Intro Movie

Slan_Thor · February 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">NS-intro movie Script</div> Script : natural selection startup movie – (Grainy, Rustic, Dark look to all shots)

As the camera pans around a large brown, gassy planet, a space shuttle flies across the view. Inside, the shuttle is a wreck, sparks flying and gas from life support system spewing into it. Onboard the TSA – Reconnaissance, various types of crew are walking the long halls. Suddenly, the entire vessel shakes as the space shuttle collides into it. Red lights and sirens go off as a four man repair crew make their way down to the cargo area. When entering the cargo area they are greeted with smashed debris, a giant dent-streak left from the shuttle, and a small, two-man transport shuttle.

Avion (shaken up – raising light machine gun)
Just like the drills, Bradley, Malcolm check out the hull, see if she’s repairable.

Malcolm and Bradley make their way around the side of the ship with a welder and a couple instruments to survey the damage. While around the side they notice a few holes and shattered glass of the windshield.

Bradley (crouching down to get a better look at the damage)
Lieutenant, I think we might have some minor hull damage on the side panels… (Looking at the cracked windshield) Uhh Lieutenant (Looks up at Avion) I really think that this ship has suffered too much damage… by the looks of it, it doesn’t even look like it could sustain life.

Avion (still pointing the LMG at the ship)
Lets take a look then gentlemen.

Malcolm then stands up and walks to the back of the shuttle preparing to open the back-doors. While opening the backdoors, a growl is heard.

Malcolm (blank stare; while holding the door)
Lieutenant…

Scene Two: Small Command Room (Video Feed)

Immediately, Roberts wakes up and while straping on his armor, walks over to the command console located near his bunk. He sits down and starts to type on his computer. Suddenly, a shotgun shot is heard over the commander radio. Immediately, Roberts types the certain keystrokes to load up the visual feed coming from Malcolm’s head camera, which is lying on the ground, plagued with static and a morbid arm slide onto the side of the view. Looking through this video, Roberts sees Malcolm firing his shotgun while fast-pacing backwards, and in a heartbeat, Roberts sounds the alarm. All the lights on the starship go red as the marines strap on their gear, grab their weapons and run out through the doors. A navigator is standing by in the main junction directing the marines as they run.

Navigator (waving his arms and pointing directions)
Deck Level C is hostile, I say again Deck Level C is hostile! (Listening to his headset) Sub-Level 7A is experiencing circuitry problems, all engineers report to Sub-Level 7A (suddenly looks over to his right as a skulk jumps at his stomach, flinging him into the side hallway)

After seeing this, several marines begin to open fire in the side hallway as even more marines begin to run down the main access corridor leading to the bridge. As they run, one marine stops and turns around.

One Marine (angry; holding the gun up against his shoulder; screaming)
THIS IS WAR!!!

Flash of white then fade to black (Loud Noise – like law and order transition)

… Natural Selection … 

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I will soon be adding in storyboards (roughly drawn of course) to outline my idea about the camera angles and such, until then you can add stuff in (tell me first <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> ) I really want some comments and stuff on it too, i'm trying to make a script that i will actaully make using 3d software and all that jazz.

Oh yeah, just one other thing, this event outlined isnt the start of anything like the first attack of the khaara on that mining ring.

ENJOY

DrVirus · February 2004

(Im still in an after shock, wait a few minutes............
Okay im back.)

Great, good, incredible, unbelivable, etc.
I will have to see it. ( short brake, one more shock)
How can it be that I dont think up such things. ( heart attack, hospital, heart transplant, im back)
Cant wait for the story boards.

Fire_Eel · February 2004

actually, my NS-The Behemoth was originally meant to be a script for a movie as well.

Slan_Thor · February 2004

I was meaning to read your NS-Behemoth story Fire Eel, I think im gonna get right to it now <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

The Storyboards - 5% done (just inked a couple of frames)

Status_Quo · February 2004

Maybe it's just me, but I find the end rather, well, lame. I mean "this is war"? It's not something I expect people to scream at aliens in the middle of a battle. You could always go for the "come get some, you [explicitly deleted]", but that sounds rather cliché, not to mention that I get the feeling that this movie is about 1 minute, real-time (for the guys in it, that is). If so, they'd probably be more confused and scared than angry. They've not been fighting long enough to be angry yet. As they seem to be running towards something (or perhaps from something), having the guy turn and curse or say "oh God" (or similar) would be more appropriate for the situation. Sort of enhancing the scary mood.

