Superpowers

One of our original ideas was for our characters to have superpowers. We thought the superpowers would add another element to our trailer and would give us an opportunity to further develop our characters and their personalities, as this is what our film is based around.


We thought that each character should have a superpower that highlights their personality or skill. For example, Oracle would have telepathy as he is the over watch of the group and needs to be able to relay messages quickly. Reaper would have super speed as he is quick and agile, thus enabling him to take out his targets easily without leaving a trace. Hulk would have super strength to highlight his brute nature as the muscle of the group. And Odin would have an enhanced marksman skill, giving him the ability to kill his victims in 1 shot, whilst never missing. This emphasises his leadership of the group by showing to the audience how he has, in a war-zone, potentially the most valuable skill.


However, even though some powers such us telepathy could be done easily, other such as the super speed and strength required some special effects which proved difficult to do. For example, even though we managed to successfully complete a test shot for the super speed, it was difficult to implement it when there were multiple characters in shot as all of their movement would also be sped up unless we masked and tracked our character which proved too difficult.

Super Speed Test Shot

Because of this, we chose not to use superpowers in our trailer and instead develop our characters through the introduction of a new base, new personalised costume, and new weapons tailored to their role in the group as well as some other props. This shows how the team has progressed from a group of friends caught up in a war using what they can find to survive, to professional mercenaries who are so skilled that the government would entrust the fate of the world to them.