful....

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/everyone-back-to-mine-popup-restaurants-in-private-homes-are-the-latest-foodie-fad-1696262.html

The pop- up restaurant seems to have been a big hit in the news with a lot of searches I have conducted have resulted in the feeding of news articles on the event.