Re: Epic jointly-produced JMOV?

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:06:42 +0900, "Phydeaux" <dwe...@kornet.com> wrote:

>Anyone interested?
>
>Here's my thoughts:
>-One [basically] full-length ASCII motion picture produced using JMOV
>-One coordinator/compiler, and anyone can pick a scene to ASCII-fy and email the finished
> scene to the compiler
>-sig's (and possibly self-portraits?) of contributors scrolled at the end
>
>What I had in mind was something reminiscant of Simon Jansen's Star Wars ASCIIMATION
>(http://www.asciimation.co.nz note-this site worked for me yesterday, but not tonight,
>keep trying).  This is for a few reasons:
>1. Some of the art is already drawn (like some of the characters), making scene production
>   a bit easier.
>2. There is already an established size (67x13) and framespeed (15fps) that seems to work
>   well for the movie.
>3. Mr. Jansen hasn't mentioned getting sued by LucasArts.
>4. Star Wars scripts are easy to come by.
>5. There are plenty of sequels. ;)
>
>Another thought I had was one of those old silent movies, we could even try the midi NG's
>to see if they'll make us a midi of the piano score!  But, I'm not that current on old
>silent movies.  (That and I'm not certain how to get a midi file to play simultaneously
>with a jmov... hint, hint, nudge, nudge, say-no-more ;)

>
>The scenes could even be posted in plaintext for the whole NG to review!  We'd have to
>set a standard ID frame to start each scene until the final compilation, though.  But that
>wouldn't be too complicated.  This is where having one designated compiler comes in.  In
>order to avoid redundancy, a central coordinator would have to keep track of who is doing
>which scene.  They would also keep backups and compile the scenes as they are completed
>into a final product.
>
>Again, anyone interested?

Yes so like a lot of fun.

Maybe it could start out with the header from FAG an have the lights rotating and ASCII
flashing

lgbeard


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