It is INSANE seeing the skirt in progress with the gambeson—like suddenly it feels like a whole costume!!
I have a lot to do yet on the skirt; I gotta regather one side to be tighter so the folds in the front are deeper, then it’s trimming and distressing time, and finally crystal embellishments!
The skirt is attached to the inside of the gambeson with velcro at the waistband and I love how simple and effective this was; the weight is distributed, it’s semi adjustable, and detachable for storage! All good things.
“Sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves; his dominion was torment.’’
I always imagined Sauron/Gorthaur as this mysterious figure with eyes hidden away and only a cruel smirk to see, i made this with no prior warm up or character idea so the colors are a bit messy and some things don't make sense but i enjoyed doing it, so it was worthy it.
I know Patrick McKay disappointed some fans with his "it's just a cool shot" comment. I actually disagree about that specific scene but it's entirely possible for shots to not have a hidden story meaning.
Some shots are composed purely to look good for the audience or looks cool to the director (1:45:00-1:46:27). That doesn't necessarily mean its bad film-making.
The Numenor tavern scene is blocked to look good for the viewers and in turn, supports the story-telling. It uses a mix of wide shots and close-ups. I will only focus on the wide shots because the close-ups are standard reaction shots.
The scene begins with Valandil drinking at the tavern. When he looks over, the camera focuses on Earien, Pharazon and Kemen under the lamps—highlighting the source of conflict. The frame is almost split perfectly in half with a real line from the set cornerpiece—showing a divided Numenor.
Valandil also covers Belzagar, who serves more as plot device. @arcadianambivalence pointed out that Pharazon talks less in public and Belzagar fills that silence. His role here is more of the Mr. Exposition trope.
The follow-up shot to Valandil is the other perspective. There is a lot shown here but the blocking makes it so that it's not cluttered to watch. We have the 5 core actors visible and background extras, balanced in a tight set with hanging props and decorated set walls.
The most important characters are in the middle of the frame. Valandil is further back but centered to maintain continuity from the previous shot. Pharazon is visibly lit since he's the most powerful of the group. Earien is also in the middle because she has the means to push Pharazon to the top.
Both Kemen and Belzagar are seated at edge, with the least to contribute to narrative but there's another reason for their positions.
When Valandil confronts them, he stands closer to Belzager, leaving a gap between him and Pharazon. It looks awkward at first but this creates an even larger gap between Valandil and Kemen—showing their divide on Miriel's actions.
It reinforces Valandil's annoyance with Kemen's shit talk at the start of the scene. This moment establishes their personal conflict from here on out.
This gap between Valandil and Pharazon is also deliberate to allow room for Leon Wadham to take center stage with Alex Tarrant when their characters square up. If there is no gap, Leon would be standing behind Trystan, reducing the visual effect for the audience and look worse.
The background extras react and move with the flow of conflict. Leon also is standing at the edge of a set column which is a hard line, near-center, between Kemen and Valandil.
The camera angle also changes from the first referenced wide shot to focus on the standing characters.
This blocking isn't showing a hidden meaning but reinforces the conflict to the audience. The scene could have been blocked differently and less effectively but we'd still know there's conflict because the acting and the script tells us. However, the directing choices used here shows us the story better.
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credit: cap-that.com
This would go a long way to explain how he's so acclimated to human bullshit by the time TOS rolls around...
Just a reminder that it is not your vet’s job to report if your pet got into recreational drugs. We aren’t snitches, we have no obligation to report drug use. We do, however, want to save your pet so please be honest with us about what your pet got into. It could literally be life and death for them.
i initially read this as a cat picking up a cocaine habit on the street and not being a narc about it before i realised you meant pets accidentally ingesting their owners drugs
Ready for today's horrors, River? 😉
Are there any fellow Slow Horses fans out there?
Very proud of the Lamb portrait, I struggled a bit more with Catherine
Working on skirt rigging! I’m not able to achieve quite as many front gathers as the original due to how much mail I was able to source but it’s still going to look pretty!
Have Orodreth and his valinorean unicorn before the year ends!
People will see silm art and be like ooo that’s a hot chick
I’ll say, that is a GUY thank you vm
They’ll be like, oh but at least she’s cute.
Yes beloveds, he is male as well.
Oh. Are there girls in your fandom then?
Me: Yes. I can count on my hands if you’d like?
Miv and Charlie are literally like annoying siblings i can't i love them sm
