Several years ago I wrote a screenplay entitled LEATHERMILL, a linear 90 page experience with a carefully designed structure.
When Russell England, the director who wants to make the movie, won the chance to make a short film using Arri’s new Alexa camera, he suggested we make a short film based on the screenplay.
Some impressive Call Of Duty stats…
“Those millions of Call Of Duty players have now logged over 2.3 billion hours of play – a quarter of a million years.”
“According to certain estimates, one in eight American homes contain a copy of COD: Black Ops.”
During our workshop session with Bolton University Arts & Media Department, we discussed the contents of a storyworld bible – what material it needs to make it work as the bedrock for the stories to be told.
We are working on an R&D storyworld project with Bolton University so last week we ran a workshop with Anna Zaluczkowska in the Arts and Media Department. Here are some of my ideas on the purpose of storyworld I put forward to the group;
Creating a storyworld gives us a place where stories can exist – it places a context or environment around them. The storyworld is the foundation or bedrock for the entire project, be it a game, a film, a TV series or a combincation of media. It is the setting, or environment, or world the stories grow from in an almost organic way. Continue reading
Interesting piece on the ‘magic’ of games and how well-crafted games can enthrall and entangle the player.
I like Tadhg Kelly’s idea about ‘Numina’ being the extra ‘something’ that fleetingly appears beyond the sum of all the parts of a game – still within the storyworld. It is this that gives you a belief that there is more beyond the scenes portrayed on the screen, intangible yet enthralling.
http://whatgamesare.com/2011/01/numina-games-and-fantasy.html
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