Cougar Lady walk!

I didn’t really feel that my green screen references were that good, and I couldn’t really find any additional references ether. I was worried that nobody would get what my character was supposed to be doing. So in the end I went with a simpler, but also fun idea.

I used the same character that my green screen references were based on, but set it earlier that day before she went out clubbing,

Enter- Cougar lady!  A 48 year old woman, strutting her stuff on her way to the salon. She spent all morning doing her makeup, and tonight she’s going clubbing with her daughter. She carries her power centre in her boobs of course! And has an awful lot of swish in her hips.

I was able to find loads of great references and ideas for this scenario.

I found lots of good tutorials on how to walk in heels, how to walk like a runway model, how to show confidence through your walk etc

http://vimeo.com/1747155

This is one such "how to walk in heels" video, it’s a bit weird but good for my purposes anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MqoLpUmPcs&feature=player_detailpage#t=14s

This is just a woman acting out an over gone confidant and jaunty walk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px69eKV5lWk&feature=player_detailpage

This is a proper tutorial on "How to walk like a runway model"

I took some notes on the bits I'd like to copy

Keep back and neck straight - she could be looking slightly up as well to seem more arrogant

face straight ahead and keep body still as possible.

some models also lean back slightly.

place feet down in front of the other- this would also be good for exaggerating the hip swish

some models also lift their knees higher than normal, to emphasise this strut

Avoid swinging arms too much- maybe she should keep one and on her hip.

Pausing to pose at the end of the runway, jutting hip out to the side.

I'd love to have her standing striking a pose before she moves off. Maybe she should pose at the end too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ9nOX4wuIY&feature=player_detailpage

This video drags on a bit but is a good reference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aat1TRzKTOQ

I also wanted to look at some female rappers walking with attitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZWnkNZp0lCY

It could be good to have a very slow, saunter. But then the hip swish and boob jiggle wouldn't be so overdone, so I'm not sure which I’ll go for yet. Also the angry lady doing the commentary on this is really funny!

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(by the way the images in this post and the last aren’t mine, i just stuck them in there to break up all this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4n1LqsAhgY8