I’ve had this one in the works for a little while now. I honestly forget how it all started but I enjoyed researching and writing it.
It’s amazing how far the rabbit hole goes on some of these investigations.

For the production of this, I wanted to push myself in getting everything out inside a one-month timeframe. I think I did pretty well but one area I realised I need to improve on is my audio. Just like colour grading, I find I just don’t have the patience or the interest to dive deep into audio production. I know a few things but I would GLADLY let someone else take the reigns on everything audio related.

Watch Hearsay: https://youtu.be/6_Pj33xGqgY
The Hyrule Joutnals soundtrack: https://spoti.fi/3WMNHZi

Written and Produced by Javed Sterritt.

One area I really want to push myself in is the area of graphic design. Good graphic design can be transcendent and really take the viewer on a powerful journey. For this video, I tried to establish some design rules and stick to them. The rules for this one was around using mostly 3 colours, black, grey and yellow.

This piece is about journalism and inevestigation so I wanted to give everything a very tactile feel so I tried to always include a paper texture in each frame. I also include a lot of analog based sound effects. Typewriter, crayon, pencil, paper etc.

SOURCES

Here are all the sources used for this video. I’ve organised them in order of appearance.

Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/12/06/les-confidences-du-dessinateur-historique-des-personnages-nintendo_5393660_4408996.html
Le Monde translated: https://www.marioboards.com/threads/40508/
Pix’n Love tweet: https://twitter.com/Pixnlove/status/1060193265876656128
Famitsu article: https://www.famitsu.com/news/201810/15165861.html?page=2
Dualshockers: https://www.dualshockers.com/nintendo-youichi-kotabe-zelda-wind-waker-inspiration/
Levelup: https://www.levelup.com/noticias/501577/Yoichi-Kotabe-revela-una-de-las-influencias-artisticas-de-Zelda-The-Wind-Waker
Trecobox: https://trecobox.com.br/zelda-the-windwalker-arte-inspirada-em-animacao-dos-anos-60/
The Enemy: https://www.theenemy.com.br/legend-of-zelda/arte-de-zelda-wind-waker-foi-inspirado-por-anime-classico-dos-anos-1960
Gamingbolt: https://gamingbolt.com/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-animator-reveals-inspiration-for-the-games-look
Comicbook.com: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker-1963-anime-inspiration/
IGN Brazil: https://br.ign.com/anime/68186/news/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-foi-inspirado-em-anime-de-1963
Playone.vg: https://www.playerone.vg/2018/11/08/disenador-wind-waker-inspiracion/
Zelda Universe: https://zeldauniverse.net/2018/11/08/wind-wakers-animator-reveals-his-inspiration-for-the-game/
TVtropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/TheLittlePrinceAndTheEightHeadedDragon
Answers To All: https://answerstoall.com/users-questions/who-did-the-art-for-wind-waker/
Random website: https://incgraphicdesign.wordpress.com/tag/japan/
Zelda Wiki: https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Development_of_The_Legend_of_Zelda
Iwata Asks: https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/wind-waker/0/0
4gamer: https://www.4gamer.net/games/201/G020121/20130926076/
4gamer translated: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/eiji-aonuma-interview-part-2-the-wind-waker-hd-and-choosing-art-styles/
Siliconera: https://www.siliconera.com/how-the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-inspired-skulls-of-the-shoguns-art/