Agent 327 - Adaptation
What is Agent 327?
Agent 327 was a comic that was produced by a Dutch studio released in 1966 all the way to the 1983 and picked up again in 2000 to the present day. It was originally created by Martin Lodewijk and published by Geïllustreerde Pers.
It was turned into an animation by Blender Animation Studio as a animation "short" in 2017.
They recreated one issue of the comic called "Operation Barbershop" with the same length as the comic issue.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this animation is catered towards children and teenagers with their cartoon art-style and animation style.
But the comic was catered towards adults because of its adult imagery/sexual innuendos.
Comparison/Review:
The comics are illustrated with the characters in the fore-front with the backgrounds being a flat colour
Blender Studios has adapted it to film and a detailed Pixar like quality to them rather than a flat colour, the character interacts with background assets.
I think that Operation Barbershop would be good for people who don't speak dutch but there is a English translation available for the comic series.
Operation Barbershop was a financial success for Blender as it showed how powerful their software is and it also increased awareness for bigger studios like Pixar and Ubisoft.
The comic however was sold for a price of €3 per issue but increased to €7 in 2000 and was a financial success for Martin and Geillustreerde.
Popularity:
Blender's production has became more popular than its comic counterparts, I think this is because it is widely available on the internet and it is translated into English rather than Dutch.
The comic is very popular in the Netherlands including the animation.
Property Rights:
Blender needed rights from Eppo to allow the use of their character for their animation. Eppo is the current holder of Agent 327 and was previously owned by Pep.
Royalties:
Blender Animation Studio used their own software to produce the animation, they also release their animation software for free to use anywhere including commercial products. They got rights from Eppo as offering it as a "teaser" and free advertising.
Portrayals:
The comic features 2 main characters, Hendrik who plays as Agent 327 and Olga who plays as a Dutch Government Spy. These two characters are distinct from one another and Hendrik is a version of Inspector Gadget who isn't an idiot. Olga is a "dream girl" and she works with Agent 327 to stop crime.
In the animation Olga isn't present but Boris who is a re-occurring villian in the comic series appears with a €100,000 bounty on agent 327's head. Hendrik also gets trapped underground with other "temporary" villians.
Evaluation:
If I were to choose which one to read/watch I would pick the comic series, they have a distinct style and there is way more content in the comic series than there is form one animation short. The animation is basically a teaser trailer for the rest of the comic series.
Agent 327 was a comic that was produced by a Dutch studio released in 1966 all the way to the 1983 and picked up again in 2000 to the present day. It was originally created by Martin Lodewijk and published by Geïllustreerde Pers.
It was turned into an animation by Blender Animation Studio as a animation "short" in 2017.
They recreated one issue of the comic called "Operation Barbershop" with the same length as the comic issue.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this animation is catered towards children and teenagers with their cartoon art-style and animation style.
But the comic was catered towards adults because of its adult imagery/sexual innuendos.
Comparison/Review:
The comics are illustrated with the characters in the fore-front with the backgrounds being a flat colour
Blender Studios has adapted it to film and a detailed Pixar like quality to them rather than a flat colour, the character interacts with background assets.
I think that Operation Barbershop would be good for people who don't speak dutch but there is a English translation available for the comic series.
Operation Barbershop was a financial success for Blender as it showed how powerful their software is and it also increased awareness for bigger studios like Pixar and Ubisoft.
The comic however was sold for a price of €3 per issue but increased to €7 in 2000 and was a financial success for Martin and Geillustreerde.
Popularity:
Blender's production has became more popular than its comic counterparts, I think this is because it is widely available on the internet and it is translated into English rather than Dutch.
The comic is very popular in the Netherlands including the animation.
Property Rights:
Blender needed rights from Eppo to allow the use of their character for their animation. Eppo is the current holder of Agent 327 and was previously owned by Pep.
Royalties:
Blender Animation Studio used their own software to produce the animation, they also release their animation software for free to use anywhere including commercial products. They got rights from Eppo as offering it as a "teaser" and free advertising.
Portrayals:
The comic features 2 main characters, Hendrik who plays as Agent 327 and Olga who plays as a Dutch Government Spy. These two characters are distinct from one another and Hendrik is a version of Inspector Gadget who isn't an idiot. Olga is a "dream girl" and she works with Agent 327 to stop crime.
In the animation Olga isn't present but Boris who is a re-occurring villian in the comic series appears with a €100,000 bounty on agent 327's head. Hendrik also gets trapped underground with other "temporary" villians.
Evaluation:
If I were to choose which one to read/watch I would pick the comic series, they have a distinct style and there is way more content in the comic series than there is form one animation short. The animation is basically a teaser trailer for the rest of the comic series.
Excellent work here! you have produced a case study looking at both. Can yu add visuals into this and also cite your sources for reviews (include a few more reviews here too)
ReplyDeleteI will do this thank you for the feedback!
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