Storyline: how do I keep the integrity of the story I had before, and keep the focus on the balloons. They should not be secondary characters.
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November 11, 2009
WORDS: BARBARIC + CIVILIZED
Panel 1: Art Nouveau In the style of an art nouveau poster, basically the establishing shot; sums up the next four panels including the subject matter of the girl and the balloon(s).
Panel 2: Black and White The girl receives a balloon.
Panel 3: Synthetic Cubism Cubist view of the balloons that have been left behind and the balloon that has left the safety of the group. Emphasis on separation.
Panel 4: Pop Art Silhouette of a man confronting girl and balloon, holding gun at the two. Done in very bold lines, flat graphic colour. Comic book.
Panel 5: Expressionism The bullet is fired.
November 4, 2009
panels
POP ART
- bold lines, flat graphic colour, repetition
SYNTHETIC CUBISM
- scrambled, collage like, puzzle pieces
ART NOUVEAU
- european, bold lines, flowing, beautiful, pleasing to the eye, vintage, detail
EXPRESSIONISM
- raw, frightening, emotional, impasto
BLACK AND WHITE
Project plan (still TBD): img 1, img 2, img 3, img 4, img 5
See below for storyline brainstorm/stream of conscience.
October 28, 2009
WORD PAIRING = BARBARIC/CIVILIZED
barbaric: marked by crudeness or lack of restraint in taste, style, or manner.
civilized:
1. having an advanced or humane culture, society, etc.
2. polite; well-bred; refined.
3. of or pertaining to civilized people
4. easy to manage or control; well organized or ordered
additional ideas for la montgolfière (stream of consciousness)
what’s barbaric? the human race. so let’s add some more humans into the story. let’s beef up the idea. same storyline, but add MORE. more interactions between monty (this is what i’m calling my balloon character) and OTHERS. animals, people, other balloons, objects. let’s get a sense of HIM.
barbarism: if we make monty seem more… alive, then at the end, instead of his isolated pop, how about some kid squashes him between his grubby little fingers, or an angry teen slashes him with a knife. something horrendous. and SUDDEN. unexpected and shocking. guns. BANG.
idea. instead of a HELIUM filled balloon, make him just filled with AIR. that way, instead of floating high above everyone else, he can INTERACT. he’ll bounce along the street and drift across the grass and get passed from one person to another.
how to show civilized. instead of civilized, how about CIVILIZATION. make it a story about how we’re too preoccupied with civilization, populated places, that we don’t notice lonely balloons drifting through, on their own discovery, finding out what life means to them.
balloon civilization?
October 20, 2009
final panels, la montgolfière:
1. Asymmetrical
2. Rhythmic
3. Animate
4. Natural
5. Geometric
6. Symmetrical
7. Dynamic
8. Inanimate
October 14, 2009
progress on la montgolfière:
Asymmetrical
Rhythmic
Animate
Natural
Geometric
Symmetrical
Dynamic
Inanimate
October 7, 2009
Asymmetrical
Inanimate
Rhythmic
Dynamic
Changes to the storyboards –> changing three of the panels (natural, symmetrical and geometric) to the balloon’s point of view (bird’s eye view of the city, etc). This should function to allow for more empathy to the character.
September 29, 2009
We are many. We are tied. We are mass. We are together. We are mindless. We are bustling. We are kinetic. We are dancing. We are the same. We are synonymous. We are different. We are whispers. We are quiet. We are delicate. We are pretty. We are treasures. We are special. We are adored. We are common. We are despised. We are useless? We are colour. We are childlike. We are unity. We are moving.
We are breaking.
I am one. I am free? I am abandoned? I am lost. I am drifting. I am helpless. I am fragile. I am thin. I am dependent. I am small. I am alone. I am alone. I am free. I am mine. I am eager. I am in wonder. I am curious. I am bouncing, I am floating, I am flying. I am with friends. I am elegant. I am melodic. I am beauty. I am eye-catching. I am bright. I am loud. I am high and I am low. I am hollow and I am full. I am slow and I am fast. I am dirty. I am cold. I am adventure. I am alive?
I am pieces. I am gone.
THUMBNAILS:
September 23, 2009
WORD: MECHANICAL
September 16, 2009
