Schroeder: Brief & Mood Boards

Road to Reel: The Graphic Novel's Journey to Film

The content of the exhibition will be a selection of material from graphic novels which have been turned into film. The primary focus will be on concept art and start to finish images of the characters whom are being brought from the page to the screen. This work is meant to celebrate beloved characters and their journey from their birth, to rebirth and to observe what was, what could of been, and what they became.

This exhibit will be shown at the EMP Museum (music + sci fi + pop culture) in Seattle, Washington. The museums focus “is a leading-edge, nonprofit museum, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture,”(EMP). With the exhibits main focus being on popular graphic novel to film characters, the EMP Museum is a perfect fit to represent this show. 

The target audience is a broad spectrum from young ages to old. The show will most likely attract a younger crowd, but some of the topics in the exhibit will spark the interest of those who knew the characters from their original debut.

When the audience is viewing the exhibit they should feel a sense of nostalgia, whimsy, or even respect for such iconic characters. They should start to understand and appreciate all of the hard work and respect that goes into taking these characters from the page to the screen, and enjoy an inside view of the stages and process that occurs. There is hope that the viewers will learn that a great deal of work is put into these characters, whether they “fail,” or “succeed,” in one’s mind.. conceptual work is an interesting and exciting process.