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Michael Brook - BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester

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    Flash Set – A plain staircase with carpeted floor. A boring-looking colour on the wall behind his stairlift, lined with framed posters of him in his hay-day all the way up. Possibly a hallway at both the top and bottom of the stairs? Slippers neatly placed together at the foot of the stairs on carpeted floor.

    Batman Set – Plain background during the fast sequence (maybe a room in the background but heavily blurred?) And a normal-looking garage from the outside, on a small road (maybe a cul-de-sac?)

    Hulk Set – Top-down of a huge multi-lane highway, packed full of cars. Hulks’ car interior looks quite boring, maybe with a plush toy of the Hulk instead of dice on his rear-view mirror to let viewers know who they’re looking at


    Superman Set – Flat land in front of the camera, leading to some trees and multiple tall buildings on the horizon, which Superman will be behind when he’s attempting to fly. When he crashes, he will land on the flat land and skid towards the camera. 
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    With Alan's help, I wrote this overview of our idea, which works significantly better than what we originally came up with. We will now start creating our 3-Panel Comic and recording for the Animatic.

    1 - Title Sequence (with epic hero music)

    2 – Slow pan down set of house stairs showing corny framed Flash posters on a wall
    Cuts to close-up of eyes, looking determined (music continues)
    Mid-shot and music cuts out as the Flash starts to go up the stairs extremely slowly in a stairlift
    [CUT]

    3 – (Fast sequence) Close-up of a pair of eyes as a black mask is quickly pulled down, snapping as it’s released
    Close-up of left hand pulling on a glove with a snap
    Close-up of right hand pulling on a glove with a snap
    Close-up of Batman’s utility belt being clipped around his waist
    Close-up of his gloved hand spinning ring of keys around his finger
    Close-up of keys going into ignition with a roar of an engine
    Mid-shot of garage doors opening, as an old Batman drifts out on a mobility scooter
    [CUT]

    4 – Mid-shot of the Flash still going up his staircase excruciatingly slowly, with the wall behind him being filled with framed posters of his previous accomplishments (a funny poster of Flash in his hay-day saying something about speed)
    [CUT]

    5 – Top-down of huge traffic jam, occasionally individual cars jolt forward slightly and try to manoeuvre around (honking, loud music and baby crying can be heard)
    Mid-shot of a man in a car
    The car jolts forward transitioning to a close-up of Bruce Banner’s face (honking is louder)
    His face quickly snaps to the right of the screen
    Mid-shot of a woman in her car with a screaming child in the back (hair messy, stuffed toys etc. strewn around)
    Close-up of Bruce’s face, with his eye twitching
    Bruce’s face quickly snaps to the left of the screen
    Close-up of a young person listening to extremely loud music
    Return to close-up of Bruce’s face starting to grimace
    Bruce starts to turn slightly green and then suddenly puffs up in his Hulk form
    Mid-shot to reveal Hulk is filling the interior of the car with his body, making the car bulge
    Hulk lowers his head and grunts a sigh
    [CUT]

    6 – Another mid-shot of the Flash, the exact same shot as #4, except he is further up the staircase, still moving extremely slowly (with same poster about speed in the background)
    [CUT]

    7 – Distant shot of buildings on the horizon
    A silhouette jumps into the air, moves forward slightly and falls to the ground (with a quiet “HEUNNGH” with every jump)
    The silhouette makes more attempts (making an exhausted “HEUNNGH” sound), falling every time
    The silhouette jumps once more, making the same sound of exertion, and manages to fly off-screen
    The flying character hits the ground with a thud in the mid-ground and skids (on his face) until he’s close to the camera
    Superman stands up, brushes himself off and jumps off-screen with another “HEUNNGH!”
    [CUT]

    8 – Mid-shot of the Flash slowly reaching the top of the stairs
    He unbuckles and stands up
    Close-up of Flash’s bare feet
    Close-up of his eyes
    Quick close-up of feet again and switch back to eyes
    Close-up of slippers at the foot of the stairs (with Flash visible out of focus at the top)
    Close-up of a green button being pressed
    Mid-shot of the going back down the stairs slowly
    [CUT]
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    These are the ideas we've come up with so far, although 1-3 are the ideas given to us during the brief by Alan.

    Numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 15 - 23 were ideas put forward by me (17 overall).

    1.  Easily Distracted Girl

    2. Captain Angry

    3. Health Man & Safety Boy

    4. Someone who can make anyone sweat profusely

    5. Hero with skewed priorities

    6. Road Sign Placer (who thinks he has control over where people go)

    7. Environmentalist

    8. Man/woman who doesn’t need to Blink

    9. Galactic Man

    10. Juggler (Has ‘Super Strength’ but only uses it to juggle)

    11. Man/woman who doesn’t sleep

    12. Time Traveller

    13. Man/woman with bad luck

    14. Vegan Warrior (he/she is vegan but only has the power to create cooked meat)

    15. The Damsel

    16. Man/woman whose hair grows quickly/instantly (gets his head shaved by a barber but hair grows back immediately)

    17. Librarian/Historian who can see the entire history of an object by touching it

    18. Man/woman who can fly (& super strength?), but only uses it to give private air tours

    19. Man/woman with the ability to control arachnids, but has arachnophobia

    20. Man/woman with the power to manipulate metal but only uses it for the manufacturing industry

    21. Man/woman who can control electricity, but works as an electrician

    22. Man/woman whose body heals immediately (and cannot die) who works as a test dummy

    23. Man/woman who can read minds, but must stare intensely with fingers on his temples for it to work (leading to most people thinking “why is that creep staring at me like that?” etc.)


    We've discussed making our animation be comprised of a number of short animations, each featuring a separate 'failed superhero', similar to '25 Ways to Quit Smoking' by Bill Plympton. As a group, we'll now narrow down the number to approximately 5, which will then be fleshed out.

    Please let us know which of these you think would work well, or even contribute your own ideas! It would help a lot.
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