The Work This Week This week, we finally got a handle on our story. In discussing with our advisors, we realized that in both the original Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, and the modern submerged car idea we had from last week – there is a lot of present-day action and plot in between the memory sequences, which is beyond […]
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Cutting Edge: Week Five
The week saw us finalize production on Goldspike #4 (the montage segment inside a car) and also get closer to finalizing our story. Story Discussion: This question of story has admittedly taken longer than we have wanted, as we are trying to balance a framework to give us a starting point for us to create assets to be able to […]
Cutting Edge: Week Four
The Work This Week: This week we had 1/4s presentations with the ETC faculty, so we got to present our goldspikes to them and got some feedback for the next phase of the semester. We also finally chose our story, though new questions regarding the implementation of story have also arisen. Finished Goldspikes and 1/4s: Preliminary feedback from the faculty was that we […]
Cutting Edge: Week Three
The Work This Week During Week Three, we spent more time continuing our goldspikes and narrative research. Additionally, as our production design was needed this week, our artists, Yui and Shana, created a bunch of drafts for the logo and other promotional materials. Internal Branding We wanted something that might highlight our focus on cinematic language, and chose film rolls […]
Cutting Edge: Week Two
The Work This Week We developed a list of transitions that we want to try, after discussing Virginia last week. We also began work on our first round of goldspikes, as well as our narrative research. Developing our list of transitions After playing Virginia last week, we sat down and made a list of interesting transitions that the team brought […]
Cutting Edge: Week One
The Project: Cutting Edge is looking to explore different kinds of spatial jump cut transitions in the VR space. Games such as Thirty Flights of Loving and Virginia are examples of existing experiences that take guests through a cinematic narrative that emphasizes the psychology of the character. The agency that the guest has in these experiences enhances a sense of qualia – […]