Documentary Tests 1

 

I like the font style as taken from the urn in the top left, but the letters are very spread out. I think writing "Hisarlik, Turkey" might be too long for the screen. 

I do want to incorporate some sort of overlay. I like the subtle concrete block shine which would make the background look like an urn surface without a drastic light source if I went down that route. 

I would want to look in to having an overlay of chipped clay on the screen and other flaking patterns. 

The muted colours and the bleeding looks good but I'm worried about there not being enough colours to make the settings clear. 

(Not spelt right: Hisarlik) I decided to test the black ink characters and I can see now that it doesn't work. I want the characters' faces to show to give them purpose, as their actions will be quite simple. If you can't see who they are, they shouldn't be on screen at all. 

I like the sophistication of the top style, and I think the dull watercolour effect would be good when I talk about the fire. I also really like the idea of using textured lines and hopefully some slightly messy ones like leaking ink (if I can bring myself to make it unclean, I'm very pixel particular about keeping lines neat and joined.) 

1&2) I am not overly happy about the first two panels, but I may be removing this paragraph/ I'm considering it. But I would like to show a definition of myth/mythos and then history, and merge them together to form mythistory. 

4) I funny swimming through gold like Scrooge McDuck. I'm not sure whether to keep it in. Maybe he can just throw the goblet away and more time can be spent on the transition. I think the paragraph would be too short for 3 and 4 together. But 3 is the important one with the treasure.

5) The countries are slightly closer together to fit the cities on the screen. I think if I zoomed out any more, the water would actually be less with the way both countries extrude after this. 

9) (Walls popping up one by one to show 15 layers of fortifications.)

3) God statue falls apart. Probably based off of a famous Greek statue such as Venus De Milo (Aphrodite) If I do that statue, jokingly make both of the arms fall off and pause there, then make the rest crumble quickly. 

4) Use Hector design as King Priam's other son Paris who kidnaps Helen of Troy. Paris runs across the screen with Helen over his shoulder. Avoids showing Helen's legs and too much weight animation on the dress. 

5&6) If the last sentence can fit, have a flame logo turn in to the final LAU logo.