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Adaptation A - Musicals Infographic (WIP)

Trying to get back on track after a few tough weeks. This is my infographic so far (without the wordy parts). Lots to work on and I realised through this project how little I know about After Effects! Onwards...

Adaptation A - Musicals Infographic

A few pics to show the style I'm going for with my Infographic on 'The World of Musicals'. The aim is to start with musical notes, so at the moment I'm focusing on how I can use the circular shapes of music notes to create famous musical characters. Above are Dorothy, Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz. Underneath are Annie and Sandy (from 'Annie') and John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's characters in 'Grease'. More to come...

Infographic Research into Musicals

Facts about musicals:-

- Musical evolved directly out of operas

- There are two different types of musical - "Book musicals" and "sung throughs". Book musicals have songs interspersed between dialogue and acting. In "sung throughs" nearly every line is sung with only occasional dialogue. 
- Many older musical films had singers dubbed over the actors' voices as they couldn't carry a tune
- There is a new trend of 'jukebox musicals' adapting a play or musical from an artist's catalogue of songs (eg Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge).

Tropes of musicals:-
- All-knowing singing narrator
- Angry Mob Song
- Bad Girl Song
- Colourful Song
- Crowd Song
- Cut Song
- Dark Reprise
- Death Song
- Fanfare
- Friendship Song
- "I Am Becoming" Song
- "I Am Great!" Song
- "I Am" Song
- "I Want" Song
- Duets
- List Song
- Opening Chorus
- Pep Talk Song
- The Song Before the Storm
- They've Come So Far Song
- Triumphant Reprise
- Villain Song
- Welcoming Song
(from tvtropes.org)

List of famous musicals:-

• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• West Side Story (1961)
• Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Cabaret (1972)
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• High Society (1956)
• Oliver! (1968)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• Grease (1978)
• Bugsy Malone (1976)
• An American in Paris (1951)
• Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
• Hairspray (1988/2007)
• Frozen (2013)
• Once (2007)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• Les Miserables (2012)
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
• Moulin Rouge! (2001)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
• Top Hat (1935)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Annie (1982)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• Chicago (2002)
• Dancer In The Dark (2000)
• Sunshine on Leith (2013)
• Evita (1996)
• Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
• Funny Face (1957)
• Funny Girl (1968)
• Tommy (1975)
• Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
• Mamma Mia! (2008)
• New York, New York (1977)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• Stage Fright (2014)
• Sweeney Todd (2007)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• The Wiz (1978)
• One From The Heart (1981)
• Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009)
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• 8 Women (2002)
• Golden Eighties (1986)
• South Park (1999)

Infographic Project - Initial ideas

For the Adaptation A project we are asked to come up with 10 suggestions for our given phrase. Here is my phrase and my narrowed down 10 options:-

The World of _____________.

Musicals

Child Poverty

Retro Computer Games

Greed

School Dinners

Cake

Old Age

Food Shopping

The Teenager

The Parent

Coffee