CRASH LAB

Home / Process / Case 15

Case 15 of 18 · The Found Odyssey

Episode 5 · THE BLOOD

Can one colour rule tell the story?

Episode 5, THE BLOOD: Book 11, 7:35. The land of the dead in grey; the only colour is the blood and whoever has drunk it.

21 sheets · Oct 18 23:53 to Oct 19 02:38

How it was made

  1. Grade every plate to grey.
  2. Draw shades grey, half transparent and smeared until they drink.
  3. Give a shade its colour and weight back while the blood is in it; drain it as it finishes speaking.

What this case teaches

  1. A colour rule is a story rule: who has colour is who can speak.
  2. The rule is strict, so any break in it is visible and has to mean something.
  3. Gestures carry the line again: a hand stopping short, arms closing through a shade three times.

How it differs. Episode 4 governed framing and sound. Episode 5 governs colour.

First sheet and last sheet

Where the stage started and where it finished.

plates5
plates5Oct 18 23:53
Check frame 445
Check frame 445Oct 19 02:38

The sheets, step by step

Grouped by working session. Click any sheet to view it full size; use the arrow keys to move through them.

Step 1Scene test and plates5Oct 18 23:53–00:18 · 5 sheets
plates5
plates5Oct 18 23:53
Scene test, trench
Scene test, trenchOct 18 23:59
Scene test, seer
Scene test, seerOct 19 00:04
Scene test, king
Scene test, kingOct 19 00:14
Show 1 more from this step
Scene test, ajax
Scene test, ajaxOct 19 00:18
Step 2Check frameOct 19 02:38 · 14 sheets
Check frame 6
Check frame 6Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 25
Check frame 25Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 60
Check frame 60Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 95
Check frame 95Oct 19 02:38
Show 10 more from this step
Check frame 100
Check frame 100Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 130
Check frame 130Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 150
Check frame 150Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 175
Check frame 175Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 200
Check frame 200Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 230
Check frame 230Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 265
Check frame 265Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 290
Check frame 290Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 330
Check frame 330Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 345
Check frame 345Oct 19 02:38
Step 3Check frameOct 19 02:38 · 2 sheets
Check frame 380
Check frame 380Oct 19 02:38
Check frame 445
Check frame 445Oct 19 02:38

What came out of it

ODY-E5 7:34Episode 5 · THE BLOODBook 11 in grey, where the only colour is the blood in the trench and whichever shade has drunk it.

Read the record

Carried forward

Held objects kept failing, so the next episode rebuilds the hand.