Altares’ are the alien race from the star correlation Aquila. The leader of the Altares’ plays a ‘Queen Bee’ role and is known as Valen’. She has the greatest powers and is the hardest to defeat. Valen’s selected soldiers dress in suits and hats, whereas the rest of the Altares on earth could be anyone. Charlie sees their true forms by seeing their bright green eyes.
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The first page will have three basic panels to show look of the comic. It begins with a bird’s eye view camera shot of the forest road and the car driving at night. The first speech will begin with the main character in the first panel, with a speech bubble coming from the passenger seat of the car. The props used for this page would be the car and the terrain would be the forest road. The second panel is a high angle shot that focuses on the car, and has the colours of the car headlights and the white of the snow, as the environment is set in the late winter at night. The third panel is a close up view of the car's tyre and the dark road ahead.
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The second page has four square boxes and one wide bottom panel. This is where I would like to introduce the characters, with mid shots for each person talking in the vehicle. Each character will be shown separately sat inside the car, all with their seatbelt on. Through the windows of the car, the outside environment (trees and road) will be seen but will be darkened to present the it is a night.
I would like the bottom panel to be a high angle shot of the car driving down the road at night, with the countryside and line of trees behind them. This will remind and show the readers whereabouts the family are on their journey home. |
I want the font to be clear and in capitals so the readers will not get confused when reading the comic. The lettering in capitals is also a recognisable code and convention of comics. I chose for the lettering to have a sci-fi style to match the genre of the comic book and I think the blue tint will go with the blue shades I plan to use in the beginning of the comic.
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Though if the blue colouring does not stand out enough when against the colours in the panel, I will consider changing it to a brighter colour.
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The sound effects will either appear in the blue, sci-fi font or in a slanted font depending on the sound. These are the sound effects that I've research that are common in comic books. I think I will use the 'VROOOOOOM!' sound effect for drunk driver in the speeding car that crashes into them. This will hopefully emphasise and show the reader how fast the car is going.
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As the comic book will be set in 1980s, these are the type of cars or how any vehicles I include to look like. I have collected a mix of family cars and trucks, as the Jackson siblings are first seen in the family car and then travel in Erick's truck. In the mood board, I have included two American police cars that were possibly used and seen in 1980s America. These police cars could be used for when the enemy aliens disguise themselves as policemen/'cops' and try to track down Zion and the Jackson siblings.
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