Another Idea...

Expanding on our idea of having a 'dancing tramp' in our video, where we filmed peoples reactions and used this as the basis for our video, i thought about maybe instead of completely ruling out performing in a public place because of the need to obtain the public's consent-we could use our school for the tramp to perform. This is because most parents of the children at our school have already agreed to allow their children to be filmed, so we would only be able to not film a few students. Also, we could get the tramp to dance when the kids are coming out of school, so we dont have to wait around for a few people to walk past every now and again; if we film at this time we will attract large groups of people and much more attention, which ultimately is beneficial for the range of reactions we will be able to film. We also wouldn't have to worry about the permission to be able to film there being turned down straight away, if at all.
Another adaption to our idea that I had, was that maybe we could have a group of 'dancing tramps' as appose to just one tramp trying to hold a large crowd's attention. We could try and get in a street dance troop, have them dress up as tramps (very convincingly) and then get them to perform a routine. Maybe we could use the original idea, and start off with one tramp dancing alone, but then one-by-one, the other tramps join, and they begin to perform a routine. I think that this may have more of a visual impact, and the fact that more people will come to join the one dancer from nowhere will really hold the audiences attention; and the routine will hopefully captivate them. The key to making this successful is making sure the reactions we film are completely genuine, that the kids dont recognise the person who instigates the dancing, and also that the outfits and make up really do make the dancers look like totally believeable tramps; almost making the children a bit anxious and nervy to begin with, when they see this tramp outside of their school, not moving and making noise.