Then again, maybe it's just me and maybe I missed something. I'm not sure how you envision this, so it's a bit hard to say what's appropriate and what's not.

Slan_Thor · February 2004

I envision this ... well... like this <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

- The movie will precede the splash screen of the natural selection game (find server; steam; etc.) Thie will be like anyother game you buy in a store, when you first run it you'll have a little intro movie (example: Age of Empires has the chess game at the beginning [ CGI of course ] and other would be RTCW with the intro movie for heinrich and the wizard) THis movie will be meant to be only like... 1 minute long.

Story Line - Scene List
1. Planet Scene with the space shuttle in the back
2. Black Flash on the screen - Shows the Unknown Worlds Logo
3. Shot of the inside of the spacecraft
4. maybe another logo of somekind, production company, maybe even a date showing when this might happen
5. Shot with the inside of the Reconnaissance
6. Shaking camera to show that the craft collided with Reconnaissance
7. Maintenance crew goes to inspect the shuttle
8. Point of intense suspense when engineer opens the back compartment
9. Scene changes to Roberts' command room
10. Roberts wakes up startled and heads over to the command console
11. Opens up the video feed and starts to watch the battle that ensues over it with Malcolm and Avion. (Avion's name will not be shown except on her ID tag)
12. Roberts runs out the room and smashes the alarm
13. Scene changes to soldiers suiting up for battle
14. Scene changes to marines running down a main access corridor (with navigator)
15. Navigator gets plowed by an alien (some kind)
16. Marines stops and yells the line (it could be changed if necessary)
17. Flashes to black and shows the Natural Selection Logo which fades after time.
18. Possible ingame footage and ending with the ending of the first natural selection teaser (when the skulk runs up to bite the man on the face - found in the steam-NS-something folder.avi)

END STORY LINE

Numerous changes will be made. During the fight it would be neat if avion would get bit by an alien and then have Malcolm drag her away (shown over the video feed)

SDJason · February 2004

I see the end being soemthing like this

The marine turns a corner... and the camera zooms into his face extremely quickly as a look of terror envelopes his face

he screams "****" or "AAAH"

And the music swells coupled with an alien shreak

The screen IMMEDIATELY BLACKS OUT

THen from the blackness "Natural Selection" along with thunder/lightning sounds emerges (fades in) from the black

then the words "The battle for superiority has begun" emerge under it.... and the movie fades out to white.. very slowly.... (during this time the thounder and lightning sound slowly fade to slience)

Though that isnt to say the script you have isnt WAAY good.... im just addin my 2 cents... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Also Fire Eel... your NS story is BY FAR the best one i have ever read... and going on 35 chapters now is insanely cool.... but its waay too long to be an intro movie

I could see your story being a single player campaign tho... that would rock n kick ****..... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

~Jason

dr_d · February 2004

If your talking strictly an intro to a game then stick 18. right after 15. Have a few shots of in game footage, cool stuff like a jetpakcer hurtling nades at a room full of aliens, people round corners and getting taken out, commander view, etc. all done in flashes about 1 second long to a hit of bass, then have it fade out and the CGI (or whatever it will be) come back, and then have the marine scream the final line.

Slan_Thor · February 2004

I really like that idea for the end speech SD JAson.

Ive been trying to figure out a way to incorporate the ingame footage into the intro. Dr. D, your idea is really ingenious, im gonna write it into the script right now.

SDJason · February 2004

some of the Effects in Boondock Marines are pretty sweet.. it looks to be mostly ingame... might want to find out how they did some of that stuff...

~Jason

Slan_Thor · February 2004

if i know the video youre talking about, i think they used a film grain effect on it. But it was, in my opinion, definately done in either studio max or maya or someother different 3d graphics maker. I really like how they used the video camera look though, with the blue and the TV distortion and stuff. I was thinking of using that for my video feed scene.

