DISCOVERY STYLEGUIDEMermaid out of Water

A mermaid at heart, Leukothea feels she has to find roots on land though she knows she belongs in the sea. She travels the earth to find a home and becomes friends with nature. Each time the land (personified) leads her to the the ocean, and by the sea she builds a home = the best of both worlds.

The Mythology of Leukothea is a Sea Goddess who aids sailors in distress.

In the story she represents human instinct to help.The hand that guides the blind through hardship.

Yet her fingers tingle with the need to create.Now She is in-between homes, neither here nor there.There is a feeling of ambiguity that the audience can relate with.

It asks the question of who guides Leukothea? …. Nature

Her Culture is of French heritage with English Roots.An English Rose who is trying to connect with her home land.Reflects that everyone has a cultural background though not often connected to it so strongly.

In the future there is a sense of resolution

Her heart and Nature keep leading her back to the sea.

Realization that she does not need to fit in, she can create her own mold!

She is able to see the beauty of both worlds, rather than making a choice.

Realization she can have both, she does not have to leave either behind.

She knows she needs to create her own home not to fit into another.

Reconnection with the elements of the world.

COLOUR – Sea Dark blue tones

Showing waterfalls – how she can have water on the land! Her place of peace

Dark but feeling of security Cool – the moon

Refer to Blue Environment – Gradients of tones

COLOUR – Land Bright warm tones

Oranges / reds

Earth tones / greens

New vibrant colors

Presents uncertainty

Negativity

Powerful – the sun

PURPLE – Resolution The combination of red/orange with Blue

A balance Symbolism of being a mixture of things

The moment of resolution / purple storm – when the two collide Mystical

CHARACTER: Leukothea Purple carries though to the color of Leukothea Clothing that presents the flowing elements of

her nature Lucid - Vulnerable

Flowing Translucent – effected by other colours

Absorbs other colours / mimics them to try and fit in

CHARACTER : Nature Personified The leaves whispering

The Grass waving The looming sun she fears

The cool calm moon – as her guide The dancing stars

The sea – as comforting BLUE (SEA) AND ORANGE (LAND)

ENVIROMENT The mysterious elements of the land

Desert and Forest From Open space (scary)

Through a sandstorm into clarity Covered Shelter (Beauty) Nature becomes alluring

ENVIROMENT The comfort of the sea

Calming Cool

The Moon / Night time

LIGHTING Natural Light and dramatic light

Dramatic Changes to show changes in emotion Reflects stages of her life / decision making

Mood lighting Opaque / translucent to show layers and brightness / shadows

Bright/ fresh / dark and unnatural

VISUAL EFFECTS Seeing through her eyes

Like a child seeing the world Low down angles to show her

vulnerable perspective Hazy Layers

Linear perspective/ vanishing point

scale

FRONTS / TYPOLOGY Like a child learning to write

Diary style As it comes out of her head onto

the paper- Flowing

Naïve / perfect form

Introducing bold water marks for new ideas When a new event occurs

The colors of her mind exploding on the screen

MUSIC REFERENCEClassical Music – represents the mythology, her calm state and the motion of the waterMusic with reference or using water as sounds effects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEEZ5jB5pWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=110Jl_JK9VE

Fast tempo (AC/DC, Disclosure – the meaning in the lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8fZeaUHsjw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q72v8_QBxHE&index=9&list=PLZl6dMgPPhG_YbFU36WSwP8wpStK-nKun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDssvF67Mw&list=PLZl6dMgPPhG_YbFU36WSwP8wpStK-nKun&index=1

FILM REFERENCE The Little Mermaid,

Disney films ( the use of colors, the feelings from childhood, the idea of a happy ever after

Avatar – the extreme beauty of nature, how the land could be shown as a whole new world in itself.

ILLUSTRATION Fantasy

Hyper reality

Stimulates the senses

INDENT / BUMPER STORY BOARD Reflects the 3 colours: Blue, Red/Orange and

Purple Shows the transition from

one to the other to reflect on Leukothea’s transition in the story

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