Here art some visual reference/influence showing the art direction we are going for and also showing what our 'Forgotten or Failed Superheroes' are going to look like.
Hi. Remember that this project is a less about art direction and more about performance. I didn't get to speak to your group the other day - why was that? - in those discussions I spoke about the importance of knowing your character's personality as a way to access comedy. You have two characters that you can dress up slightly which means your superhero is going to found in the performance and a bit of dress up not a full design of a character. I'd prefer that you talked about that aspect of the project at this stage not art direction. You should be directing performance by a personality (internal) not designing a character (external).
Hi Alan, thank you very much for your advice. We will be focusing more on the internal aspects of our characters and will make comic panels with more informations and details. :)
We wrote this overview of our new idea, which works significantly better than what we originally came up with. We will now start creating our 3-Panel Comic and recording for the Animatic. 1 - Title Sequence (with epic hero music) 2 – Slow pan down set of house stairs showing corny framed Flash posters on a wall Cuts to close-up of eyes, looking determined (music continues) Mid-shot and music cuts out as the Flash starts to go up the stairs extremely slowly in a stairlift [CUT] 3 – (Fast sequence) Close-up of a pair of eyes as a black mask is quickly pulled down, snapping as it’s released Close-up of left hand pulling on a glove with a snap Close-up of right hand pulling on a glove with a snap Close-up of Batman’s utility belt being clipped around his waist Close-up of his gloved hand spinning ring of keys around his finger Close-up of keys going into ignition with a roar of an engine Mid-shot of garage doors opening, as an old Batman drifts out on a mobil...
Hi. Remember that this project is a less about art direction and more about performance. I didn't get to speak to your group the other day - why was that? - in those discussions I spoke about the importance of knowing your character's personality as a way to access comedy. You have two characters that you can dress up slightly which means your superhero is going to found in the performance and a bit of dress up not a full design of a character. I'd prefer that you talked about that aspect of the project at this stage not art direction. You should be directing performance by a personality (internal) not designing a character (external).
ReplyDeleteHi Alan, thank you very much for your advice. We will be focusing more on the internal aspects of our characters and will make comic panels with more informations and details. :)
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