onsdag 20. mai 2009

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. - Theocritus of Chios

The time has come to structure the story I have been working on.

Before starting, you may remember that I posted a few character classes earlier on. Thus, I have a template. Most of these factors will have to be built brick by brick. A few vital points that existed from the start will have to be highlighted.

In character

- They have to be imperfect.
- They alter in passion, loyalty, virtue and goal.
- All the good ones will be taken.
- Create some level of sympathy, if not more with some antagonists.
- The beast is the protagonist, but is depicted in a way which makes the crowd agree with his moves, until the time comes to reap what has been sown.

In story development.

- No less than 3 turning points.
- Be very light, and if possible best avoid flashbacks.
- Don't give the crowd the entire answer, let a few unresolved questions with plenty of theories rest in their heads.
- Always have something going on, but vary in the intensity.
- Have a good relations between the personal, the strictly business related and the impulsive/desperate actions.
- Don't make it too monotone in terms of the ever shifting govermental shifting. Each point only goes from bad too worse.

In terms of art.

- Focus on good CG, but don't try to challenge reality. Keep it in a style sheet.
- Rely heavily on monotone environments during arc sequences, but don't be afraid to have other color highlights.
- Use the knowledge of color to co-relate with the scenes.

So, were does this story start? Well, under what seems to be a modern city siege, heavy artillery planted in the mountain ranges bearing down fire and all manners of weaponry upon the cityscape while a rather well trained army marches into the streets. Now, contrary to the audiences expectations this is not an invasion, it is a cleansing, not of ethnically, but of disloyalty. Cities that had low loyalty were in quite a new tradition their population halved to put a quick fix on that problem.

During this scene that does focus heavily on artistic muscles, we see the protagonist and sub antagonist running for cover and trying to navigate towards an underground city exit. Of course, this is something that they will fail on at the last moment. When held in custody among a great deal of other civilians, the simplicity of the soldiers will be depicted in a way that relies heavily on their primitive obedience. National pride is no more than an urban myth, the only loyalty that remains is that of coin. This does not stop them for acting in a disgraceful manner however. This lays some foundation for the follow up of the story, which takes place in a rather high security prison which has accommodations that would make the old Soviet prisons look like Egyptian palaces.

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