There's no place liiiiiiiike Lon-DON

I was looking back through my Art of Sweeney Todd book and came across several images I think are relevant for the project. I realise I've referenced Burton before for the story boarding project in year 1, however, the dark, gothic style of London in Sweeney Todd is something useful to take reference from. The lighting in the film is also something I think we could take inspiration from/incorporate in our piece. The films use of filters which heighten the depressive, darker mood of london which is also something we should consider. The book also details some wonderful production stills that might be of some inspiration for us when designing our street/houses. Im also posting some structure models and layout drawings used in the film to visualise the GC modeling. Hopefully this will help the team when thinking of planning their model layouts for our final piece.

Photographed not screenshot (damn mac doesnt allow you to whilst DVDs playing) Nice use of blue tones tp empahsize the gothic atmosphere of the film.

Another screenshot from the film. Theres a lot of similarities to John Virtue's style here in terms of high contrast between the shadows and lit areas of the film. The environemnt does have a painted look to it even if its a little more realistic then what were aiming for.

Concept design for the streets of London. I like this image for showing the simplicity of the building shapes, we dont have to go over the top with our modelling.

Model of the court house. It was be nice if we had time to make a model of our street. Again a good example of incorporating simple designs to our buildings.
Ok I did mention simplicity but just incase anyone wants to add any further structural details such as gargoyles/busts this may be of use to you.

Some example street layouts...

I know we mentioned we were going to include any bridges but agian I think this image shows a lot of similarities to John Virtue. Good example of how effective the use of black and white is. Further examples of building plans. I like the use of fog here which makes the street lighting seem to haze through the clouds.

Smog, murky, run down, dark and dingy, related to our work? course it is!





Further examples of building gargoyles, again not sure if we will use these on our structure, but its worth considering.

Street layout drawing, again reminding me to keep it simple!