Topic: widelands promotionnal video

(don't knew where to put this topic sorry)

I never saw any topic about a promotional video. I know this game play video from Geodomus:

part1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnGevIdUzI

part2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhvIelt0Ers

Bus as I said, it is a game play video... So here is an idea for a possible promotional video(it's just a test, graphics are ugly, I know^^):

• start

• text: "Humans became humans as soon as they started to build buildings. They grouped themselves in tribes, ...

• movements

-slow apparition of the name of the tribe

-the different objects come form every direction

• movements

-slow apparition of the name of the tribe

-the two axes come from left and right.

-the head come from the top

-the star come from nowhere

• movements

-slow apparition of the name of the tribe

-the two swords come from left and right

• note: this image is completely unfinished

• middle

• text: "... and now they are looking for more resources. ..."

• movements

-the hand is closing on the small wares

• end

• text "... Now, there is no other way, but to conquer more land and expand further for more wares..."

• movements

1 sec of this image (water moving and maybe some wind)

another transition image

1 sec of this image (water moving and maybe some wind)

• text: "These lands are wide..."

• screen Peaceful land

• text "But can any land be wide enough for the ever growing hunger for expansion? "

• music with a lot of drive starts

• screen shadows of people fighting

• stop

• screen black

• text "you decide"

• movement apparition of the widelands's logo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87o2obwIgZ0

Yes I know some houses are totally strange Yes I know the text supid ==> It's a test! Ok now am I open to ANY suggestions thanks by advance.

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This shall be interesting. Keep it coming

As the very last sentence, I could imagine something like

These lands are wide... <Peacefull land image>But can any land be wide enough for the ever growing hunger for expansion? <music with a lot of drive starts, some action, all ends with a black screen and gentle music>You decide...<fade to black>insert logotest movie here with a matching sound effect.

Nice work so far!

!SirVer

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Looks good! A couple of minor nitpicks:

No comma before 'but' in the sentence starting with 'Now'. It's not there to start a real clause (-> no choice but to do x is a special phrase, and here 'but' doesn't even translate to the same word as alone); compare to "I did x, but y did z" where I think English allows either option.

Also, for increased emphasis I'd make the "you decide" an independent sentence with a single full stop: You decide. (end music / clear transition to the logo)

For the resources it's also possible to show something like deserted fields or chopped-down forests. The small handful of gems makes me think of pirrrates and money, and less so taming/conquering new land and harvesting it. On the other hand the hand does make the point on a general level anyway, and it's different from the landscape images that dominate otherwise. I'm just personally under the impression animating anything remotely human is a pain in the backside compared to landscapes.

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Just some more notes :

• at atlanteans shield a trident would fit better than a spear
• you wrote "text" I hope you actually thought of a "voice" - simply showing text would make the video worse...

Perhaps we could even implement the video as replacement of our current splashscreen

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Nasenbaer>

• yes, by text I entend voice, and in that point would you prefere a voice of a girl or of a boy?

• For the trident I m ok, will change that

alexia_death>

• So not any logos tribe? Ok, if you think it's better

Will do those changes when I come back (5 days)

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