Concept and creative process
The concept behind this series of BBC Two idents was the living sculpture or posed studio photograph, in which the subject is primarily still unless a movement occurs or is caused by an external factor. Great care was taken over the positioning and the lighting of the individual set-ups. The specimen in the ‘Cactus’ ident of course did not move as it was a model, and so it could also be made to bloom on cue by stop-frame animation, in order to coincide with the appearance of the BBC Two logo.