MINIATURE DEVELOPMENT

The idea of interspersing miniatures captured with photography into landscapes taken from the real world or drafted by hand came over summer, when I got really into the work of several miniature artists through watching a lot of films that used miniatures in the production on quite a large scale.

FILMS

Shots from the set of Bladerunner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve:

Miniature designs that take up the entire space of a warehouse floor, depicting L.A of the future

more images of cinematic realities, this one for Kubo and the Two Strings a stop motion production by Studio Laika. 

This got me interested further in the idea of fictional realities and so I began looking into artists that had attempted to create a fictional space through the use of miniatures, for what reason and why it was that miniatures were best suited...

These are all 4, photographs of miniatures created by artist Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, they use miniatures as they want to explore the city after Humans have left it and the decay of spaces. Instead of finding such space in the real world they prefer the comfort of making it, thereby having complete control. All of these images are from videos found on Youtube, which I continue to find to be a fantastic resource not just for researching but also for help in certain practical processes too...

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For hobby-crafts such as modelling/miniature building there are a great deal of walk-through style videos from beginner all the way through to professional level examples, building anything from basic trees to entire landscapes, or basic furniture to whole buildings. I found all this really helpful when I didn't know where to start with modelling. A model tree seemed simple and with this I'm sure it was made much more so.

VIDEO SOURCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLxxbfsj8IM&t=123s - Weta Workshop - Bladerunner 2049 Miniatures, Weta Workshop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JncuykDwT8A&t=286s - Behind the Scenes of Kubo and the Two Strings - BBC Click, BBC click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZh3Oi7d0q0&t=55s - See an Apocalyptic World Envisioned in Miniature | Short Film Showcase, National Geographic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNQTxX_jT4 - Wire Tree Tutorial - Model Railroad, Luke Towan