Influence Post!

I think I may do the odd post linking to different things that have inspired me with creative process of making of preparing for this trailer. Stating with....... 

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE!!

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is written by Robert Louis Stevenson (the same writer of Treasure Island) and was published in 1886. Stevenson also wrote several other short stories along the same idea of horror and suspense; such as the Body Snatcher which is about the taking of bodies from graves around the same time as Burke and Hare (another post...). 

Any way back to Jekyll and Hyde: It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. As paraphrased by Wikipedia, its a great story and is written in the first person of said Mr Utterson- I am currently about half way through but I am loving it and its given me a few ideas for my trailer...About the mood, feeling and setting we would want to portray when filming. 

Here are a few productions, which are inspired this amazing story:

Jekyll

Jekyll is a modern sequel to the story of Jekyll and Hyde; the main character Tom Jackman has been given the gene of his ancestor Dr Jekyll, in which he can turn into an alter ego of Hyde. The series is about Jackman having to cope with this issue and him finding the source and maybe a cure for it.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen




This film is about several well known Victorian book characters such as Dorian Gray, The Invisible Man, Mona from Dracula, Captain Nemo and of course Jekyll and Hyde. The reason I am like this film is due to it being a such good film to refer to due to some of the settings being in London Streets and the style of it having a Steampunk feel to it.