Saturday’s Panel was More than Just a Trailer
It was, so says our correspondent Ak who went to MAGfest for us, a packed house during Saturday’s panel for Eddie Lebron’s Sonic Fan Film.
“Packed” is, of course, relative, with numbers in the dozens filling a small room to see the first trailer screening and more. That “more” was an array of concept art on a loop before the big reveal. That’s where Ak came in: he snapped nearly all of them in rotation, and thanks to his efforts, we have them for you below.
The quality isn’t perfect–they were taken with an old iPhone–but you’ll get the idea. You’ll see early CG model renders for Sonic and some supporting characters, including Moto Bug and E-102 Gamma. In addition to the 3D, there are plenty of 2D sketches, including some scene drafts. Make no mistake, at least when it comes to character development, Lebron is attempting as much detail as possible.
Take a look in the gallery below. That’s not all our correspondent gathered from MAGfest; we also have a lengthy but partial audio transcript from the panel. We’re going to clean up the audio a bit and bring it to you later this week.
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*pokes* I totally see my concepts =D Personally I think Sonic looks kinda cute with that fur. He looks like a rebelling kid. Can’t wait to see more material~
In one of those… he has REALLY low knees…
wait… so Sonic with “fur” is fine?
I thought people hated that idea back in Sonic ’06? Oh wait… nevermind.
pfft whatever.
@GoldenHedgy: Sonic probably just woke up and forgot to brush up for the trailer.
But to people who feel put off by the fur, you are free to email Eddie and give him your feedback. You can find his email at http://www.sonicfanfilm.com
Their International Sonic’s feet don’t look like they’re big enough in some shots. It reminded me of the ’06 design. They had some sketches that seemed to be based on the Unleashed/Colors International design, so I hope they go with that.
The fur length bugs me, it seems like it’s really thick. I’d bet that looks really good in motion, but I’d be more comfortable with something shorter. Tall enough that you could still tell it was waving with Sonic’s speed, but short enough that it still looked on model.
Also the poster looking like a genesis cartridge is awesome.
I like the poster. In the storyboards, where those humans behind Sonic? I thought this was going back to Mega Drive games?
Not that I care, but you know there’s gonna be a lot of bitching about that.
@FTA: The film has more of its own story spin on Sonic. If you watched that video interview in the other news link, you’ll learn that there will be human characters.
From the trinkets of the occasional news article to their appearance at MAGFest, it would seem that this fan film is shaping up to be quite the megahit. =] I’ve no qualms with the fur personally. I distinctly remember that before Sonic Adventure 2′s release, more than a few gaming magazines were hyping it’s graphics to utilize the Dramcast SO well that you could see Sonic’s fur up close. Those words may just be shots in the dark from an avid article writer, but the thought never left me- I didn’t like Sonic’s model in ’06, though the fur was a nice touch(it could have been executed more subtly though).
Really looking forward to reading up/seeing the plot twists and progression of the story. I’m iffy on the human characters, but hey, Eggman’s human, so it’s not that far of a stretch.
@SegaMew I tried watching the interview, but the audio was so badly piss poor, I couldn’t.
As long as they’re just in the background and this doesn’t become Sonic X: 2 it’ll be fine.
Is Sonic the only Sega character in the film, (other than Eggman) or is Tails etc in it as well?
i bet it includes some characters like tails, knuckles and amy
Nintendo bros. 64 will be disappointed.
I know things that you guys will have to wait months to find out for yourself. Just expect one thing: If you hate Michael Bay’s Transformers, you will hate this film. That is unless, I missed a detail and Sonic has a larger role than the Transformers in their own movie, but expect this to be not so good.
What SEGAMew said. Eddie Lebron is practically begging for feedback because he knows how rough we can be.
Also it may be hard to make out in these images but the new sonic model actually has quills as well as fur.
http://img708.imageshack.us/i/dsc08200s.jpg
Ouch, shooting down the film before it’s even out.
>Motor Bug
>Not “Motobug”
Why does this piss me off the most out of those photos? Why does Sonic have fur?
THIS FAN FILM BETTER NOT SUCK. Jaleel White’s the only cool thing I’ve seen about this so far.
@Haru: Eddie may be playing me off as a troll, but I tell you that if you don’t like what you see now, you won’t like what you see when this is released. Eddie originally said that the plot was based off of Sonic 1, if memory serves me correctly. That right there should be dashed off with the concept art as is. Because E-102 Gamma is not a retro character by any stretch despite being one of Adventure’s best characters. Nor did humans have a huge role in the original trilogy, YET THERE ARE HUMAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS. Look at that picture with the humans behind Sonic and you’ll faintly see the words “Sonic and the fighters” under the second panel.
http://www.tssznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0868.jpg
Yes. Those are Sonic’s Freedom Fighters. The U.S. fucking military. Tristan can examine them himself, but Eddie has been going with this film like the Sonic 4 PR Team. Don’t expect something spectacular if you’re not liking it now. Don’t continue the dicking around, Eddie. Be honest with us about the film. Stop hyping them up like Sega’s PR Team usually does.
@IceHedge
I always thought that same thing about Eggman and humans in the series as a whole, it only makes sense. Now that there are more humans though, I think there should be more anthro animals walking around too. Not more super powered friends, just regular dudes, so Sonic and crew don’t seem so out of place.
@ Greg: Play you off as one? You actively say you are not biases against my film but go out of your way to convince people it will suck instead of just stating you opinion and moving on. You say you hold nothing against me or the film but keep trying to turn fans against my project AND creating fibs out out nothing to causes a stir. Playing you off as a troll?….Naaaaaaah :p
Um…how am I not being honest? Dicking around? Of course there’s humans in it and some of which take on the freedom fighter role. I stated this in numerous threads and interviews! Hahaha, I love how you are trying to make it seem like I’m such a devilish film producer with a devilish plan that involves lying about the film, trying to avoid bashing from the fan base. If I lie now, people are going to be SO against this film when it’s actually released! Rather just tell the truth now and get some heat.
PS: You say “If you don’t like what you see now, you won’t like it”? Of course they won’t like it! It’s a teaser meant to peak interest but if you are turned off by the model, voice acting, writing, or tone, then I don’t blame anyone if they don’t think they will like the film based on this teaser. Of course, I will take feedback to better things for the final product but to each his own. If someone isn’t interested in the film based on the trailer, no biggie. It’s not there cup of tea.
You make it sound like human freedom fighters is a bad thing. Sonic Underground definitely didn’t have all woodland animal freedom fighters (heck one was a sponge).
No need to hate on the human race lol.
first word :yourrocksonicplz: :yeahplz:
second can we download the sonic model?
At first i think was original sega poster, then i see the hand, that delated me is fake
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Anyway, the idea sounds cool, but i never liked satam, so im not interested.
It’s not a SatAM movie.