Next Deadline: START SKETCHING IDEAS BY MARCH 24, 2025.

Theme

The concept of this project is recreating terrible/iconic video game cutscenes. Every participant is encouraged to select a video game cutscene of their liking, the worse and/or cornier the better, as inspiration for their project. Participants are given full artistic freedom in directing their recreations. Examples may include:

• Shooting a stop-motion recreation using Barbie dolls
• Incredibly low-budget live action re-enactment
• Grainy oldschool silent film edit with subtitles
• Mixed media incoherent clusterfuck
• Screen recording of SIMS reenactment
• Surprise me!

We will focus on the video/filming first, and then move to combining the scenes into a collection and scoring as later steps. Folks who want to score their own portion as well are welcome to. Details will be discussed in Discord.

Timeline

Relevant Dates - Phase 1 (Pre-Planning) - COMPLETE

• 2025-02-17: Finalize Scope & Subject of Project
• 2025-02-25: Finalize Collaboration Participants

Relevant Dates - Phase 2 (Individual Scene Production) - UNDERWAY

• 2025-03-03: Finalize Source Scene Selection
• 2025-03-24: Benchmark 1 - Sketch Phase
• 2025-04-21: Benchmark 2 - Working Prototype
• 2025-05-19: Benchmark 3 - Near-Final Progress Check, Optional Critique Circle
• 2025-06-23: Final Cut Delivery (Score Not Required)

Relevant Dates - Phase 3 (Collective Framing - will be opt-in)

• TBA: Discuss Collective Framing Concept (intro/transitions/overarching "meta" narrative or framing)
• TBA: Benchmark 1 - Framing Thumbnails/Rough
• TBA: Benchmark 2 - Framing Working Prototype
• TBA: Benchmark 3 - Framing Near-Final Progress Check, Critique Circle
• TBA: Framing/Transitions Final Delivery

Relevant Dates - Phase 4 (Film Scoring - will be opt-in)

• TBA: Score Discussion (determine whether each participant will score their own section/interest check for additional composers/etc)
• TBA: Benchmark 1 - Score Sketches
• TBA: Benchmark 2 - Scores ~Halfway Complete
• TBA: Benchmark 3 - Scores Near-Final Progress Check, Optional Critique Circle
• TBA: Score Files Final Delivery

Relevant Dates - Phase 5 (Mastering & Release - headed by ArcanaXIX)

• TBA: Full Film Cut Rough Draft w/Transitions & Credits
• TBA: Critique Circle
• TBA: A/V Mastering
• TBA: Final Critique Circle
• TBA: Final Export
• TBA: Release

Rules

• All Discord communications will be communicated in the new #video-collab channel on Discord.
• Don't, yknow, create anything you wouldn't post on the Discord in any other context.
• If you need an extension, to drop out, or anything else, just ask Leo. There will be leeway built into the schedule. We can accommodate, all you need to do is communicate.