Today we carried out several tests in G27 to see what will help us in post - production to simulate being underwater. 

We first tested this on the black screen. With Laura on camera, I stood in as model (because I had the longest hair) while Mollie used an ordinary desk fan to blow air at me. Right away we realised that an ordinary desk fan would not be enough, as you have to stand very close to the person in order to get a significant amount of movement in clothes and hair. We believe we will have to use something stronger such as a leaf blower, but more tests will have to be carried on this. We also found the fan to be most effective when positioned below the dancer, as this provided a nice lift to the hair, making it appear floaty.

Making bubbles (using a black or green screen)

To achieve a particle falling look, we experimented different methods using talcum powder and dry hair shampoo. This effect is also to be overlaid over the final dance footage. We tried dropping the talc directly from the bottle, but found this was too thick, so instead I placed some in my hands and rubbed them together, making it more evenly distributed. However we still found it quite thick and kind of resembled fine snow rather than particles. The dry shampoo was similar. It was also an issue that the particles would only fall downwards instead of in random directions, so I tried to disperse them by waving my hand through them and blowing air towards their direction. This created more of a random effect, however it wouldn't last very long.

At the minute I'm looking into playing with the footage in after effects and further testing what we can do to simulate being underwater.