Dejan Despotovic A/W 2009

photographer : Marko Sovilj http://markosovilj.com/
model: Florian Pessenteiner @ Larapixie talent agency larapixie.com
hair/make up: Dragan Vurdelja http://www.draganvurdelja.com/
styling: Dejan Despotovic @ Larapixie talent agency
clothes: Dejan Despotovic

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.[1] His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States, his iconic contribution to the film noir genre.

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Here is a rough layout of how the two locations will sit together on a double page spread. On one side will be the interior shot, which will be the place in which the couple inhabit. The other page will be the mini-break holiday. They will be lit differently, one with studio, the other with natural light. The tones, shadows and depth of contrast will help tie the locations together, as well as obviously the models.

Location 1 . . .

Mike Ballard is a graffiti artist turned fine artist whose prints, paintings, videos and installations mix imagery and ideas from sources including art history, ancient history, comics, film and music. For his new exhibition 'The All of Everything' the gallery space of The University of the Arts London's Arts Gallery has become the studio space in which his immersive installation of monochrome paint and print that entirely covers the walls, floor and ceiling.

'It includes Caravaggio's angels wearing NASA space helmets, X-wing fighters from Star Wars and Afro-futurist musician Sun Ra, he's a big influence. A lot of the images connect aspects of the future with the past.

'I like the imagery of the baroque because it's visually over-the-top in a similar way to graffiti. And graffiti also relates to the very first cave paintings. Not only because cave paintings were art on walls but because some cave images were created by spitting pigment -also making them the first spraypaint artwork's.'

I love the way the space has been transformed. Mike's art is the perfect location for the "Hell" that the couple live in and try to escape on their mini-break.

I shall experiment in the space with lights to figure out how best to light it. I want it to look stark and bright, so the detail of the art is clearly visible, but I still want sharp, black shadows.