So Far - Default Hi-Res marine head is made (still looks... different, but it's getting there)

Neo_Sniper · February 2004

I think an intermix of footage and in game shots would be cool. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' />

Slan_Thor · February 2004

yea

as of right now, the storyboards are going... slow <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> my time to work on them are limited so i might just hurry up and draw them all in a weekend, then cart them off to the artwork forum or something for people to look at.
maybe someone will actaully make the video, who knows.

Charge · February 2004

i hate that font, cant read <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

laber · February 2004

veery nice script, i like it!

do u think theres a chance to get the files of the marines/skulks/.. for character studio? (if they were animated in there)? If its so, it would be extremly helpful for this video!

iz3r · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Slan Thor @ Feb 10 2004, 03:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I envision this ... well... like this <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

- The movie will precede the splash screen of the natural selection game (find server; steam; etc.) Thie will be like anyother game you buy in a store, when you first run it you'll have a little intro movie (example: Age of Empires has the chess game at the beginning [ CGI of course ] and other would be RTCW with the intro movie for heinrich and the wizard) THis movie will be meant to be only like... 1 minute long.

Story Line - Scene List
1. Planet Scene with the space shuttle in the back
2. Black Flash on the screen - Shows the Unknown Worlds Logo
3. Shot of the inside of the spacecraft
4. maybe another logo of somekind, production company, maybe even a date showing when this might happen
5. Shot with the inside of the Reconnaissance
6. Shaking camera to show that the craft collided with Reconnaissance
7. Maintenance crew goes to inspect the shuttle
8. Point of intense suspense when engineer opens the back compartment
9. Scene changes to Roberts' command room
10. Roberts wakes up startled and heads over to the command console
11. Opens up the video feed and starts to watch the battle that ensues over it with Malcolm and Avion. (Avion's name will not be shown except on her ID tag)
12. Roberts runs out the room and smashes the alarm
13. Scene changes to soldiers suiting up for battle
14. Scene changes to marines running down a main access corridor (with navigator)
15. Navigator gets plowed by an alien (some kind)
16. Marines stops and yells the line (it could be changed if necessary)
17. Flashes to black and shows the Natural Selection Logo which fades after time.
18. Possible ingame footage and ending with the ending of the first natural selection teaser (when the skulk runs up to bite the man on the face - found in the steam-NS-something folder.avi)

END STORY LINE

Numerous changes will be made. During the fight it would be neat if avion would get bit by an alien and then have Malcolm drag her away (shown over the video feed)  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Ive actd and directed films for cs befor, if you need any actors please contact me, i hate a few dedicated friends who can act as well

2iDCaptainGeN · February 2004

Sounds really good man keep up the nice work and maybe you will get yourself a movie!

Slan_Thor · February 2004

using the models from the NS game would be helpful yeah, but you would have to reskin them and add a lot of other little modifiers to get the hi-res feel. But the models would be nice (gotta ask permission before using them though, CopyRight thing and all). For the marines, i was thinking about making them have less armor, and more green, grey and white camo clothing with boots and maybe a black bullet vest on the front. Since they're the crew on a ship, they dont need extremely heavy armor. They need to be more fluid-like to look real badass (which is what im going for for the marine backup).

CHARGE (in response to your compaint <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />) : Thats the font used for Screenplays - Courier New - 12pt. font STANDARD.

iz3r (in response to you) : That'd be excellent! im going to get the rest of the storyboard drafted up and ill be sure to send you a copy direct.

Slan_Thor · March 2004

Im working very hard on all these storyboards, but just to show you how they're going to be drawn out and what they will look like near completion, im adding one in here.
Just FYI, they arent supposed to be excellent pieces of artwork lol

aonomus · March 2004

A somewhat related topic about the NS Movie project I revived and am heading up.
Linkage: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64098' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...showtopic=64098</a>

See, I'm not a good writer, but I'm a much better organizer and guy with the vision of what will come out of all the hard work. This would be a good idea for a trailer/teaser for the movie

Intro Movie

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