“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
- JRR Tolkien

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Drafting and Planning/Research Into Similar Products: Mr Darling/Captain Hook and Main Male/Lust

I've been considering the idea Stephen had when he said:

So I immediately thought of Peter Pan (as usual) and how Mr Darling and Captain Hook are both played by Jason Isaacs! I love how they're both the same (beautiful) actor but how each character looks so different.
And since I want to try something new, I've decided to show the contrasts between Mr Darling and Captain Hook through the medium of GIFs!

     Mr Darling knocks back a drink:

Captain Hook treats himself to a drink:




Mr Darling sings at the piano:

Captain Hook sings at piano:
I love his singing voice... what if lullaby/ominous singing was a major part of the trailer?


Mr 'finger waggle' Darling:

Captain 'please don't jab me' Hook:



Mr Darling gives Wendy a firm talking to:

                                         Captain Hook shows... some more authority:
...I could imagine 'Lust' in some shots like this with Senara
ouch... 



Mr Darling reunites with his children:
Such a beautiful, emotional moment...

Captain Hook 'comforts' Wendy:


I wonder if 'Lust' should be the MAJOR sin character with equal 'air time' to Senara, (since he's Senara's biggest weakness) like how Hook is with Wendy...

I loved exploring the different contrasts between Mr Darling and Hook; so much of the time, Mr Darling lacks courage in social things but has the love of his family to be around, and pursues to better himself for the family, whereas Captain Hook is the lonely 'sexual aggressor'. Since her father is the only man Wendy knows in her life, Captain Hook looks like him. The idea of a 'husband' scares Wendy, and this fear is personified through Captain Hook; though she does warm to him at times because his understanding of 'feelings', and he is rather exciting! Hook is a lonely, isolated, brooding character, but is seen as 'powerful' despite his loneliness, which contrasts well to his 'alter ego' Mr Darling.

I love how different Mr Darling and Captain Hook look, yet you obviously see their similarities. Jason Isaacs' even had their voices sound different; Mr Darling as an almost 'timid', harmless, stiff-upper-lip gentleman, and Hook as a sexy, flamboyant, manipulative but sorrowful man with his sensual, growling tones. Isaacs said in an interview once 'When I act, I start with the voice' of the character to develop them. And I'd like to replicate that if I could with 'The Husband' in my trailer and 'Lust'.
And in terms of 'The Husband's name... I wonder if it'd be effective if he doesn't even have a name. Well, if this was a real movie, he WOULD have a name. but in the trailer, it'd give a real air of mystery to him if she only referred to him as, 'my husband' or 'my love(r)' instead.
But I'll brainstorm some name ideas anyway. I'd probably end up basing his name on the (real life) actor I imagine him as best; like Jason Isaacs or Richard Armitage, or characters like Lucius Malfoy or Guy of Gisborne... Life of a fangirl, eh?


EDIT:
I've written some minor details which comes in this future blog post here:

It's not too much of a change; instead the ideas have developed from Male/Lust being the same person, either Senara/Lust is the same person instead or the inspiration of multi-rolling could be applied to the fact that Senara's both a human and a Succubus.

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