Character Sketch

The design for the Melancholic Wife exists in the comic pages but her face has never been shown so a big challenge will be building on that existing aesthetic and deepening her personality.

Closing Sequence

For the closing sequence we felt it would be potent to use visuals that illustrated the 'unromantic walls of her real life' These include representations of the Melancholic Wife's furniture, bookshelves and many elements of her creative process.

Opening Sequence

For the opening sequence we have decided to try and use design imagery that already exists from the comic work.

Sadhbh had the idea of the camera following the line across a long pan which the character portraits emerge from and the titles sit above.

Melancholi Wife Animatic Version 14

Changes here include a modification to the narration of the final sequence. It is now spoken in the present tense rather than the past tense, this will hopefully add to the delineation between her teenage self and her adult self.

Visual Reference - Tone

The Melancholic Wife Storyboards - Sixth Sequence

The Melancholic Wife re-emerges back into the real world, the 'unromantic walls of her real life'. She moves through the room, giving us an opportunity to see the world she inhabits, the objects that make up her life. She turns on a lamp, she has gained illumination and she reaches for her journal to record it, 'trying to hold on to the nuances of her transmutations'.

Visual Reference - Character