09-26-2011, 03:06 PM
You guys need some structure. You can't just go and show people some random shots of things they've already seen and expect it to be entertaining. More “show” and less “videocast”. Like… Do you watch Discovery or History channel? Those guys take the most boring shit and turn it into stuff you just can’t turn off. You really should look to that for your formatting.
What they have is narration over video. The narrator tells a dialogue that could honestly stand alone by itself. And then they add images to punctuate and improve on that message.
Wrong:
“So now we’re coming up the ramp after Council and there’s Illidan and he’s kneeling down. And if I zoom in… You can see there that in his hand he’s got a skull. That skull is the Skull of Guldan which is…” Etc etc as the camera swings wildly around following Furly’s stupid character as he runs through BT. Going into depth on the Skull when you're talking about Illidan in BT is too much and random vent dialogue is too boring.
Right:
“Pressed by the heroes to the top of Black Temple, Illidan clutches the Skull of Guldan in reflection during the moments before the treachery of Akama and appearance of Maieve that will mark the end of his life”. (edit: that was a bit too RP-ish. Hopefully message makes sense though) This overlaid with a slow pan of the waiting Illidan followed by a few seconds of the encounter itself and an uncluttered replay of the RP of his death.
The lore in this game is fabricated. So it runs like a tree. Thousands of branches that split off in a hundred thousand different directions. You have to know exactly where you’re going and be careful not to cover too much ground. You should know what you’re saying before you say it. You should have a script that you read and then video that you lay over the top. It’s probably a lot harder than the alternative (random BS recorded over vent as you Fraps your characters running instances), but it’s the only chance you have of turning boring ass lore into something people want to waste half an hour to watch.
What they have is narration over video. The narrator tells a dialogue that could honestly stand alone by itself. And then they add images to punctuate and improve on that message.
Wrong:
“So now we’re coming up the ramp after Council and there’s Illidan and he’s kneeling down. And if I zoom in… You can see there that in his hand he’s got a skull. That skull is the Skull of Guldan which is…” Etc etc as the camera swings wildly around following Furly’s stupid character as he runs through BT. Going into depth on the Skull when you're talking about Illidan in BT is too much and random vent dialogue is too boring.
Right:
“Pressed by the heroes to the top of Black Temple, Illidan clutches the Skull of Guldan in reflection during the moments before the treachery of Akama and appearance of Maieve that will mark the end of his life”. (edit: that was a bit too RP-ish. Hopefully message makes sense though) This overlaid with a slow pan of the waiting Illidan followed by a few seconds of the encounter itself and an uncluttered replay of the RP of his death.
The lore in this game is fabricated. So it runs like a tree. Thousands of branches that split off in a hundred thousand different directions. You have to know exactly where you’re going and be careful not to cover too much ground. You should know what you’re saying before you say it. You should have a script that you read and then video that you lay over the top. It’s probably a lot harder than the alternative (random BS recorded over vent as you Fraps your characters running instances), but it’s the only chance you have of turning boring ass lore into something people want to waste half an hour to watch.