I had a talk with Phil today on Colo Colo's direction after the advice Alan gave me on departing from the rat-chicken look, but this one (admittedly due to the creature it has taken influence from) may seem a little too 'cute', though I will look into head studies, where the ferocity could be brought back such as the use of the staring eyes of a chicken.
We also got talking on the 'horror' aspect of the creature and the related story. We explored horror coming from the abhorrent, discussing a lamprey for a tongue and I was shown a couple of stills from David Croenenberg's 1986 rendition of The Fly featuring Jeff Goldblum being turned into some...horrid...thing. It did however give me some thoughts on the creature. Being inspired by rats, what's to say that it doesn't look like its been reanimated. We talked about it being small enough that it could be to walk across its victim without much notice. So I think I have a basis, I just need to shore up the details: The crest, the texture, the tongue and the mouth. If rats can vary between looking adorable and vicious, then this creature also has a chance.
If I go down this path, the final product could be both interesting and disturbing. Maybe tapping into some of that Roman Polanski vibe I had managed to invoke in my From Script To Screen project last year.
Less gruesomely, I took some time to observe the motions of these running lizards ot get an idea of how they run. I have an idea looking at videos provided by nature documentaries as well as still references, so I think I can crack the creatures actually moving about.
I like the idea of the legs running like if he was on a bike in number 1. However, if you're wanting horror then I guess taking a look at the Wendigo from 'Until Dawn' -- https://youtu.be/D9AYJ0qopVY?t=2m59s it's around 3 mins.
ReplyDeleteI had wondered about that kind of lizard/Gollum kind of movement. Though it would bring me back to your rather standard small lizard. I did think about it climbing up walls though like a gecko.
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