Comments on: Help me think of Reenactment Photos for Cosplay

Question: Help me think of Reenactment Photos for Cosplay

Del Far — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:11:24 -0800

Creative Ideas Filter: I need ideas of Famous and Memorable Photographs or Paintingsor famous and memorable scenes from History, Movies, or Television that can be Reenacted on the spot without planning by 3-6 people for me to photograph for a final project for school.

So I have this final project for school and I realized that I could use my trip to the NY Comic-Con for "fun and profit." We had previously done reenactment photography in my digital photography class and I had a lot of fun, and I just thought, I could get some hilarious shots of people already cosplaying but also reenacting great scenes for me.

Imagine it, all the Naruto cosplayers reenacting the Mexican stand off scene from reservoir dogs. Or a reenactment of Jesus' Last Supper with people dressed up as DC heroes.

By: Planet F

Planet F — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:20:19 -0800

how about that photo with US soldiers raising a US flag on a pole in ... uh... vietman? on a bit of rock somewhere (I'm not american, please excuse the ignorance) It was the first one to come to mind when I thought of instantly recognizeable pictures from history, and shouldn't be too hard... just find some sort of flag on a pole

By: Static Vagabond

Static Vagabond — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:26:52 -0800

You're thinking of the flag raising on Iwo Jima.

By: The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal

The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:34:25 -0800

Robert Capa's "Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death"? The Yalta Summit? Test Card F? &c.

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:41:49 -0800

Abu Ghraib and the May Lai massacre have some iconic photos and are timely, if you want to go that route.

By: jquinby

jquinby — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:43:31 -0800

Here are a bunch of senior citizens re-enacting iconic photographs of the 20th century. Probably some ideas in there someplace.

By: AlliKat75

AlliKat75 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:48:59 -0800

Beatles' Abbey Road album cover? The line-up scene from The Usual Suspects? Surely something from The Silence of the Lambs?

By: Planet F

Planet F — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:49:22 -0800

thanks, Static Vagabond... Sadly my American history consisted of a year in high school where we never got beyond 1920. At least I had the right part of the world, right? (wrong)

I had a few other thoughts:

-the birth of Venus
-Michelangelo's David
-the kiss in Time Square from WWII
-Titanic

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:50:16 -0800

death of Caesar?
assassination of Abe Lincoln?
Aristotle, displacement, and eureka?
Homer choking Bart (bonus points if you get Goku and Gohan or something equivalent)
any Three Stooges bit
pretty much anything from Dr. Strangelove.
the end of Romeo and Juliet

It's a slow day in the bookstore, I may post again if something comes to me.

By: AlliKat75

AlliKat75 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:58:39 -0800

American Gothic?

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:05:45 -0800

American Gothic (Which also has a Green Acres tie-in.)

Whistler's Mother

The Thinker

James Cagney smushing half-a-grapefruit in Mae Clark's face in The Public Enemy.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:46:14 -0800

Washington crossing the street.

By: slowcat

slowcat — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:32 -0800

The photo of the 1970 Kent Place massacre?

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:08:53 -0800

Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:24:15 -0800

Creation of Adam
The Seven Year Itch
John and Yoko
1968 Olympics

By: Gungho

Gungho — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:45:02 -0800

The swearing in of LBJ

By: Gungho

Gungho — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:50:00 -0800

Jackie on the trunk

By: misanthropicsarah

misanthropicsarah — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:15:06 -0800

beatles abbey road cover
matisse the dance
washington crossing the delaware
the famous leg framing dustin hoffman from the graduate
singin' in the rain, where gene kelly is swinging around the light post
psycho shower scene

By: Del Far

Del Far — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:43:04 -0800

jquinby
Here are a bunch of senior citizens re-enacting iconic photographs of the 20th century. Probably some ideas in there someplace.

Thats what I was thinking of exactly, I had seen those awhile ago and thought it was perfect.

I also wanted to thank everyone for the suggestions and just wanted to remind people that the NYcomic con is taking place in the Javitts Center, which is a very big building but makes it impossible to do something like Jackie on the trunk, which involves a car, or Iwo Jima, which might be hard to reinterpret within the convention center. My plan is to just approach cosplayers and ask them to volunteer, I'm not sure how many I'll be able to convince to volunteer, so as much as I'd like to photograph large group re-enactments, I'm trying to stray away from getting two complicated, although I love all the great ideas and I plan on printing out each one to have on me while I walk around.