What is Tableaux Vivants?

‘Tableaux vivant’ is French for ‘ living picture’ and is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed with props and scenery. The scenery may also be theatrically lit.

Experimenting in a group 

In order to gain more understanding of what Tableaux vivants is, me and my classmates took part in a shared image where we recreated a chosen image. My role in this group project was as director. I placed everyone in the correct position so that they were identical as can be to the image. Ensured the right facial expressions were used, and that the overall set was correct.

Image we were creating 

When recreating this image we used a two point lighting technique. A soft box was used on the right hand side of the models which created the main light, and then a spot light was also used to the left hand side of the models. This spot light was used to create a shadowing on the two models on the right hand side of the image below. We also used a plain black background to help the models stand out and relate more to the original image. ( Process images seen above) 

Final image 

I think that this image technically turned out very well due to the correct lighting be used which helped to show contrast in the models and the plain black background which was what we wanted to create when planning this image.

The image is also visually correct as we can see the clear resemblance to the original image.