Provisional Ideas / Sketches

Provisional Ideas

Red Hood:   

Real Name: Jason Todd

Origin and backstory: In 1988’s DC storyline 'Death In the family', Jason Todd – the second Robin – was murdered by the Joker. An anomaly in the DC universe brought Jason back to life and he was found by Talia Al Ghul and placed in the Lazarus pit which restored him but brought out the worst parts of his personality changed him as a person. When he discovered Batman hadn’t killed the Joker he decided to become Batman’s enemy and to become the Red Hood – the first one was the Joker, before he was the Joker. Jason was trained by criminals to get the skills so he could face Batman, but Talia also trained him so that his good side could overcome his villainous side. Eventually, Red Hood became an anti-hero instead of a villain.

Personality:

·         Intelligent

·         Charismatic

·         Morally grey – sticks to his own moral compass

·         Mental issues – slightly unhinged

·         Witty

·         Determined

·         Vengeful

·         Short tempered

Abilities:

·         Very good martial artist

·         Acrobatic

       Superb detective skills

·         Great at stealth

·         Good Leadership skills

·         Adaptive

·         Peak human physical fitness

       Great Marksman

Publication appearances:

Comic appearances: 2005 – present

Film appearances: “Under the Red Hood” – 2010

Game Appearances: Batman: Arkham Knight - 2015

   

The opening of the teaser will have a London night-time skyline (posing as Gotham's) like this; we decided to shoot at night to create an unsettling and threatening atmosphere which reflects the atmosphere Gotham has in the comics. Also, we decided to film using a blue filter to help create that unsettling and cold atmosphere.

Flashbacks:  

We would have a grainy sand filter for when we film the flashbacks as that is a convention of how flashbacks are filmed therefore it would be a great way to communicate to the audience their watching flashbacks of what the Joker did to Jason without having to tell the audience it’s a flashback.

Narrative of the storyline:

We have decided that the narrative of the teaser will include a criminal mugging an innocent civilian but is then chased down and killed by Red Hood; this is to showcase to the public that unlike Batman and other mainstream superheroes, Red Hood is an anti-hero who deals with criminals in a morally grey fashion. In addition, we would inter-splice those shots with flashbacks to a pivotal moment of Red Hood’s origin which was when the Joker infamously beat Jason Todd to death with a crowbar from the comics. This would serve to tease part of his motivation as to why Jason Todd becomes the Red Hood.