panels 10, 11 and 12

I made various changes from the storyboard on this page – moving the closing doors across the page and removing the above shot of the Cain in the elevator. This was because I felt that page was too ‘flat’ atmosphere wise I did not suit the tone set by the chase. I replaced this with the clicking of the button and the doors closing from Cain’s perspective. To build up a sense of lighting on the figure I used broad and rough strokes, that in the end formed the final panel as change in art style seemed to add a sense of horror and suspense to the page that wouldn’t have been captured with the style thus far.

 

This panel didn’t technically have a storyboard because it was necessary information that needed to be put in but I hadn’t had the space for previously but had discovered a window for (how Cain had come to know that to escape – his first discussions with Keira). I did use the panel from the above storyboard (the aerial view) as it returned the action to a calmer mood to the previous page. I also briefly returned to the dark grey and boxed panel layout for the half a page flashback as a visual indicator that wasn’t hugely explicit.

I returned to the storyboard with page 12 after filling in the narrative gaps with 11. For the lower shot the background colour and style was something that took a little while to get right as I wanted that strong light from above and cold colour dominance. I also like to think that on this page, the gradual shift from the cold blues of the elevator, to the red of the hallway represents the shift from safe isolation to the danger that lurks in the next page.