A few months back, as we forged into pre-production for the forthcoming London Fashion Week season and as one ephemeral concept lead to another, we found ourselves yet again falling into turbulent debate about proportion. Vetruvian purism is all fine and well... but to follow it? Or to deliberately skew it?
Proportion is the unsung hero of production. You can't really teach it. If it works beautifully, it never gets the glory... rather one of its big brothers or sisters (lighting, set design, etc) will take the credit. It requires confidence. It gets really interesting when you start looking at a 'jeu de proportion'. Suffice to say, proportion has been keeping eyes open at night of late.
Kudos to Vincent Bousserez. As I hit fifth-gear in my struggle to get unusual proportions to marry the realities of building a show production, I came across this image in Elephant. The irreverence made me laugh (finally) and an answer to the problem followed suit the same day.
As an aside, I also love the fact that it features the little '50s Bencini Comet S camera. Happy.
