There were multiple aspects that I had to consider when approaching this topic, e.g. the script, moodboard, lighting, music, characters, the amount of time to do this, the duration of the short (in this case I am limited to 30s). For me, the priority was story telling.
Being a theater performer and direcror, I just had to get a theatrical type eperience idea out of my system. I used my puppetry skill sets to craft a concept inspired by black light performances. A technique where you use UV lights, black cloths and neon paints to do the right.
Some examples are as follows;
References
Blacklight Routine. 2010. [Film] Directed by BMHS Teacher Talent Show. s.l.: s.n.
Black-Light Theatre. 2016. [Film] Directed by Lucie Bojasova. s.l.: s.n.
UDI Blacklight Dance Group. 2018. [Film] Directed by America Got Talent. s.l.: s.n.
UDI Dance. 2018. [Film] Directed by Americas Got Talent. s.l.: s.n.
Venom. 2018. [Film] Directed by Ruben Fleischer. s.l.: s.n.
