“Come on over and check out this Live-Action Graphic Novel”
When live action is the basis of a graphic novel, people ask, “How can you have a graphic book that is live action?”
by Jonathan Spielman, Copy Editor|November 6, 2013
Photo Credit: Jonathan Spielman
Filming the actors, the directors of the graphic novel, Brielle: The Horror, shoot the scenes for the book.
Above is the completed product, a graphic novel made with movie cameras. The components of a creating a live-action graphic novel are a bit complicated and time consuming, but the finished product is impressive.
The first step in the creation of a (LAGN) Live Action Graphic Novel is to shoot a movie: real locations¬ are ideal in order to capture the true features of the shot.Then, these images are rendered to create a scene within a graphic novel – the novel here is Brielle and the Horror, by Loaded Barrel Studios.
If the location is not on-site, a green screen is used. A green screen is literally a ‘green screen,’ for a computer to artificially place a background in place. The scene above is created using a green screen.
If the location is not on-site, a green screen is used. A green screen is literally a ‘green screen,’ for a computer to artificially place a background in place. The scene above is created using a green screen.
Above, we see various shots that were first shot as a film and then arranged into a graphic novel.
It does pay off because the detail in the drawings is so vivid and filled with color.
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