I have messaged our lecturer Martine with following message to see what her thoughts were on our idea.
"Good Afternoon Martine,
Me and Kieran have already begun discussing and considering ideas for our experimental film project, however we had a few concerns in regards to filling the criteria for this module that I was hoping you would be able to answer.
To briefly elaborate, we are looking to create a digital film similar to that of Video Game High School. I will be attaching links in this email that I hope will help communicate my idea more thoroughly and in case you haven't seen the series, the first episode will be one of the links.
Our concept is to make a film that is centred around a particular fighting game. The fighting game we have chosen is similar to Street Fighter. The game we are actually using is an open-source project started years ago, which allows the community following the project to make any modifications as they see fit. They also allow this jurisdiction without any copyright meaning it can be used as a royalty free project.
As seen in Video Game High School, the series pays particular focus to the gamer being immersed in the game world, but the game graphics are represented by people in real life performing game-like actions instead of actual game graphics. We would like to deploy this technique in our film and also take advantage of the game we are using to create sequences that have both 'actual game footage' and 'real life game footage'.
We have also considered making the film interactive for audiences to have the choice of actions to undertake. An example is the option to either punch, kick or block and each action would result in a different reaction. This would be similar to Deliver Me To Hell - Real Zombies Attack that is on YouTube.
Hopefully this isn't too much, but my questions are:
1. If we were to make an interactive YouTube film, would the accumulation of all sequences from the final project be used to determined the final duration of the project as it has to be between 5 - 10 minutes?
2. As an alternative, in case this doe not fill the criteria, we were considering making a film about someone actually playing the game. Would this be okay instead?
3. We are planning to use ourselves (if possible) for the 2 minute project and to cast actors for the 5 - 10 minute piece, would this be okay?
4. Is it possible to use the final project film from this module in another module if relevant?
5. Do you have any concerns about this project?
Here are links to help communicate our idea:
#1 Video Game High School Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqR3GVqib4
#2 Street Fighter Alpha Gameplay Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQGP2v1tlk
#3 Example of game that can be used as it was designed by the project community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGWx0rIsZJg
#4 First Sequence from Deliver Me To Hell - Real Zombies Attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1yBlV7Ges
Please let me know your thoughts as soon as you can and I am sure that we would need to discuss more details with you in person.
Best,
Tyrese"
From today's phone meeting with Kieran, I had made the following notes:
- 11am on Tuesday (meeting with Kieran)
- Concept (Put things down on paper)
- Source some MUGEN projects as examples
- Email Martine
- YouTube Button Narrative
- 2 Minute idea (Me & Kieran) 5 - 10 minute film (Cast Actors)
- "How many moves it takes to beat the fighter" (Can be used as incentive similar to high scores)
- "Possibility of customisation"
- If we do an interactive video, would the accumulation of all videos need to be between 5 - 10 minutes for final project?
- If we made the YouTube button narrative idea & made a film of someone playing it to meet experimental criteria?
On Tuesday at 11am I will be having a meeting with Kieran to go over some finer details about the project, but as for now we have concept.
Currently our inspirations are:
- Video Game High School
- Street Fighter
- Deliver Me To Hell - Real Zombies Attack
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