characters to help me go further in my experiments
What I gathered from the trailers
Characters tied to a certain colour
Lyrics have a connection to the characters to be introduced
Weapons huge thing
Trailer Red:
There is no dialog only using the visuals and music to set up Ruby’s character, what kind of
person she is, we see that, from this trailer she is a skilled fighter even against many enemies.
The lyrics in the music connect specific colour to the characters and a hint of their past and
or personality:
- Red like roses fill my dreams and bring me to the place you rest:
Ruby rose, her connected colour being red, and the latter part of the lyrics is a reference
to her decessed mother, as in the trailer she end up walking there
- White like snow is always yearning, pardoned by the royal test.
White like snow is referring to weiss schnee, always yearning, I believe refers to her
wanting to be free of her family ties, wanting to be able to become a huntress as are her desires,
as for the latter I am unable to figure this out
- Black like beasts, send like shadows.
Black is the color connecting to the character blake,
the reference to beasts could be taken as a hint towards the grim
however I believe it is a reference to Blake’s faunus heritage.
The second part I think is hinting towards her semblance which allows her to
leave some form of shadow copy behind so she can escape a hit.
- Yellow beauty burns gold
The last one refers to yang, the colour yellow is the hue tied to this specific character,
the burning gold part, is connection to her fiery personality, and the rage that can come with it.
Trailer WHITE
Weies is shown in front of a large audience alone,
showing that a lot of attention is on her and her position.
Like the RED trailer the White trailer’s music references to the story,
however in this case it only refers to weiss schnee rather then all the four main characters.
Also in this case, weiss is performing her song in front of an audience.
The trailer switches between her performing and her fighting a big metal
suit of armor, these scenarios are flawlessly blended together, both take place in a
darkened area that look very similar.
Trailer Black
The trailer starts off with a small interaction between two characters
The music doesn’t really hit till they jump onto
the train signaling the start of their mission.
Trailer Yellow
A mix of the Red trailers music is played in the first half of the trailer
On the drop of gold, the beat changes and Yang starts to fight
It then transitions into a remix of the White Trailers song
Then following a remix of the Black trailer’s song
Then the music finally moves to lyrics relating to the character.
The trailer does have casual dialog between characters making the
setting appear more casual rather then a music trailer or music video, in a
sense it grounds the characters.
At the end of the trailer, Ruby appears, introducing us to their relationship
as yang greets her with, “Hey sis”
Something I have noticed with all the trailers is that:
1: The music related to the character and Minus the Red trailer,
talk about the situation that the character currently is in
2: there is a quote relating to the character at the beginning of the trailer
3: Qrow appears in every trailer at some point.
4: they are in some shape or form fighting an enemy/enemies
From this, I might drop the Project down to One character. To add more focus to them, I will also be able to focus more on one characters situation before they meet rather then what is going to be the status quo with them, This is because it is currently still in progress.
List of things for Inspiration:
Character connected to a colour
The clip connects to the situation of the character
The first scene sets up the setting of where the character is
The background containing things that show the characters interests
Majestic quotes that have something to do with character
Very good analysis of the RWBY character intros and what you liked about them. Best, showing that you're thinking about how to introduce your characters in your final project.
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