ATTENTION!!! FILMMAKING PROJECT!!!

[Skyfire]

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Sooo, KJ (warpdarkmatter), Saron, and I have been at this game for a few weeks now. I’ve had the thought for a while that this story would be about the right length for an episode – it sure isn’t movie-sized. =D I keep having the urge to draw scenes from the story, and just yesterday, I actually did a few sketches which were more like a storyboard. THAT got me thinking.

What if we really made an episode out of it?? We have an epic story of the right length, fantastic characterization, enthusiasm that can only come from die-hard fans… ;D No, seriously, this is DOABLE!


WHAT WE NEED (bold signifies an unfilled position):


VOICE CAST:
Buzz: ?
Zurg: ?
Warp: (maybe KJ)
Mira: ?
Booster: (can be voiced by a girl if need be)
XR: ?
Erin: definitely me ;D
Grub: (can also be voiced by a girl)
Crumford Lorak: also me =P
Ed: ?
The hotel clerk: KJ
Sierra Darkmatter (OC): ?
Nana Lightyear (flashback): ?


CREW:
The screenwriters: KJ, me, Saron (duh)
The script-editor: me (as I’m probably the closest of the three of us to being a professional writer)
The director: me (it’s BECAUSE it’s my idea in the first place that I already know exactly what I’m looking for, how to storyboard it, etc.)
The artists: Qorg and Spirit have signed on (YAY!! ;D)... I'll be doing the female characters for sure, and BG might do Mira, depending on her schedule.
The sound technician: KJ
The movie-editor (to put all the “screencaps,” voice clips, and music pieces together): me (like I said, I know exactly how I want to do it)



Please SIGN ON!!

And PLEASE promote this! Our release date is this Christmas, and I want to make it. We won't be able to go anywhere, though, if we don't have voices! THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT!!

[RedRage]

But is it animated?, or like a storyboard/comic with voices?

man, a girl as Booster?, that hurts me a little D:

[Skyfire]

Animation would be waaay too much work and time - I wouldn't ask that of anybody. It would be stills to voices and music.

And Booster doesn't have a normal voice, so a girl COULD voice him if worst comes to worst, as there are very few MALE fans. Sorry about that... =(

[Skyfire]

UPDATES:


1. Sound Technician

We DO need a sound technician - because we need to hear 42's thrusters powering up, Erin's .9mm firing, Tradeworld's traffic, the whir-click of Warp's arm-cannon, Zurg's dual-toned voice, XR's robotic voice... you get the idea.

2. From Game to Script to Storyboard

I'm on to novelizing this, then screenwriting it, then storyboarding it! I know that sounds like a lot of work, but really, the novelization and the screenwriting will probably take less time together than the storyboarding. =P Ah well.

3. Voice Actors

It's the voice-acting that will REALLY sell the show (not that we're in the market yet...). I don't want people just saying, "I'll be Mira!" or "I'll be Zurg!" No, I need to HEAR what your voice sounds like and MAKE SURE you actually sound as close as you can be to the original. (And the voice of Buzz HAS to sound like Patrick Warburton, NOT Tim Allen.) PM me if you want to voice-act, I'll send you my email address, and then you email me a recording of your voice. All right? This is important!

[Tonetone1224]

Wow. I cannot wait to see the final product. I would help but i have no idea how to make sound effects or voices of characters

[Skyfire]

Aw, that's okay! I can't wait to see it, either! ^^ The finished product will be uploaded to YouTube.

[Warp Darkmatter]

I think I can get the sounds you need, but I'm not sure about how to put them where they need to go.

[Skyfire]

If you think you can handle being the sound technician, that's great! Do you have a program that can tweak the voices of Zurg and XR to where they need to be? That's an aspect that I'm worried about the most.

And don't worry about where to put the sounds. As the film editor, I'll handle that part, okay? ;D

[Skyfire]

MORE UPDATES:


1. TITLE:

I'm thinking "Choices."
'Cause, really, that's what the whole story is about when you come right down to it. Warp made the choice to leave, Zurg made the choice to avenge, Erin made the choice to die, Buzz made the choice to LET her choose... and Warp and Erin chose together to commit themselves.
Sound good?


2. RELEASE DATE:

For the release date, I'd like to say... Christmas 2009. Which, I think, is realistic.

3. TEASER TRAILER:

And the teaser trailer will appear soon on my YouTube channel.

KEEP CHECKING FOR UPDATES!!

[Warp Darkmatter]

I like the title choice.

[Skyfire]

goodie! ;D

[Spirit-of-Twilight]

OMG I wanna help! ;D But I can't do any voices, at least not any that are already established. But I will help draw ^^

Should we each be assigned certain characters to draw, like in real animated movies/shows? Since I kind of fail at Zurg and Qorg is amazing at him.
Unless we'll just be doing the coloring of the storyboard, in which case I can color anybody ^^ Just send me the color palette (we will need one so that the Star Command green doesn't end up being several different shades)

[Warp Darkmatter]

Thanks for joining! We could always use more help. Skyfire will probably give an assignment. I'm just doing voices right now.

[eez]

What about other editors? That way, more than one person can have a look-see and spruce it up a bit.

It'll add more flavour; besides, Saron and KJ might have decent input to help it out.

[Skyfire]

Apr 9, 2009 14:39:51 GMT -5 eez said:

What about other editors? That way, more than one person can have a look-see and spruce it up a bit.

It'll add more flavour; besides, Saron and KJ might have decent input to help it out.

I'll still run everything past Saron and KJ - don't worry! This, after all, still as much their story as it is mine. I want to make sure that I get all our original impressions and combine them as flawlessly as possible.