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Nemo :

Characteristics and Visualization of Captain Nemo

First idea for Nemos costume
First idea for Nemos costume: a (living) coat composed of sea plants / animals

 

variation of the coat (more clothing, the coat becomes more a cape)
variation of the coat (more clothing, the coat becomes more a cape)
Mock-up
Mock-up / first tests

 

Characteristics

+ Nemo ( in the past Prince Dakkar ) is Scientist and Captain of the Nautilus – his Submarine,    developed by himself.

+ He has an immense and multifaceted knowledge

+ Indian roots

+ lives under the sea – eschews dry land

+ Isolation from humans – he was domineered by other humans in the past

+ He uses no products that are not marine in nature

+ His crew sticks by him and he sticks by his crew

+ Nemo is Latin for “no one”, and also (as νέμω) Greek for “I give what is due”  (Wikipedia)

 

Citation from the german copy of “Twentythousend leagues under the sea

Nemo to Arronax :

»ich ge­höre nicht zu denen, die Sie zivilisiert nennen! Ich habe mit der ganzen menschlichen Gesellschaft gebrochen, aus Gründen, die ich allein zu würdigen berechtigt bin. Ich befolge also auch nicht ihre Regeln, und fordere Sie auf, sich bei mir nie darauf zu berufen.«

„ … dieser Tabak kommt weder aus der Havanna noch dem Orient. Es ist eine Art nikotinhaltiges See­gras, das mir das Meer, etwas sparsam, liefert …“

»Und diese Musiker?« sagte ich, (…) »Diese Musiker«, erwiderte Kapitän Nemo, »gehören wie Or­pheus zu einer entschwundenen Zeit, und ich bin tot, ebenso wie die, welche 6 Fuß tief unter der Erde ruhen!«

 

Costume Diving Suit Crew Member

We choose to create a diving suit costume for a crew member.  They have different tasks on the Nautilus.

Ideas: 

+ we imagine the costume to have a helmet that can be opened by the actor

+ oxygen is supplied by a tank on the back of the actor

+ the tank is illuminated

+ the costume will possibly include a weapon of sorts

+ the costume will feature sea creature elements as a main theme

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Technical features:

– body illumination via el wire and led

– actuated helmet with speaker for voice output

– illuminated tank with bubble machine

– weapon with illumination and/or sound

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Captain Nemo

STORY
+ Our Character: Captain Nemo
+ He is a scientist and captain
+ Isolation from Humans
+ wants to live under the sea
+ Has his own crew (his follower) > leader / captain
+ composes the Nautilus
+ indian roots

COSTUME
+ Two different costumes (one big costume) to show his transformation from land to underwater
+ First costume: royal, indian (colorful), own style, Coat / Cape > colourful stripes = sea plants/animals and under the coat: Shawari Kurta Suit (with glowing yarn > pattern?)
+ Second custome: diving-suit (also for his crew)
+ a lot of LED-Wires in the Costume (diving suit)
+ actor can control this costume and the wire
+ pipes from the back in the neckskin
+ Lightning : flashlight in his hands
+ a box on the front (a light, to show the oxidation-state) in the box the arduino

IDEAS
+ Costume that blinks at the beginning and is finish (bright light) > Booting a Computer
+ Costume transformation (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPxcPrxL5w) with a Bracket
+ when the monster is near costume, the costume blink red.
+ Hand-gesture for the interaction with the costume
+ when the stage dark, the costume shine bright.
+ on the neck is it a chain > this is the source for the whole costume
+ a gesture controlled the wire, when he is attacked, he can shut down the light

VISUAL STUFF

captain NEMO

Nemo_Coat_Suit

DeepSea_Diving suit_plants
Suits

A good technical example, on how to move things on the costume.

Costume Ideas for King Ubu

Charles_III_of_Habsburg_SMOKING

What is royalty all about? Usually they crave for power and riches and are kind of terrible people. King Ubu is exactly one of them. He finds pleasure in the suffering of others.How can such a person look like on stage? The image above is the first I came up with.

He looks like a typical king and is quite fat. On stage I imagine him making this specific body movement when becoming angry- throwing his arms back vigorously, which will make his sleeves excerpt smoke. Basically shaking out the smoke.

My second idea is based on a modern society fashion statement – the classic suit and tie look.The created moodboard for this costume is showing several men in suits, and other details, props etc. If you want to see it, please contact me directly (I won´t post it here, due to image copyright laws). King Ubu in this idea is wearing a very sharp looking suit. It fits well, looks expensive and shows his status in society. But some details are just wrong! He is not used to that kind of power and looks: for example is he wearing worn out sneakers and tennis socks with his suit; instead of a nice leather briefcase he is carrying a golden toilet seat.

 

Sketches and Ideas for King Ubú

Sketches:

Sketch of King Ubú

  • sketches are orientated on the sketch from Alfred Jarry
  • he wrote the theater play

Sketch for the Pipes:

smoke

 

Fogmachine: Scotty II

 

Fogmachine
Fogmachine

http://www.thomann.de/de/smoke_factory_scotty_ii_akku_fog_machine.htm

Pro´s

  • akku fogmachine
  • no heat Time
  • can be operated with one hand
  • has a digital button
  • just 6 kg
  • just 223x 100x 210 mm high

Con´s

  • fog 10 minutes permanently or 150 fog violations á 5 seconds
  •                it´s not enough for a complete theater play
  • cost 709,00 €
  • weight´s 6kg
  • has a hot output

potential solutions for the smoking costume

  • Tiny FX fog maschine

“The smallest fog machine of the world!” (L = 9,8 cm, B = 4,4 cm, H = 3,4 cm), but is very expensiv (819,-€) and doesn’t produce enough smoke-pressure.

http://www.feuerfest-sfx.de/spezialeffekte-onlineshop/effektmittel/nebelmaschinen/tiny-fx-nebelmaschine.php

 

  • ‘Smoke EL’

That is something from a modell airplane. It produces 1,5 minutes of constant smoke, uses 1600mAh batteries, 150mL of RedOil smoke liquid and is it a other option next to normal fog maschines, with a higher pressure.

http://www.smoke-el.de/home.html

 

  • ‘Norbert Klima Rakentenmodellbau’

That are very cheap Smoke Pellets, but they need to be set on fire.
Because they are get really hot, you need for example a large tin with another smaller one in it for the insulated. To distribute the smoke, a ventilator would be good.

picture: Susann Luge
picture: Susann Luge
picture: Susann Luge
picture: Susann Luge

 

 

For the pipe you can use tube from the building supplies store, but it must be heat-resistent and the tube should not sit directly on the fog mashine so that the machine gets air.
The smoke can flow well, when the tube has a diameter of 4 cm and more.

Idea Smoke Costume King Ubu

Idea 1:

  • Fog produced by an ultra sound fog machine
  • Fog gets then distributed via tubes
  • an advantage is that those devices are very cheap
  • the disadvantage is that they only create a myst like fog

ultraschallvernebler

 

Idea 2:

  • Fog created by dry ice
  • also fairly cheap
  • without a pressure driven distribution system fog would also be myst like

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