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Research & Inspiration
The idea for “Somewhere over the Rainbow” has come from a lot of inspirations of mine. The first was the actual song; the song is a part of the Wizard of Oz soundtrack and infers a place celestial and better than our current whereabouts.
I wanted to twist this myth and instead implicated the idea of a reformed government hiding its top secrets within a beautiful place that has now been desecrated.
Something I wanted to do from the start was create a family issue, something we can all relate too. Bioshock Infinite was a great reference for this theme. Mass Effect is Scfi just like the Game; the art style has been inspired by the franchise.I took inspiration from playing the game Bioshock Infinite, the story revolves around a father trying to retrieve his daughter from this awestruck world, and I really enjoy the idea of family and following emotional themes of love.
The actual novel will follow a similar art style to the work of Omar Francia; he has developed the Mass Effect comics that follow a realistic, yet simplistic art style that I really enjoy. I have also been looking at TV shows and I have taken a large inspiration from the concept of the show The Leftovers, within the show 2.5 % of the world’s population suddenly disappear.
This concept relates to the story of my graphic narrative. Tell-tale Games have inspired the mechanics as of the dialogue and such. SOTR is an adventure novel following the disappearance of your daughter.
I have also been looking at TV shows and I have taken a large inspiration from the concept of the show The Leftovers, within the show 2.5 % of the world’s population suddenly disappear. This concept relates to the story of my graphic narrative.
Graphic Narrative
I have been working on my own Grpahic Novel with an original story created by myself. To look at the full Narrative and the progression of the story, look upon my blog homes and into the graphic narrative pages. The Novel will be placed below when produced, until then take a look at the conceptual artwork.
Final Product
The Written Concept:
Synopsis:
"“Set on a Futuristic planet in which it has been divided by a wall the folk call “The Rainbow”, due to its colours and intensity, once in a while the poor/under-privileged of the city are taken, no one knows where and no one knows why, In honesty no one cares, as-long as they themselves survive another day. Well that all changes for Justin and his wife, when there daughter suddenly disappears.” (Drama, Love, Mystery). The Narrative will be produced by mix media using Photoshop and hand-drawn sketchess.
The Planet is called Earth 2; it is set in the year 2280. Earth 2 has been separated by a wall; this was done by the government agency within the world called “The Collective”. They quote “The wall was built due to inhospitable areas and crude wildlife”.
Emotional Themes:
Love – Justin and Harper are on their journey to finding their daughter in this urban world out of love, because they love her no matter what consequence and will give it all their best to find Elisabeth just out of the purity of their hearts. After all, Love conquers all.
Compassion – The Law family are very passionate people when it comes to family, they want to save the poor people of Earth 2 especially Justin who can sympathize having lived in the rough areas, it’s that compassion that makes the Law family want to do good and save the folk of Earth 2.
Shame- When Elisabeth is found missing, Justin and his wife will be torn apart; blaming each other but intentionally blaming themselves causing shame upon the spouse.
Desperation- Harper and Justin love their child, it’s that love that also creates desperation, and they want nothing more than to find their daughter. They will find themselves in tight situations and it is because of the love created for this daughter.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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