The lion King

The Lion King not so long ago i went to go and see the theater production. When i went to see The lion King I was lost for words the props and how they cleverly put the show together made you feel like you were experiencing it with them.Julie Taymore won a award of best direction of musical and best costume for lion king.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScFWa-RwC3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ64hpZZyIo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sraY1t1dUqU

Tower of London poppy garden

Tower of London poppies

11 November - Armistice Day - there will be 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each British and colonial death. Stage designer Tom Piper , who helped create the poppy installation, said the Queen described the artwork as "impressive". For the start of this project  Paul Cummins’ was the one he came up with this most stunning idea how to remember the people who have died serving this country. Paul Cummins was the man who made this happen. The reason why i wanted to look in to the poppies surrounding the Tower of London is that the people who were responsible of making it happen are in the entertainment industry and the idea behind it would make a lovely set. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-

29642463http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/royalfamilyvideo/11166819/Watch-Queen-visits-Tower-of-London-poppy-display.html

Mattel Toy company

Mattel began in 1945, as a garage workshop belonging to Harold Matson and Elliot Handler. They both  started making dollhouse furniture from picture frame scraps. That proved to be such a success that Mattel switched to making nothing but toys which then came the first music Toy line called "Uka-a-doodle" .

In 1948 the  Mattel Company was formally incorporated in California.  In 1955, Mattel changed toy marketing forever, by acquiring the rights to produce the popular "Mickey Mouse Club" products. In 1955, Mattel released a its successful patented toy cap gun called the burp gun. In 1959, the now famous Barbie Doll  invented by Ruth Handler  was released.

Ruth and Elliot Handler the Mattel creators  in 1945, and 14 years later in 1959, Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll, or as Ruth Handler refers to herself, "I'm Barbie's mom." Quot 

Ruth Handler would watch her Daughter play with paper dolls. Ruth wanted to invent a doll that would better facilitate the way young girls were playing with their dolls.

Ruth Handler and Mattel introduced the Barbie doll that she calls by her name as well for young girls and teens. Ruth went on to a family holiday to Germany and found the doll Bild Lilli Doll and used that doll as inspiration for Barbie. Barbie Doll’s first boyfriend, Ken doll , debuted two years after Barbie in 1961.

Uka- a - Doodle 

http://corporate.mattel.com/about-us/history/mattel_history.pdf

http://corporate.mattel.com/about-us/history/

Burp Gun 

Ruth Handler Doll 

Steffen Reichstadt Concept Artist

Steffen Reichstadt is a film and TV concept Artist he has worked on ID Forever part 1, Pixels , Insidious chapter 3 , Gods Egypt , The hunger games Mockingjay part 1  , Untitled Cameron Crowe project , Jupiter Ascending , The Sponge Bob movie , , The hunger games Mockingjay part 2 , American horror story , Wayward pines , Extant , Sin City: A Dame to Kill For , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Hercules , Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Edge of Tomorrow , Maleficent , X-Men: Days of Future Past  , The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , Noah ,  300: Rise of an Empire ,  I, Frankenstein ,  Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ,   We're the Millers ,  R.I.P.D. , The Wolverine , The Hangover Part III ,  After Earth , G.I. Joe: Retaliation ,  The Apparition , Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ,  The Amazing Spider-Man ,  Wrath of the Titans ,  Underworld: Awakening ,  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 , Rise of the Planet of the Apes , 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon,  Green Lantern , X-Men: First Class ,  Sucker Punch ,  Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Steffen Reichstadt has lived in Los Angeles since 2008 working as a director and concept artist for the Aaron Sims Company.

I started looking Steffen Reichstadt up as I was interested in American Horror Story and I was looking through IMD about the people behind the scene. I have a big interest in concept art and movies as well and seeing his work has inspired me to improve my skills in drawing and creating characters.

As I looked further I found that he works for a company called Aaron Sims Company and their contact number is 323-638-5746. 

http://asc-vfx.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWn3GTJPvUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJAfE84IV7U

http://asc-vfx.com/design/

http://asc-vfx.com/filmography/

The Bowes Museum Trip how it influenced me ....

I visited The Bowes Museum with uni the other week. The collection was just breath taking and I learnt so much by just being there. The collections that had my most interest is the clothing and the Antiques and how I could create them as a prop for my uni work.

I looked at all the costumes and found it amazing on how much detail went in to their clothing and how we as  a era has lost that detail and care for our clothing and interior and how we use the fast way in everything we do. In the Victorian era if you where in a higher class detail was very important and often wasn't just there to look pretty but also had a huge meaning that needed to be stated.

When I was at the museum I found allot that I didn't know such as the building wasn't built to be a house it was built for a museum and a place where John and Josephine could keep their collectibles and for the public to go and have a look at there wealth and knowledge  of art.  

I also liked the way the Museum placed the collectibles to look presentable and look more appealing to the public this gave me many ideas on how objects can be placed on stage or set.

I also found interest in the furniture and how they were set for different social events through out the day. Which is a good idea for moving things around for the set.

A bit about me

A bit about me .......







Hello I am Tara Nightingale and this is my blog I would like today write about my interests and some of the journey I will be going through on this blog.

Things I am interested in;

• Dolls 
• Toys and their history 
• Vintage 
• Antiques
• Kawaii 
• country side 
• Film Theater
• Manga 
• Anime 
• books   
• Video Games 
• Art History 
• Makeup but wounds and cuts for films. 
• Props for Films 
• Costume 
• concept art

I have a huge passion for dolls and many kind of dolls and figures. There is many different kind of dolls i collect rather few of them. Ball jointed dolls are a Korean based doll. The Japanese in 1999 a company called  Volks  they came out with a line of ball jointed dolls that were made out of Polyurethane resin and stood 57cm tall and strung by elasticated string and customized by hand painting faces and body blushes which still continues in the hobby today. 

There is many companies of toys and dolls out there in the world and still are coming up with different ways to create their creations. My self have created my own dolls by using porcaline clay which is a traditional method to use. 

There are many other interests that i have  which is Film and Theater. I love many films like Lord of the rings and tv seires from Doctor Who to American Horror story and Breaking bad. I like the behind scene work that goes on from the makeup to costume and prop. I also like the concept art in film and theater. It is a job line i am interested in .  

I have a interest in Manga and Anime and the Japan culture. I have a collection my self of Manga and Anime. There is so many diffrent types of Manga and Anime and many different company's. 

I also like Video Games and the concept art that goes along with it. I would like to look in further in to concept art carers because i love collected concept art books and drawing my own ideas.