Brian Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Does anyone know of a supplier of plastic flowers? All the ones that come up on the web search seem to be 'silk'. I need a pile of cheap poppies to make a poppy field to video an insert for the panto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Foster Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 We got aload of silk flowers from a local garden centre, they were free I think but thats because we knew someone who worked there. Your local garden centre may be prepared to loan some for free though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Why not contact the royal British Legion in Richmond, They make all the poppyÃs sold in the UK. for a small donation you could have a box full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 How about do a Google image search for "poppy", save the best ones, print them out a few times and do cut outs. You may need some volunteers to help you. Just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 Why not contact the royal British Legion in Richmond, They make all the poppyÃs sold in the UK. for a small donation you could have a box fullHmm, I think they may be a bit small for what we need. Basically we want to video a segment of Dorothy, Toto etc skipping through a field of poppies (don't ask) and then play it back for a Wicked Witch of the West magic mirror scene. print them out a few times and do cut outsWe might end up with a load of sticks and red tissue paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baldwin Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Can you cheat? Specifically, do the audience have to know that D & T are skipping through poppies rather than generic red flowers? - If not, could you shoot with a very shallow depth of field, vignetted in soft focus, and just use one or two rows of poppy printouts DS and US of the actors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 Can you cheat?Cheat, in Panto? How dare you ? :D In fact I think that's exactly what we are going to end up doing. Finding anywhere which looks good in December is going to be a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirdtap Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 You're not in Kansas now Brian. Nope really doesn't has the same ring does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Finding anywhere which looks good in December is going to be a challenge.Antigua, Seychelles ..... What sort of budget have you got? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucy_ironside Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 This will sound very Blue Peter but if you are looking for "cheap" and can cheat: Years ago I made hundreds of flowers for a stage school production of "Little Shop of Horrors". I got those green garden sticks (they're about 2p each) from a hardware shop and split them with a stanley knife to make about 4 stalks from each one. I cut the rings of petals from newspaper (just strips of newspaper) and wrapped them around the stalk with a piece of masking tape, and sprayed the whole lot with car spray. It was cheap, didn't take that long once I had a production line going, and if you're happy with a stylized (<spelling?>) kind of flower it looks fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Hi Lucy kinda what I ended up doing. A whole load of the green garden centre sticks, some bright red card and my trusty hot melt glue gun. TTFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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