DarkComedy

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movie season  Coen brothers : dark comedy


a Coen brother’s season Joel
and
Ethan
Coen
know
professionally

 as
the
Coen
Brothers
have
directed

 and
produced
a
number
of

successful
films

 that
o<en
fall
into
the
dark/black
comedy
 genre


Posters from Coen Brothers’ films

* dark comedy

Topics
and
events
that
are
usually
 regarded
as
taboo
for
example
death/murder
 are
treated
in
a
humorous
manner
whilst
 retaining
their
seriousness.


Concept
_

5
X
10
second
idents
adverGsing

 Coen
brothers
dark
comedy
film
 season
to
be
shown
on
Film
4
 Genre‐

dark
comedy/thrillers

Tone of voice _

Ironic/
eerie/
comedic
undertone

Audience _ Film stills

Coen
brothers
fan’s
/niche
film
buffs/
 Dark
comedy
enthusiasts.
Film
four
 fans.


Design Direction Hand craft_ using
hand
cra<
to
generate
a
sense
of

 irony
which
the
films
contain.
 e.g. the juxtaposition between gory subject matter and a comedic tone of dark comedy. the powerful female character (Fargo)

_lePerpress
 _embroidery
 _etching
 _collage


Next…… _Generate
storyboards

consider
camera
angles,
 colour,
scale
etc
 _How
I
will
incorporate
handcra<
into
the
animaGon
 Via
illustrator?
Edited
scans?
 _Time
scale
is
only
10
seconds
so
I
don’t
want
to
 overcomplicate
the
design.
 _More
research
into
key
themes
contained
within
the
 films


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