Animation Reference
For animation style, Dissolve will use forced and sometimes abstract perspective.
Clip from Aeon Flux
Like Aeon Flux, when the action and/or emotional intensity is heightened, the animation will become more and more abstract .
Clip from Afro Samurai: Resurrection
The motion of the animation will be very fluid with several unsettling moments of jumps between intense close ups and extreme distances.
Video Breakdown of Satoshi Kon's video editing style
To help offset the abstract nature of the animation and story line, the editing style will implement many matching cut shots, and other such techniques utilized by director Satoshi Kon in his films such as Perfect Blue and Paprika.
Character References
Character design will be simple with several gritty details, such as in the images of Tank Girl below.
Music Video by The Line for Mat Zo & Porter Robinson
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| Close Ups of the comic Tank Girl |
There will be complex settings, so simplicity of characters is crucial.
Texture References
Character textures will be mostly flat colour with hard shadows. Backgrounds will be more complex, with noise and gradients to help separate the subjects.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Dissolve might have either sketchy outlines or heavy, solid outlines.
Music Video for Blockhead's The Music Scene
This is an example of the outlines Dissolve might implement.
Story References
The story of Dissolve is bloody and psychological, pushing the limits of love and selfishness and obsession. There will be a noticeable shift in stability of the characters through out the piece. This is reminiscent of Satoshi Kon's work which explores how people cope with multiple personalities a person creates to navigate through their life.
Clip from Perfect Blue
Colour Palette
Lighting is going to be very harsh and darker the more the story progresses. Most of the setting is inside and in a dark environment with limited light sources.
Music Video for Caravan Palace's Lone Digger
Possible colour scheme
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