A few people have told me that they made a film based around the HG Wells book so I had a look on Amazon prime and found one that they made in 2002 (featuring a singer from back in the day that we used to listen to! – Samantha Mumba!)

The story differs slightly from the book with the fact that it bases around the man trying to turn back time to get his fiancee back who gets shot but it is still set in the Victorian era. There is a lot of inspiration at the beginning of the film when it shows you his time machine (crystal and brass!) and the area in which he works; all equations on a board, bottles and beakers and lots of Science inspired things!

I took some photos of some of the scenes of this film to record on here and to also look back on for some design inspiration. The 4th photo across on the slideshow shows an image that looks very similar to an image I recorded a few posts back that I found in a Futurism book. It is very representative of the Industrial Revolution. There is also a scene in the film where he looks at pocket watches; I included sketches of pocket watches in my sketchbook also.

The film has stayed true to the book in which it has made the time machine brass, gold, shiny and with crystals (the 10th image shows a crystal lever) I can take a lot of inspiration from what I see in these images. There is a massive use of rings, circles, gold and geometric shapes.

I then went on to watch the 1960 version, this version stays true to the book more than the 2002 version. There is a lot of things in that film that featured in my first sketches such as sand timers, pocket watches…. one thing though which was featured in the film was an ornate sun dial – this is a different way of showing time. Again, I took some photographs that I thought might help and influence my designs: