Film inspiration

For this project I watched two film versions of 'The Turn of the Screw' one BBC version from 2009 and a black and white film made in 1961, called 'The Innocents' but based very closely on the book.
The two versions were very different, the older one being more of a spooky artistic vision of the story, with the 2009 version adding more on to the original story and changing the period of the story to the 1920s, here are some stills from the two films, to compare how each film dealt with the strong visuals of the story.

The Governess in the 2009 version, shown here in an asylum after the death of Miles (added on for this film version)


The Governess in the 60s film



Some of the imagery from the different films, the modern version in its 1920s setting



and the more spooky atmosphere of the older film



Some images from the two films depicting the Ghosts
Quint on the stairs with the children(2009)



one of my favourite images from both of the films, is the 60s version of Miss jessel appearing on the lake, we'll never know weather or not Flora sees her aswell



and the children




I found the older film much more inspiring, as the atmosphere is beautiful and much more attention paid to the film as a peice of Art, also sticking closer to the book than the newer film, which I found cheesy in parts

sketch book work

Here are some pages from my sketch book, preparotary work for my final collage pieces
these are my first images of Flora and miles, drawn whilst reading the book


The Governess


and a more developed image of Flora and much closer to how I decided to finally depict her


And some practice and development in my sketch book for the childrens faces

Flora in her bedroom

I wanted to create a portrait of Flora sat in her bedroom, where Miss Giddens often becomes frightened of her supposed behaviour, and suspects her of being in league with the Ghosts. I used photographs of rich fabrics for the curtain the the chair and overlayed them onto my basic ink painting again.

Flora at the Lake

Here is my next Image of Flora at the Lake, With Miss Jessel behind her rising from the water. I love the Image of her in black standing solemnly on the lake, so I definately wanted to create an image of that scene.
I started with an Ink painting of the lake and overlates some photographs and another drawing,

The turn of the screw - Miles

My next image from the Turn of the Screw series is an image of Miles on a chair, in a common daguerrotype pose, with the shadowy image of what is possibly quint at the window, spooky stuff! Here is the basic ink painting I started with


and the first version I came up with on Photoshop


and my second composition with the chair more central and more in view, I think this one is the one I will use as one of my final peices

The Turn of the Screw - part 1

I completed my first full size Illustration for my Final Major project this week, I have done a portrait of Flora in the dark, dingy rooms of Bly.
I am haply with the image as it is, but I'm going to do some photoshop manipulation to see what I can come up with and see how I can possible improve it
The original portrait, detail of Flora


A sepia filtered and tinted version


And tinted without the Sepia, which I much prefer to the sepia, which I don't think works in this image

A Morning in Martha

Today, we went on a trip to Marthas with a camera phone.
The first thing we found was the window full of some kind of bulk buy of Bathroom Scales, £5 each! I can't help but wonder who donated these. But if you're after some, you know where to go.


I found this Doll, I recon some little girls brother drew boobs on her dolly just to be a pain. I think it looks pretty awesome, but I can't say I would buy it for my child. From my past experience drawing on Barbies, I know that you can't wash biro of this kind of plastic, ah well, if anyone fancies this doll, shes still there.