The document discusses the inspiration for and process of Chris Cook's modernized recreations of Dutch Golden Age artworks, which took traditional portraits and scenes and incorporated modern elements like jets and drones to appeal to younger audiences. It also explores how one particular piece from the era, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, was influential in showing artists at work and giving viewers a glimpse into artistic studios and processes. The goal was to use a blend of old and new visual styles to engage new generations with the stories and techniques of classical works.

1. Pre Production
Team Velvet Thunder

2. Inspiration. Initial Notes
Traditional with a modern twist.
How it inspired Chris cooks work putting a modern twist (adding apaches and jets into he work) and building upon Bouts’ pictures.
Use an old style camera filter mixed with new effects (masking, glitch effects etc.)
What Chris did.
Chris cook is a contemporary artist that took these Dutch golden age pieces and recreated them with a modern twist. Some of his
changes are very visible with the inclusion of fighter jets and UAVs. There are some more subtle ones such as the inclusion of a
birdcage in NEED INFO and NEED INFO. This is a great way of getting younger (16-25) people to appreciate the old work as it is a
look at where this modernised piece came from.
Look into the artists mind.
How it inspired a variety of other artists to look at portraits from a different perspective (behind the scenes, in the studio, at work). at
work, acknowledging the work that goes into it. Art students at work. Their rooms, the corridor - steady cam down there.
Where it came from?
The slither of his workshop in on the side, where you can see his paints and his easel with the original painting on. This was the first
look into an artists studio in a mainstream painting. It gave the people a look into the work of himself as he drew saint Luke with his
own face and based the studio space on his own.
Why?
During the Dutch Golden Age there was a focus shift from religious icons to secular subjects such as artists in their studios,
landscapes and narrative art. A lot of these took inspiration form the Bouts piece especially in the artist studios work with the gallery

3. Script

4. Shot List/Script Breakdown

5. Resources
Equipment
Camera - 600d x 2
Lens - 18-200mm, 24mm, 18-55mm
Battery’s - EP-E8 x6
Tascam DR-60D
Sennheiser ME-66
DJI Ronin S
Tripod
Shoulder Mount
Premier Pro
Audition
Garageband
After Effects
I am going to use a tripod for the opening hyper lapse as they are
really needed to keep it steady. I will also use it as a mount for the
ronin to raise it up higher.
I will use a shoulder mount for the close up shots as it will be very
stable and has a lower footprint than a tripod
I chose this lens and camera combo as I have access to all of it
through college so it won’t cost anything
The lens was choice was more just the avilibilty over use as I can
utilise each lens to its full potential
I am going to use all the adobe suit as intended. I will use
GarageBand to create, mix and master the music for the
documentary

6. Contingency Planning
Issue Solution
Loosing data on computer Back up data in more than one location
Camera/Lens Breaks
I will be running 2 cameras so substitute the B camera
and use it as the A camera
Big wholes in the script Fill it with all the information found everywhere online
SD Card Corrupts Back Up everything as soon as it comes out of camera
Gimbal de-balances
Make sure everything is set correctly so no adjustments
have to be made whilst its on the camera

7. Health and Safety
Issue Avoid Issue
Heavy kit can hurt back Don’t carry too much at once
Eye strain from working on computers Take breaks every 90 mins
RSI
Take breaks from the mouse and keyboard but also take
a break from shooting if needed
Poor Posture Use fully adjustable chairs
Liquids on computers Don’t have food or drink near the computers

8. Production Experiments

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The Event

13. Photo Booth (Be The Masterpiece)
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