So i still want to go with this dark and possibly gothic style for this transcription unit and after getting stuck on the idea of Red Riding Hood which Phil rightly suggested has been over-done, i've decided to go back to this set of characters from Mcfarlane toys. They are based on a dark and twisted version of the Wizard of Oz and with such creepy characters as these, i can only imagine what the sets and environments would look like. I believe a film based on the toys is actually being considered, possibly by Warner Bros, but as far as i'm aware, these set of character toys is as much as we have so far. This idea, therefore, would involve taking the story of the Wizard of Oz and adapting some sets/environments for it based on the style of the toys.
This falls into the 'someone's done all the hard work for you' category - because all the innovation in regard to reframing the original story has been done, and you'd simply be chasing along behind. I think you need to spend more time with what you mean by 'dark and twisted' - it's become something of a cliche to give childrens fiction this kind of morbid twist. If you want dark and twisted, you should look more closely at the original 'darkness' in the fairy-stories themselves - for instance, Hansel and Gretle, for example - it doesn't get much darker than that. Besides, the Wizard of Oz is another 'done-to-death' narrative universe. Do yourself a favour and identify some 'under-depicted' subject matter - a path less well-travelled...
ReplyDeletehave a look at some painters, for example - Max Ernst, Francis Bacon - there's darkness for you.
ReplyDeletehttp://russian-crafts.com/russian-folk-tales.html - try these - the trick of this project is to find a source for transcription that also gives you an aesthetic universe which you can apply to your transcription to ensure your world 'synchs up'. If you were to identify a Russian tale, then you've got the whole gamut of Russian art styles to choose from...