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August 16, 2007
lsgl: continental drift
by sven at 11:59 pm
So, the Elder Things are supposed to have come to Earth millions and millions of years ago... And while I've illustrated that some time has passed by showing the cave before it was all icy, I don't think that's really communicating the idea.
What I want is a time-lapse shot of continental drift, so you can actually see the Pangaean supercontinent break into the seven continents we know today.
My first version shows the Earth spinning; the second shows the same morph sequence with a stationary planet. I think both are kinda confusing. I've only got five images in the current sequence. I really need to draw some more inbetweens. ...Even then, though, I'm worried that the concept won't communicate.
posted by sven | August 16, 2007 11:59 PM | comments (8) | categories: let sleeping gods lie
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I never know if you want my opinion on these posts but I'll offer one here.
I like the spin version and think that because the continents look obviously different than today's configuration your audience will get that it both earth and earth in a different epoch.
I think what you've done works 100%.
Posted by: shelley Noble at August 17, 2007 4:22 PM
both are hard for me to read, but given the context of the other scenes in this sequence, i think the stationary version is better.
Posted by: gl. at August 17, 2007 4:51 PM
Yeah, they're hard to read, even knowing what they represent. I think you're right though - with enough in-betweens to make it a smooth sliding movement and so you can clearly see the contintents break apart it would work nicely.
Posted by: Darkstrider at August 17, 2007 8:17 PM
.... And yes, I agree with Gretchin - I think the stationary version would work the best.
Posted by: darkstrider at August 17, 2007 8:19 PM
Gosh, thanks for the feedback y'all!
I think I'm leaning toward the stationary version... The way that North and South America are projecting onto the globe is problematic... Although, if the globe stays focussed on Africa (which maps onto the sphere best) there are fewer reference points for people to recognize.
sigh
Do you know what it is about the spin version that you like, Shells?
Posted by: Sven Bonnichsen at August 17, 2007 9:13 PM
Hey, how about not showing a globe at all - it could just be Pangaea breaking up and drifting apart into the familiar continents. That way you see all of them in familiar configuration.
Posted by: Darkstrider at August 18, 2007 12:35 AM
I like the spinning version because it connotes the passage of time into the representation. And the speed of it shows tha A LOT of time is rollingby quickly in the storyline.
My main idea to convey was that it may not read on first viewing to most of the audience but given the rest of the script, it seems to handle the job sufficiently.
If you spent the screen time making sure each point was completely clearly made it would no longer be a short.
Isn't the audience for his familiar with the story and going to view your film over and over like the cult classic in the making it is?
Posted by: shelley Noble at August 19, 2007 12:57 PM
I like the spinning version because it connotes the passage of time into the representation. And the speed of it shows tha A LOT of time is rollingby quickly in the storyline.
The main idea I was trying to convey was that the break up of land may not read as intended on first viewing to most of the audience but given the pace of rest of the script, it seems to handle the job sufficiently.
If you spent the screen time making sure each point was completely clearly made it would no longer be a short.
Isn't the audience for this familiar with the story and going to view your film over and over like the cult classic in the making it is?
Posted by: shelley Noble at August 19, 2007 1:01 PM