Live Design: Projections Designer Kyle Cooper provided us with a veritable comic universe of images for Spider-Man.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Projection Images, Characters
Live Design: Projections Designer Kyle Cooper provided us with a veritable comic universe of images for Spider-Man.
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These images are very powerful and well done, and the part that I truly love about them is that they tie in the comic book feel and the comic book culture. This integration with the comic book feel is something that makes the show very applicable to much of today's society and young culture. I don't think the show would have been successful if they left the comic book art and style behind and tried to do their own thing. These images are truly awesome, and I'm glad they got released.
While I agree with Calvin these are stunning images and they do a good job of connecting the comic book style to the modern production. That being said I still think it is rather silly that they hired one person to be credited as the Projection designer to create these images and then give Howard the title of Projection specialist or whatever title he had. When in actuality I think Howard was doing the true design. He took these images from cooper and made them theatrical. Howard definitely had the skills or resources to do this production on his own. I don't think Kyle Cooper should have been a part of the production.
I am not sure about the need to maintain the comic book style. Perhaps it's because I never got into comic books, and I feel like Spiderman is riding the wave from all the movies still. The movies didn't really have a comic book art style to them. I don't think that seeing these images made me feel anymore connected to the story or the show. I am not sure what, but something about the art style of this show has always felt off to me. The set may be neat, and it may very well work with the show (I haven't seen it) but none of the production stills have caught my eye.
I am glad to see that the musical Spider Man has tried to stay linked to it's source material. Comic concept art is some of my favorite drawn art out there since it seems to have a very unique and consistent style regardless of who the artist making it is. I really like that Spider Man still acknowledges that it has to in one way or another stay linked to the comics. From what I have seen of the productions, the comic book-ish style carries over there as well.
I really like these images and I agree with what a lot of other people have say about them staying true to the comics. To me they seem more like concept art for a superhero movie then media for a set. I am interested how the actors and the leds compete for your attention during the show. After watching the prg video the media looks really cool but I have a hard time believing it can make up for having a set. It’s interesting to see how media is infusing its self into theater but I feel like a lot of the new media is done because we can and it looks cool not necessarily because it fits the show.
These images compliment the images seen in the comic book series almost perfectly. Well done indeed. However, I'm always hesitant to say that something would translate well onto the stage. Typically when I watch a comic book movie I find that they are more enjoyable when they follow the imagery and style of the books. I don't see why this wouldn't be true for the stage as well. On that note, why does the dark nature of some of these images not show in images of the designs used in the show? There's just such a contrast between this style and the gigantic LED walls with repeating images of the (neon) Green Goblin that I can't see much of a correlation between these and the actual production.
These are some very interestingly designed images, definitely captivating to the normal spectator and an overall new visual to the every day Comic book fan. Now granted with the tie this has to spiderman the musical is its own fate but these images will definitely do their part in an initial grasping of audiences members attention.
Naturally, I clicked the link for the architectural renderings. As projections, I am glad that they stayed true to the comic book aesthetic that they derive from. When you approach the design of a show like Spiderman, you have so much to contextually consider: the fraincaise, the comic books, the movies, TV shows, the fandom, and the IMAGE of Spiderman 50 years in the making. There is a plethora of precendent out there, and I'm glad that they took what was done in the past and built upon it.
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