Sunday, May 11, 2008

one flew over the cuckoo's nest


here's another project from my window display class. in order to complete this project, we had to paint the entire back wall & floors (not pictured). then, we cut out two half circles with a cutawl & joined them together with a big piece of plywood in the back. then, we painted the hypnosis swirl & nailed it to the wall. we searched for props that would be appropriate for the window, such as alcohol bottles, pills, a cart (for the pills) and a pillow. the pillow is supposed to be the one that kills jack nicholson's character in the movie. the pills signify life & the pillow, death. 

styling the mannequins and striking them in the right position were the last things we did. we strategically placed nurse hatchett behind jack-o, so it would look like she was watching him to make sure he would take his pills. luckily, we found a mannequin for jack, with his palm open. we were able to place the pills in his hand & with his head tilted back, it was almost as if he were saying, "OH GOD. NOT THESE DAMNED PILLS AGAIN."