Story and Test in animation

I created ideas in screenshots of the story in trailer, but I had to choose a few images to create animation and shorten them to one minute.

I tested the animation with two different colours (one for sepia and one for black & white) but both test animations were only 13 seconds, so I needed more animation to target one minute or more.

I added more animation pictures and I checked into make sure everything worked. All images are perfect animation and it was ready for the final trailer.

Final Main Character

I used different types of fonts for the main character’s logo on the hood. There are six different (views of front, side and back). I chose the fifth image for the final main character because it has good colour and makes it look like real life.

Screenshots of Moby Dick (1956)

I looked at screenshots from the film ‘Moby Dick’ (1956) and I selected a few sequences for animation to make a short one min trailer.

Ideas of Trailer

Now I had to choose one book to make a trailer for the game and I chose Moby Dick because Moby Dick is more interesting than the other three books. I started researching the story of Moby Dick and I watched three DVDs (Moby Dick in 1956, 1998 and 2010). I selected a few sequences for animation from the films.

I started four different ideas of storyboards and I had to select ten images from the storyboards to make a short one min trailer.

I researched artists to find any links to water, sea or boats, I found four different artists:

Albert Pinkham Ryder

J.M.W Turner

LeRoy Neiman

Zachary Johnson

I looked at simple video games as research for my game trailer:

Journey

The Unfinished Swan

Limbo

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Shadow of the Colossus

Final eight images

I chose the final eight images (four horror pictures and four simple images) with Dracula, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Sherlock Holmes and Moby Dick. I like my final images because they shows a difference between horror and simple images and people will know which books they are from.

Moby Dick

This picture I really because it is interesting, a black silhouette of the ship ‘Pequod’ with a bright white moon and a whale’s tail makes an outstanding image.

The second image, I don’t like. I used the first picture and I changed the background colours from grey to blue but the grey colour looked better on the background.

I removed the whale’s tail and I added a grey eye to the bright white background. This made it look like Moby Dick is large in size compared to the ship ‘Pequod’. I like it because it is an eye-catching white background with bold black-silhouetted ship, ‘Pequod’.

I had other ideas for Moby Dick; this picture shows the ship ‘Pequod’ over the whale ‘Moby Dick’. The picture that I used was an ink drawing of Moby Dick and Pequod and the colours (black, white and grey) used from Adobe Photoshop. In the next two images I used ink again and this time I added Captain Ahab and Moby Dick. I don’t like it because it looks like Japanese art.

I used the very first picture but I changed the black-silhouetted man to a woman and the whale’s tail changed colour (white to red). I also added a different tonal colour of red on the next three images. I like the third image because it has more outstanding colours and it links the same colours from Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Dracula and Sherlock Holmes.

I have different ideas of simple Moby Dick images and it shows a bright white Moby Dick on a black Captain Ahab with the ship ‘Pequod’. I like the first picture because it has a very simple silhouette image and people will know which book it is from.

Sherlock Holmes

This picture shows a white silhouette of Sherlock Holmes behind a black building with a bright white moon.

 

I had six different ideas of Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. All images show Sherlock looking at the black dog or hellhound. I like the forth picture because it is eye-catching with a bold black silhouette dog behind a bright white moon. I added tone from black to grey in the background to make it scarier.

I changed the forth picture to add other idea, this time I added a large grey dog or wolf behind Sherlock Holmes. I like the image but I still believe the forth picture is better because people will know what it is.

I used the forth picture and I added a bold red colour to the dog’s eyes and scratches on the black silhouetted tree. I like it because it has same colours (black, white grey and red) as Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Dracula.

This picture makes it simple to know which book it is and it shows a white silhouette of Sherlock Holmes on the big black dog with a grey background. The next image I changed and this time I added white dog’s eyes and teeth on the black silhouette of Sherlock. I like the second image because it will make people know which book it is.

Dracula

This picture I really like because it looks scary silhouette. I used cut out of the middle of the forest and I put in the image of Dracula’s castle.

The second image shows a black castle and trees with a bold yellow colour (light). A large white moon behind the castle with a shade (black and grey) background and also I added a bright white silhouette on the foreground. It is very difficult to show people which book it is and I need to add more trees and a bat because it makes people know it is Dracula.

The next picture I added a tree behind a silhouette and I used a bright white moon with light grey background. I don’t like it because there are too much trees and it is difficult to see Dracula’s castle.

I did the same on the third picture, but I deleted a few of the trees to make them clear and see the castle.

This image I have changed and this time I added Dracula’s eyes and teeth with red blood. Also I added a girl running to escape from Dracula’s castle. I cut out the tree from middle of image to make it clear and see the castle with bold white moon. I believe that red eyes and white teeth make people think it is Dracula, werewolf or evil dog.

I have five different ideas of a bat with bold red eyes to make people know it is Dracula. I like the third image because it shows the bat tries to catch the girl who escaped from the castle.

I did the same on the third image but I moved a bold white moon behind the bat. I have other ideas and this time I change the bat to Dracula, but I like the bat because it is scarier and eye catching with the white moon behind the bat.

This picture I used Dracula with bold white teeth and I added a white bat and girl on the black Dracula. I like it because it is very simple to know which books it is and makes it stand out and a clear image.

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

I used Adobe Photoshop to make a sample image of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This image shows a shadow of Mr Hyde behind Dr Jekyll. I used different a font of ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ and I added colours of black, grey and white. For the next picture I used the first image but I added a building behind, a moon and also I used the same font ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ on the streetlight. I like the picture because it is better than the first image and there is a good shadow behind Dr Jekyll from the streetlight.

The third image shows a large shadow of Mr Hyde behind a person. I used a bright white text ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ to make the words stand out and clear to read. I did the same on the third image and this time I added bold grey outer glow on the shadow of Mr Hyde. I like it because it looks scarier and eye-catching with the white font.

I have three different ideas of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and it shows a large shadow of Mr Hyde with bright title behind the person.

This image shows a person running between a wall and she has a big shadow of Mr Hyde that comes from the moon. I added font ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ on right black wall. I like the image because it is better than other pictures and the font looks like paint. The next picture that I used same image and this time I added a bold red colour on the word ‘Mr Hyde’. I like it because it looks like Mr Hyde painted the red colour on the word.

I have three different colours (black, white and grey) on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with background. All three pictures show Dr Jekyll (left) and Mr Hyde (right).

The next two images that I move the Dr Jekyll form on the Mr Hyde. I like the second image because it makes it look like a shadow of Mr Hyde behind Dr Jekyll and it will make people know which book it is.

Title and Font

I used different type font for the title ‘The Book World’ and names of the books (Dracula, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Moby Dick and Sherlock Holmes).

 

I had different ideas for titles and this picture shows the title ‘The Book World’ using ink splatters and a black silhouetted girl running to escape from the ink splatters.

 

In the next picture I added a bright white moon behind the girl. I like it because it is eye-catching, the moon with the girl, and clear to see the image. In the third image I changed the girl to a boy and it shows the boy falling down into the book world from the normal world.

 

I had other ideas for titles and this time I used an “old paper” texture in the background. I added three different fonts for the title ‘The Book World’ and the third image I used an ink splatter. On the last picture, I added a boy with a paintbrush and it shows the boy paint on the title ‘The Book World’. I like the second image because it looks like an old book drawn in ink and it’s a good link to the classics (Dracula, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Moby Dick and Sherlock Holmes).