Saturday 5 September 2009

Pitch/rough cut progress info

All seems to be going well over here. We're just about to started booking out a studio to start green screening and stuff. I now have a full rundown of what I'm going for with the video - It has ties with Godzilla and big-robot movies, involving giant scale beings crushing everything beneath them. So basically with that idea in mind i had this idea of a giant person (in a pseudo-futuristic suit) landing on earth but literally being so big that when it walks, the earth spins beneath their feet, to the beat of the music. From each step, quick cuts to natural disaster e.g. volcanic eruptions, twisters and lightning come up (also in time with the beat). Now and then I wanted to have shots of army artillery and soldiers firing to stop the giant but then just being stepped over completely - a lot of the footage used is royalty-free stock footage allowing access to high quality, professionally filmed clips to insert in for effect. When the army fires rounds, i wanted like strobing flashing effect full of explosions against black, literally happening in time with the music, then zooming out to see actually that the weapons have no effect and are being repelled by a glowing force-field. It all seems far fetched but I'll link you to some concept art I've been working on to give you a brief of the aesthetics i'm after:  


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PUz3zIONy8&feature=player_embedded  


^^^^The video above is an "animatic" and is just a brief look into motion and timing. It is essentially what I've been trying to describe (just remember that the one shot with a squiggly line and a circle above is meant to be a top down shot of london - as if to demonstrate the giants height. When it starts moving, it's as if to demonstrate a first person top-down view of the world spinning beneath his feet). Thanks!

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