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Project Trivia
By: Robyn Barnette
- It took eight weeks to do "Queen Nevra," despite that no other Bratz dolls were used in the project.
- Many photos of Nevra were rejected due to issues with styling her hair, including an underwater sequence with Nevra's hair covering her breasts. Because the Kodak digital camera used in the project could be seen reflecting off the water, numerous editing techniques to enhance the photo proved unsuccessful and thus, the photo was rejected.
- Several other photos were rejected due to issues with the cold winter weather blowing Nevra's hair around and causing Nevra to fall over several times, including one where Nevra is standing in the middle of a street during rush hour traffic.
- In one rejected photo, Nevra fell backwards off a ledge and into a creek. It was suggested that the project be canceled from this point on, but with just four photos remaining, it was insisted that the project continue.
- Nevra's hair was washed and dried several times during the project, and to keep her hair in place, Static Guard was sprayed on her hair.
- Only one Funk Out! Nevra doll was used during the project.
- All the photos were shot on either cloudy days or either during sunrise or sunset. This is because the sunlight created unwanted shadows on Nevra's face.
- All the photos were shot in black and white, with Nevra's color pallette and soft focus editing added later on to give the photos something of a classic 1940s film noir look. This was inspired by the movie "Casablanca," the definitive greatest movie of all time and a movie that defined classic 1940s film noir ("Citizen Kane" is too overrated).
- One of the photos in "Queen Nevra" was shot in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and I was approached by a police officer and an FBI Agent about the photography. I did not break any laws and was doing nothing wrong. However, I was ordered by police to leave the premises where I was shooting the photography, since I was "freaking people out." Because of this incident, and as a result of this project, the city of Bethlehem passed an ordinance in January 2005 prohibiting all outdoor photography within the city and surrounding communities. This includes photography of buildings, bridges, landmarks, and other attractions. The ordinance was repealed a year later.
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