Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.17.70.245-20140518032334

In the 3rd production vlog, they stated and showed that one of their new steps in the series is the changing of the silhouetted background characters into full modeled and coloured characters. While this is a visually striking change, I feel that there is going to be some division on this. For starters, having fully modeled "NPCs" (as it were for ease of reference) is that runs the risk all animatef mediums show. Clones. Many clones. In order to save on time and money, corners are often cut by making a pool of available NPCs models, then using them over and over again. This can lead into an unsettling Uncanny valley where we have our unique main charactes, but standing behind them is a crowd of similar looking people.

This is a disadvantage compared to the silhouetted NPCs, as although the silhouetted NPCs are always cast in shadow, it successfully avoids the issue of the audience seeing an uncomfortable similarity in the gene pool of Vytal, while also making our main characters stand out, as to not draw attention away from them. However, this also maskes it awkward when we see a character they wanted to hide for a while, in a crowd, blatantly standing out.

Which do you guys think is the best option for our beloved background characters? Silhouettes or Full Models? 