Vintage cheese

The other day, myself and the wonderful Cathryn went for a little stroll down to the vintage fair in Bristol. As Cathryn mentioned in a previous post, we saw a 50's band moving and shaking their way through a few performances. So naturally, being the cool cool people we are, we took a few snaps and even got a little video for a cheeky bit of action analysis.
This was at the point where we were looking at ways of identifying each character through their movement and personality. The first thing I personally noticed was that they all looked like they were just keeping their cool, not getting too into the performance. So, in terms of movement, I don't think we're getting much from this that'll help with our exaggerated movement-based piece.

What I did however notice was that the different band members held themselves in particular ways depending on their instrument.

Looking a particularly at the bass and the guitar player you can see a contrast. This is more apparent in the videos than it is in the photos but the guitarist moves and sways a lot more whereas the bass player is rooted in the same posture. Obviously this is due to the instruments and how they're needed to be played but it's a concept to look at as we're designing our characters. The bass could be more bulked out and expressionless, even bored, whereas the guitar could be more upbeat with bounces and sways.

Coming back to this after further developing the characters, we've swapped the ideas around and now have the bass starting off motionless. With the introduction of a more energetic guitar there begins to be this competitive streak that makes him raise the bar to the point of going over the top.

Notably in the video, the most movement comes from the lead singer and that's another point to consider... usually the lead would be the priority of attention but we can play with this idea to do something unexpected. Maybe drawing the attention away from the lead singer and further towards a war between the bass and the guitar in the background.