S.T.U.P.I.D. PROJECT: Goldfish Disco Ball for Bug Party

I made his tiny eyes look dizzy because he'll be spinning and wiggling his tail to the beat.

(Doesn't the soft, pretty bokeh of the party lanterns look magical in the background?! I love my new gear.)

I'm currently setting up the new tech gear to begin shooting scenes; the special camera, lens, tube, computer, Dragonframe 5, and monitor all trying to connect and operate well together. Don't even try that unless you have a Project Hero like I do.

And because I'm     F    A     R     more comfortable making physical things, I made this little addition to the Bug Party festivities between techno-stress sessions. I saw the round metallic bead in the closet. Huh, that looks like a BugParty disco ball. Shelley, DON'T! Don't do this. Don't, you're trying to get shooting, these details are a distraction of you time... oh, what the heck.

How do you make a round bead read as a small goldfish? In this case, a little airdry clay, tacky glue, spice watercolor, interference orange translucent glaze, beads, spackle, and wire.

He'll be rotated via a strong pole installed in the decorations at the Bug Party that will get removed in post. If I turn the fish hook he's hanging by a quarter turn, his tail swishes back and forth. I didn't want the bugs to be so callow as to throw a bloated dead fish up for their amusement at the party, and so have established that this is strictly a "catch—party—release-back-into-the-stream" program that the goldfish is up for.

I have a 3" mirrored disco ball that I can set up off-camera to get those tiny mirror sparkles cast over the scene to make things irresistible fun, between the decor, the live band, the outfits, the surprises, and the frantic dancing by over 50 bugs. My fondest goal is to excite everyone who sees the Halfland Bug Party sequence to want to be there. 

Here are two more invited guests in progress;