Green Light Review Invisible Cities

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Ryan Brand

Unit One- Invisible CitiesOnline Greenlight Review

Ryan Brand

Unit One- Invisible CitiesOnline Greenlight Review


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Invisible CitiesItalo CalvinoPlot Synopsis

The book is set as a conversation between Marco Polo, and Kublai Khan. Polotalks about 55 cities, which are described in poetic form. The book is set in the

13thcentury across Asia, this becomes apparent when the reader find s out

how long both Khan and Polo lived in real life. Polo was an explorer who

spent 17 years in china, he was familiar with Khan which gives truth to the

books concept.

Additional Information

Author Biography

Italo Calvino (born October 1, 1923) is a

writer who mastered allegory an fantasy , he

is said to be the most original, imaginative

an appreciated writers of post World War II

Italy until his untimely death in 1985.

Calvino was attracted to the idea of fantasy, folk tales, Knight, chivalry, social and

political allegories , and Pseudo-scientific

legends. He was said to be a shy and timid

person who expressed himself though his

work.


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Exterior Influence Maps

I found That I was inspired by the western take on Japaneseanimation. I really like the idea of a up side down city like the

images above, taken from Avatar the Legend of Aang.

This image has to contrasting

texture and I find that this

interesting as it is almost

surreal.

I found the concept of two

different landscapes

interesting when was I creating

cities with split appearances

like Shopronia.


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Exterior images that inspired my use of shapes.


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Interior Influence Maps

When searching Interior influences I found it I that I was torn

between the extravagant and minimalistic.


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First thumbnailsThese first thumb nails where quite strange, because of the bright colours that

seem misplaced. The thumbnails did help me come up with Ideas for later

thumbnails. I learnt that using to much colour could have negative effects on the

overall appearance of my work.

Esmarelda


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Zirma
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At this point I had begun to use less colour and focused on creating

structures. These thumbnails are inspired by the Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari

(Robert Wiene, 1920)

Baucis
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Leonia


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Fedora


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Chosen city

ArmillaKey Thumbnails for further development

I chose Armilla because its lack of completion. I felt that it was more incline to have

strange building shapes and a barren land. The visual concept that I prefer is the art

deco look, because it glamourizes locations. I thought that because Armilla and the

art deco concept contrast so much, that It would be interesting to try and create a

glamourized destroyed city.

I have more ideas that expand on the thumbnails above, these ideas incorporate key

feature of the city like the shape, environment, lighting and angling. The colour pallet

used doesnt really fit with the lore of Armilla. When expanding on the thumbnails I

will try to make the city feel darker and more desolate. I would like to create a city

which has a more dystopian appearance while still taking into account the art deco

style.

Mission statement


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Links to reviews and

Maya tutorials Egg cup -

http://raiansan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/nurb

-egg-cup.html

Polygon egg cup -http://raiansan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/poly

gon-egg-cup.html

Http://raiansan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/char

acter-modeling.html

R. Caligari-

http://raiansan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-

cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920.html

Metropolis-

http://raiansan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/metr

opolis-1927.html


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Bibliography

Sources

Understanding Italo Calvino Beno Weiss (31 Dec 1993)

"Invisible Cities": Study Guide -

http://literatureintranslation.about.com/od/StudyGuides/p/InvisibleCit

iesGuide.htm

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