Narrative development #3

Developed Synopsis
A Ghost with some unfinished business now exists in an underworld (filled with distorted, upside down buildings) beneath his once vibrant town. Every once in a while, our ghost ventures out from the chaos of the underworld to explore his old home; once successful and striving for greatness.  But now it is not what it seems. Streets rather like himself; ghostly, worn and quiet. The sun still sets and the moon still watches over, but the people he once knew are all gone. Whether they hide away in their homes or simply aren’t there anymore is what our ghost does not know. Still he emerges from the underworld every so often, looking for answers and rather enjoying the peace. He does not want the underworld to become like the real world; industrial and polluted, as that is where he now exists. He fears that the underworld is going down that road...This makes him sad. 

We've decided to incorporate an underworld into our set, taking inspiration from films like 'The City of Ember'. It will be the world in which our ghost now exists so we can vary our set and really contrast the underworld to the above world. The underworld will be a separate set to the world above but they will ideally be arranged above and below each other so we can get them both in shot. We are going to create some more distorted, industrial looking buildings that we will present upside down. The character will still be walking the right way up when he enters this town, however, the building's will not be as we know them. The ghost will venture through both the above world (real world that's now deserted) and the underworld (the upside down world that is becoming more chaotic and industrial). Our ghost will enter and exit these worlds through a manhole. There will be other, smaller, odder looking ghosts that also exist as workers in this underworld. This is to show the bumbling atmosphere below contrasted with the still, quiet atmosphere above.
Something a little like this but on a larger scale (below): 

Kim Dorland 
 
Kim Dorland's work reminds us of the power of nature and the impact that humanity has upon our environment. Dorland's trademark style is a seemingly post-punk aesthetic. Through their use of bright colours, his scenes often depict a relitively tongue-in-cheek idea of modern life versus nature: graffiti-ridden walls, bridges encroaching into the wilderness, sunrise in suburbia littered with beer bottles, or trunks of trees with expletives 'carved' into their bark with paint. There is a cheeky, sinister undertone to his perspective, but the work is levied by its sense of humour, colour use and apparent irreverence. A lot of his paintings also focus around faceless figures. Some of them glow but others are left to blend in with their surroundings, leaving the viewers to seek the figures out for themselves. Delve deeper into nature and draw out the humanity effecting it. His faceless figures are very mysterious and inspire ideas for character further character design. They already hold qualities similar to Kaitlan's character design.

I really enjoy this painting because it shows that thin barrier between life and death. The man is looking down at the ghost he will become and the ghost is looking up at the man he once was. I feel like this painting perfectly represents our narrative and the journey into both the above world and the underworld. The man is green and pure (representing the once vibrant, thriving town that is now lifeless and deserted) yet the ghost is red with chaos (representing the underworld and the fear he has of it facing the same fate as the above world).