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Contents

Book Synopsis 1

About the Author 2

Excerpt 1 3

Influence map 4Thumbnails 5

Excerpt 2 6Influence map 7Thumbnails 8

Excerpt 3 9Influence map 10Thumbnails 11

Visual ConceptInfluence map 12More information 13

Creative Partnership

Recieved messages 14Sent messages 15

Blog Links 16


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Book Synopsis

King Solomon Mines was written in 1885 by H. Rider Haggard. It is said to be the first in the

genre of adventure stories, to be set in Africa. It tell the story of English wildlife hunter Allan

Quartermaine, as he sets out to discover the fate of a missing brother of a companion, the

wealthy sir Henry Curtis. On the trail, Quartermaine gets hold of a map giving the location of

the fabled king Solomon's mines and decides to accompany a team of people to search out the

mines for a cut of the treasure. He meets a regal African man who accompanies them, and

who turns out to be the lost son and heir of the kingdom where Solomon's mine is located.

After a supporting the king to regain his throne, they are granted permission to enter the mine

in hope of finding their treasure. The main supporter of the deposed false king, a strange

witch like woman called Gagool, assists the men and an African woman who has become

close to one of the Englishman, into the cave and through a secret door which only she can

operate. They eventually find the room filled with gold, ivory tusks, and the diamonds they

were looking for, but Gagool decides to leave them to die, and makes a run for the secret

door , killing the woman in the process. Gagool herself is crushed to death, and the explorers

are left with all the riches they could dream of, to die.

At the time the book was written, ancient sites were something white adventurers on the

African continent were actively seeking to plunder for their lucrative finds. Haggard had

travelled throughout the continent extensively and had many first hand accounts of the

geography, the local people, wildlife and colonialistion by white Europeans.

The story has a number themes some of which are greed and british imperialism and

colonisation. At the time, Victorian Britain was considered the most technologically advanced

nation in the world, and also the richest, having an empire that stretched every continent. The

empire regularly plundered the resources from other nations. In king Solomon's mines, the

explorers get the riches they wanted by working with the African king whom they had helped,

but also risk losing their lives, as the cost of putting one ruler on the throne, resulted in the

loyal Gagool, seeking revenge. Her revenge is for them to be entombed along with the dead

kings of her tribespeople, who reside as calcium statues because of the dripping stagalite

water which drips continuously over their dead bodies.


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About the Author

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a British writer, born in 1856 and died in 1925.At the age of 19, he travelled to Africa, where he became the secretary to

the governor of Natal. In 1878, he became Registrar of the High Court in the

Transvaal. In later years, he wrote a book on the history of the nineteenthcentury Southern Africa. This time of his life is where he developed

inspiration for his future novels, such as King Solomons mines, and TreasureIsland.


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Excerpt 1: Chapter XVI - The Place of Death

The party of 4 enter a large cave in-between 3 large mountain peaks. Thecharacters see 3 large shapes/figures in the distance. When they come

closer, they find that they are in fact enormous colossal statues, guardingthe entrance to a large cave behind them. They are described by one of the

characters as 3 ancient gods: Astarte, Chemosh, and Milcom.


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Excerpt 1: Chapter XVI - The Place of Death


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Excerpt 1: Chapter XVI - The Place of DeathKey Thumbnails


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Excerpt 2: Chapter XVI - The Place of Death pt 2


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Excerpt 2: Chapter XVI - The Place of Death pt 2


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Excerpt 2: Chapter XVI - The Place of Death pt 2Thumbnails


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Excerpt 3: Chapter XVII - Solomons Treasure Chamber


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Excerpt 3: Chapter XVII - Solomons Treasure ChamberThumbnails


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Visual Concept


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Visual Concept

I have chosen to make all three of my scenes have varied colour palettes: So, Scene1 will have a reddish theme, filled with rock and dusty textures. I have looked atvarious statues, and environments set in desert areas, such as Petra in Jordan.Scene 2 will have a mixture of clean cathedral designs, and also cave like areas,which will make for some interesting mixture of colours. Scene 3 will be much

darker, I will be using lots of stone textures, and i will use a more blue tone in this

final image.

I will have different lighting also, for each scene. Scene 3 will be the mostatmospheric, as in my excerpt, the room is lit by a single dimly lit candle.

For my first image, Im looking at extreme perspective shots, to emphasise the sizeof the statues. For my second image, i want to create angles which showcase the

beauty of the cathedral-like building. For my second image, i want to be able to getacross the feeling of being trapped in the room, so i will play around with as many

angles as i can.


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Recieved MessagesFrom Nadia, Jebb and Jake


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Sent messages


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Blog Links

Film Reviewshttp://vikkirh.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/film%20reviews

Life Drawinghttp://vikkirh.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/life%20drawing

Thumbnailshttp://vikkirh.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/thumbnails

Maya Workhttp://vikkirh.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/maya

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