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DescriptionWith Vampyre Princess, we really want to incorporate your valued input and ideas right from the start, basically having you guys decide what's going to happen in the film. Still, there are some basic parameters that are already set - call it "director's vision" if you like, the truth has a lot to do with practical facts as well ;-) We have learned a lot through Snowblind, and we will incorporate this knowledge in VP3D to give it actual Hollywood quality. Firstly, we are going to use the green screen again, so we can use awesomely fantastic sets with little money. This means it would be a complete waste to place the film in a setting of our reality; such stories are better filmed for real, out there in the world. So "our" world will be of the "gothapolyptic" sort - imagine clichés of Transilvania, but after a century-long struggle of war between men and vampires. Society seems to be stuck in some kind of shakespearean realm - "Old" values of honour and justice are still upheld, even though man is tired from the endless war against the vampyres, who used to be the leading caste - which is organised like a royal family. Technology should be on a level between the 1930s and 1970s, there definitively is electricity. Some fighting will surely be done with blades, while I personally am all for the heavy use of automatic firearms - but this will be up for discussion. Vehicles and animals should be avoided as far as possible - depending on the budget, we will be able to rack up, they can be brought back in to the script though ;-) Now feel free to use this task to post your ideas that come to mind on this background.
Shots Rooftop ActionI'd like to see visions from above. Diving action from hundrets of meters high [Skyline to Bordstein ;-)]. And of course a Grande Finale one on one battle on top of an antenna.  Steampunk?Will it be a steampunk setting? Airships, mechanical computers, that sort of thing? I think a steampunk setting for a Vampyre movie would work wonderful. CommentsYou know what they say, Steampunk is kind of like "Goths discover brown". I'd like a bit of steampunk in it, too... as long as one does not overdo it... What about mechanical semi-magical computers? I think every post-apocalyptic film has to go in the direction of steampunk... after all, high technology cannot be reproduced without factories, ressources and experts... So stuff like cars, automatic weapons and radio will probably be around for quite some time, but no computers, mobile phones or even TV... Personally I'm not a big fan of 1900s design, so don't expect any prussian beards or the like ;P I don't know. I don't know does it fit to this movie. It's worth trying though. Just a little? Yeah, but it should be dark steampunk. Classic brown color theme won't work.  Some films for possible visual inspiration-The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/ Van Helsing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/ Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust: CommentsAlright I watched LXG again now, too... had remembered it much better though... somehow, its almost the same as Van Helsing. Interestingly enough, it also has the same rating on imdb (5.5) and both films star Richard Roxburgh as the villain... which isn't the best idea in either case ;P But really funny; I couldn't remember there were vampires in either film! So that definitely refreshed my memory and it is a proof of vampire's stealth skills ;P Michael I didn't meen the quality of the CGI, but the concepts of the effects. A human ripping his skin off to reveal werewolf fur underneath is kinda silly, and "naked" vampire brides wearing some kind of over-painted bras are just WTF. Also I really hate the effect of extending jaws, be it of animatronic or CGI make... this just looks stupid and abolutely not scary. Just my two cents of course ;P And sure, the setting is kinda medieval but I think these mountain villages don't change much. If you imagine some rebels running around there with parkas and M16s, it could be a nice contrast ;P Actually, i liked Van Helsing when it came out. The CGI is of course not the best, but keep in mind that the movie is from 2004 ... . But, don't you think that the setting is a bit too medieval?
