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Week 2: Weekend work - Chris Sutton

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Week 2: Weekend work - Chris Sutton Dr Grordborts by Greg Broadmore Worth looking at even though it has a very alien feel to it (Set on the surface of Venus). Another interesting examples of New Zealand steampunk design. Trying to find the concept art from the exhibition held for this as I think it would be very interesting and useful to decide the stylistic direction of my own project. https://www.wetanz.com/brands/dr-grordborts Why Steampunk? This is a question I have been getting a lot from my tutors. The question annoys me somewhat, but I think I get where they are coming from. To try to answer this I'm going to look at it as if I was being asked by a marketing committee. Marketing justification My primary target audience is teens and my secondary audience is young adults. The animated shows these target audiences watch tend to either set in the modern day with some sort of quirky shenanigans happening, (South park, Trollhunter, Phineas and Ferb), or a complete ...

Week 1 and 2: Concept and Research

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Week 1 & 2: Concept and Research Blog by Christopher Sutton Concept Working title: The Steam train Logline: When bandits attack a train in order to steal a priceless artifact, English biologist Julia Clark must stop them for taking the relic she retrieved from the deep South American jungle. Genre: Action, Adventure, Steampunk, Comedy Main Characters Julia Clark Dean Copperfield  Dennis Williams Lutwe Noir These are just first character designs, will probably make a lot of changes. Minor Characters Other train Passengers Child with Lollipop Ticket master Ring bike rider (Probably remove) Other bandit (Probably Remove) Locations  The Train interior - Julia's Carriage, The passengers' carriages  Train exterior - Back Carriage, Carriage roofs Newspaper rack Important objects Relic Pet snake Julia's handbag Dean's copy of "The lost Creatures of  the eastern south american coast" Vault L...