MUSIC // Playlist

Americana/travel Playlist

Not so much the broadway or musical side of the story, more the in-between discovering new musical towns, and more driving in old cars across the country or whatever

http://8tracks.com/sharnee112/off-the-tracks

The Art of Animal Drawing - Totally Legal

I stumbled on this by mistake on tumblr, creepy.

Free online version of The Art of Animal Drawing - Ken Hultgren

(aka. that book we talked about last week, woah)

http://drwbook02.narod.ru/cover.html

Links - Style - Americana, Disney and Stage

I think my research set up will be:

intro
(250)

disney visual style and america in the 50's
(500)

stage design in film (the fall, dogville, red shoes)
 - bascially when films decide to forget reality and take cues from the stage
(500)

how this relates to Off The Track
-disney look, set in 50's America, in weird stage world
im not really sure how to word this area...subject, audience, techincal...what else hasnt already been said
(500)

con
(250)

(2000 words)

maybe i'll split disney style and americana style into two different sections and take out last one, explain in intro and con?

LINKS

Disney

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/articles/41774/title/art-behind-disney-princesses-part-3-modern-times
(art behind Disney princesses, should be good to sue to work in 50's Americana style into research)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=G6IUoo_haJEC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=emulate+disney+style&source=bl&ots=DXmDdQPF1c&sig=mCsyVambw59nzWqia5J9bqgxDQQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ElitUd-jC8bOiAfjyoGICQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCzgK#v=onepage&q=emulate%20disney%20style&f=false
(ebook, emulating disney style, talks of restrictions)


Stage Design

https://www2.bc.edu/crystal-tiala/tutor_files/frame.htm
(slideshow of "good stage design")

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/set-design/2012/david-rockwell-harvey-sets-broadway-article
(little article about stage design for Harvey)

http://wp.tdf.org/index.php/2011/05/designing-broadway-worlds/
(Derek Mclane, stage designer interview, focus on 20's deco)

Links - Research - Broadway + Disney

http://litlists.blogspot.com.au/2009/02/five-best-books-about-musical-theater.html
(5 Best Books about Theatre)

http://tdt.usitt.org/GetPDF.aspx?PDF=47-1costumebizhistory
(History, pretty short though, of Broadway costumes)

http://pinterest.com/precioustone/broadway-stage-costume/
(pininterest board of Broadway costumes)

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2013/02/14/musical-theatre-is-dead-long-live-musical-theatre/
(local Broadway site, 10 Best Broadway shows of the last decade)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUem4tE37Hw
(Legally Blonde interview with costume guy, not that in depth or anything)



http://www.uky.edu/~addesa01/documents/ThePrincessandtheMagicKingdom.pdf
(Women'sStudies, common themes in Disney films, quite recently written)

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon?from=Main.DisneyAnimatedCanon
(Tropes in Disney genre)

http://rialtocr.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/how-musical-theater-saved-disney.html
(I'm not totally sure where this was going but it's about the connection between Disney and Theatre, i guess)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CYP2Cj_Gb98C&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=disney+visual+style&source=bl&ots=pLTBIYu6OC&sig=8ljvaHhKtXzX45H4P940VQ-nr3s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PJysUdmDDI-ciAehtICIAw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=disney%20visual%20style&f=false
(ebook, Disney style, American design, making Magic Kingdom)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CYP2Cj_Gb98C&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=disney+visual+style&source=bl&ots=pLTBIYu6OC&sig=8ljvaHhKtXzX45H4P940VQ-nr3s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PJysUdmDDI-ciAehtICIAw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=disney%20visual%20style&f=false
(ebook, Disney style, comicbook?)

http://g-crosbie.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/disneys-visual-style.html
(blog post, Disney style, might be a good starting point)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/movies/24tangled.html?_r=0
(review, Tangled)




http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/03/180810745/bollywoods-early-roots-in-a-silent-film
(possibly useful? maybe? Bollywood beginnings in silent films)

Video - Disney - All The Cats Join In

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tto47pVGvF4

a short film done by Disney in 1946.

I saw it in my Disney Archive's book (I have three, and they should come in really handy later) and thought the time period would relate to my project so I looked it up and watched it.

It was...okay. The sketches of the dancing poses I already have should be great to use for reference but the film style I thought was a bit bland. 

And the characters have creepy as hell big black dots for eyes...not sure if I like that.

And it was a bit sexist in its own special 40's way but I do love how they draw the girls' skirts, they're really bouncy and free flowing that works really nicely with the dancing.

Story - Research - Links

Musical theme links

http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/theatre/musicals/broadway-musicals-history.shtml
(quick rundown on history of broadway stage and film musicals, but basic stuff, nothing new)

http://www.musicals101.com/write.htm
(how to write a musical: pretty interesting, and a reminder that I need to think about storytelling basics)

http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/
(australian broadway news site)

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1622288,00.html
(TIME article about what "audiences want"  in a modern movie musical)

http://www.slideshare.net/chefkeem/how-to-write-a-musical-drama
(tips on story drama elements)

http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/theater_topics/musical_theater.htm
(types of songs in musicals)

http://www.murderati.com/blog/2012/2/16/key-story-elements-lessons-from-musical-theater.html
(more of that but also with examples from musicals)

http://www.musicals101.com/book.htm
(essential elements of the musical "book" ((the plot basically)) )


http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0418102-173116/unrestricted/Whittaker_III_dis.pdf
(good god this is long...not sure what this is totally about yet apart from American themes in muscials, but there's also a section focusing on gay characters too so thats helpful)

Links - Character Design

http://pinterest.com/characterdesigh/

omg

Links - Thrilller

Links that describe the THRILLER genre, which I'd need to pay attention to if I was to the "The Ring" idea, which is classified as a Thriller, as well as Mystery and Horror

LINKS

http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/thriller

http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html

http://hannahbuttersasmedia.blogspot.com.au/p/thriller-genre-conventions.html

http://www.slideshare.net/lewisharland/conventions-of-the-thriller-genre-11373344

Medium

Right now i'm thinking of either going with a "pitch bible" set up or just a set number of pictures that describe the story.
Those would most like be:

1 - Character focused
2 - Location focused
3 - Poster design

Ivan said that three images would be enough to work with...at the moment to me it feels too little but there's still all the design that comes before that and the better these pictures can look the better for my portfolio, i guess.

The only one i'd be worried about would be the "location" picture since backgrounds and locations (persepctives) have never been my strengths but it would be a good chance to show some "world building"...



LINKS:

http://www.awn.com/articles/reviews/pitch-bible-just-essentials