http://www.play3.de/2010/06/17/konami-enthullt-neverdead-inkl-video/ Jeez I watched Van Helsing again... it took three sittings to get through! From my memory, I had thought nothing ever happens in the film and it was just talkey talk all the time... but on the contrary, it was just a series of action scenes with hardly any coherent story... they definitely should have left out Frankenstein's Monster and Mr. Hyde, that was just too much. And the vampire and werewolf effects didn't work for me either. The vampire brides in "flight mode" reminded me of the 80s kids movie "Ronja Rövardotter"... only there, the flying witches were at least really naked ;P Have to agree though that the overall look of the film would fit our production pretty well, also the "feel" of that creepy village was nice :D Yeah I've always liked the "League", while most people criticize it for looking like a video game... Can't see anything wrong with that ;P Van Helsing is boring but I have it in HD so I might as well give it a second look - at least it's got Kate Beckinsale 8D VHD:B looks kinda trippy... got to check the local videostore for a copy! Going Underground!I like the idea that the humans will move underground when night begins, giving up the hard to defend (battle damaged?) and to control surface. As they have been fighting for a while, maybe the initial thought was of single, secure safe zones underground, that expaneded as the war went on. And now you can have huge city wide interconnected secret "strongholds" built below seemingly ordinary buildings and with hidden entrances. One way in, one way out? (Which could be used to highten scenes where people need to get in before it closes or are under attack?) And of course this also gives another sub plot in that not only are they fighting each other, but the vamps are looking for their human hiding place and they are also unsure of human numbers? This linking of "strongholds" via tunnels allows human "hunting" units to move and attack the vamps (using 40s steampunk style night vision goggles?) without exposure to the night where the vamps work best. Here you could have the main human lead be in charge of the best "vampers" unit, where his unit still only use knives, swords etc to fight? When they capture vamps you can hold them deep inside the strongholds. I also think that a great moment of torture (if torture can ever be called great of course), is where you have a vamp strapped onto a chair/table and a button is pressed that causes a series of mirrors to move. One after the other until we see a screen pulling back on the surface and a big mirror reflects light back down this track of mirrors until the final beam hits the vamp! (its been used before in one or two films, egyptians used reflective discs to get light into building projects i believe). I think it could also offer some good wordplay for when the Humans and Vamps meet/talk. The vamps finding it ironic than when they live at night, the humans slink off underground, just like the vamps do, and maybe as they both seek the earth for protection, maybe they are not so different after all etc etc? CommentsSleeping disease is another interesting idea; after all we still need a plot device involving some evil, tide-turning war plans ;D I agree with you KMH. I would only use the underground as a part plot/visual aid. For equally as much time will be spent by the humans on the surface looking for the base of the vamps, checking if the vamps have left traps for the humans, as well as, in return, setting traps for the vamps. Would the humans need to seek food/water/resources etc? Maybe the vamps find the humans food/water stores and decide to infect/destroy them? How if the vamps have created a "sleeping sickness" virus that allows humans to stay alive, but become as if asleep, which renders the humans useless as fighters but good for vamp use? Cheers! Have to agree; that's really a good idea to create some atmosphere of claustrophobia and desperation. Somewhat like the flashbacks (or should that be "flash-forwards"?) from the first Terminator. Still I don't think the whole film should play underground; that would be too boring and it's hard to give an impression of passing time without exterior shots... Some screenhots from game "Metro2033" that could fit to Roys idea:
OMG! I like every single idea you came up with here! And i could imagine that Kalle would love to here that most of scenes could take place in the underground (according to the small budget). This is just great, a whole new movie unwraps before my eyes. All thumbs up!
Oh yes! And maybe the actual sunrise and sunset times could have an extra symbolic meaning for both humans and vamps, as those would be the times of day when they are most prone to crossing paths.  Reference material ...... i just came across this website: http://seehere.blogspot.com/2005/01/abandoned-2.html It's a collection of links to other sides, showing abandonded places all over the world. Some interesting links there could be: http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/ http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/06/19/the-underground-moscow/ http://weburbanist.com/2009/03/01/deserted-europe-20-hauntingly-abandoned-buildings/ http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/09/09/the-end-of-the-empire/ There are also a lot of pictures like this - very beautiful, in my opinion. All three images are taken from this website:
CommentsSure... still I can tell you from experience, that it's best to have as many original photos as possible ^_^
Ahm, in fact i thought you guys OWN an airline to bring all of us to these nice places ...
Wow, really awesome stuff! Now we'd only need a billion airline miles to send someone with a big camera to all these locations... and cover them in the way we need to turn them into our sets ^_^ Very nice images! Those are screaming for some parallax animation made with camera mapping. :) |
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How about rooftop action as painstakingly (ouch, my neck...) seen from the common mortals below? 8)
Nah. This is so traditional. What about turning this upside down? Battles in the tunnels!
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