2013 Movie News Archives

July 4, 2013: Linguist Christine Schreyer on Creating Kryptonian Language for "Man of Steel"

Kryptonian Glyph The University of British Columbia's linguist and anthropologist Christine Schreyer was hired to create the Kryptonian language used in "Man of Steel".

    Schreyer worked alongside graphic designer Kirsten Franson, who developed the Kryptonian script based on Schreyer's suggestions, which were influenced from her knowledge of the Cree Syllabics writing system. Franson fine-tuned the glyphs and worked the symbols into the set and prop designs. Schreyer also created a vocabulary consisting of about 300 words.

    [Production Designer Alex] McDowell says the idea of developing an entire new and specific language for the world of Krypton evolved from the beginning of production. It was determined that the symbol on Superman's crest did not simply represent the letter "S" of English, so an imaginative approach was needed.

    "Christine's contribution to the design and meaning of Krypton in Man of Steel was crucial in a way that will not be fully understood by the audience, but without which we would have been missing a layer of meaning and legibility that in my view enriched the film immeasurably," McDowell says.

Source: University of British Columbia



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