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Reduce 3 - Scene 1 (Planning/Draft)

Posted by Mejson - September 6th, 2021


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Welcome everyone!


We're starting a new planning project! - Reduce 3, which will be the new seson of Reduce saga.


Like last time, I want to discuss everything with you! As always, I hope we can create something amazing! :) We would love to hear new ideas!


What do you think about it, @Cyberdevil@Animetion24@ChordC@MariogD@SayMeBott?


PS. How do you like the new logo - Reduce 3? Hope you like it. :)


Regards,

Mejson


Beginning:

This animation begins a few days following the events of an Ant Zombie ambush that separated our heroes. Mejson, MariogD, Candy, Candy's ant, and Delson successfully pushed forth and reached a door. Several days later, the team was incidentally joined up by two new faces - Bill and Diablo, and a new small camp was set up in this new region...


Scene 1 - Survivors

Inscription (on black background):

Episode 1
Day 28
(~2 weeks after the ambush)
6:43 AM


Action:

1. Mejson is walking between the grass and there is only grass around (mist effects like in R2's previous nightmare, and the colors of the earth and grass are nasty - the earth is black and the grass is gray (or something like that)).

2. Hero looks around as he goes (he walks hunched over and still has a knife on his shoulder - follows more and more stains of red blood). He looks more and more stressed with each passing moment (sweat appears on his forehead). 

3. After a few moments, he hears a rustling of grass, quickly pulls out the knife - camera zoom in, he step on something, he look (along with the camera) down, and there is Steve's body, then zoom out, and there are bodies of all the dead heroes everywhere.

4. He falls to his knees and clutches his head in terror and begins to gasp and sweat more. Then he is distracted from this state by another rustle of grass (behind his back).

5. Camera zoom in and zoom out, all bodys disappeared, Mejson looks around surprised and next camera zoom in and Steve Zombie appears in front of him suddenly and Mejson rolls over and starts to back away on his elbows as Steve Zombie roars.

6. At this point, Mejson wakes up (he jumps up violently, panting, for he was lying on a primitive bed, he has a dark circles under his eye). MariogD, who is nearby, walks up to Mejson (he holds a bow in his hand, because he was watching over the sleepers).

7. And next asks him anxiously: "Same nightmare again?". Mejson looks at him sadly and nods. MariogD teasingly says (probably to defuse the atmosphere): "I would recommend you a great therapist, but for some reason, there aren't any around" and smiles maliciously.

8. Mejson looks at him "from under the bull" without a word. MariogD smiles friendly, and Mejson also smiles after a while. The camera slowly shows the surroundings. It's early morning. Bill sits leaning against a stone by the fire on which meat is roasted (standard).

9. He looks bored at the fire, then suddenly livens up, his gaze wandering towards his pocket. He takes out a cigar (made of dry leaves and liana), puts it in his mouth, then reaches for a stick which he ignites from the fire.

10. Then he lights the cigar. He throw a stick into the fire (the fire crackles with flames), then takes a heavy drag on the cigar and emits a cloud of smoke, which he watches smiling as if to himself.

11. The camera moves to a sleeping Candy (previously it was blurry / not sharp), who is sleeping a bit deep down on a primitive bed. Next to it, there is an ant with a modernized armor. Now it's made of wood.

12. The camera moves to the left. There is a research and workshop table (for producing various items) and various resource depots. On the left side is the porch wall. Delsin and Diablo are standing in front of the table (with their backs to the viewer) slightly bent over some plans.

13. Delsin looks at his friend and says: "I'm glad that Mazurek found the time to give us his latest plans" and after a while adds: "I hope they're alive and well". Next he looks down for a moment with closed eyes, and then Diablo grabs his shoulder. This prompts Delsin to look back at him, where Diablo then nods.


Light effect:

Yellow (early morning).


Dialogues:

MariogD: "Same nightmare again?"
MariogD: "I would recommend you a great therapist, but for some reason, there aren't any around"
Delsin: "I'm glad that Mazurek found the time to give us his latest plans"
Delsin: "I hope they're alive and well"


What do you think about this scene? Do you have any ideas?


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Comments

Hey brother, we had private meeting so we discussed it internally

Yes, you know. In general, there will be enough scenes and motifs for: Part I, Part II and Part III. A lot of scenes will be presented.

For me, I don’t have anything to complain about this scene, all seems alright to me.

And yeah, the logo seems cool to me, nothing to change there.

Ok, cool :)

Thanks :P Yes, I'm sure is very nice!

@Animetion24, any insights, ideas?
@Cyberdevil, already / still away?

@Mejson i agree with @ChordC in first part.
- Nightmare / Dream - my idea - maybe you try add a scary laugh or panting in the background or some indistinct dialogues (like in album intro: Pih - Wstep surowo wzbroniony)
- For me logo looks fine (just?) - shape and color are excellent but texture can be improved |:

Hi, thanks for comment!

1. We no longer use such sounds (as in the original Reduce 2) because our specialist found adding such sounds to be childish and inappropriate, so they were not added anymore in 'Pass of Time'. Thanks for the idea!

2. Too many elements is also not good, it gets smaller in Main Menu and with an excessive texture it would be not very clear, but thanks for your observation. Thanks!

It's nice to see your comment after such a long time :)

Regards,
Mejson

Hey Mejson and co! Finally found a lull after quite some time.

I know the lot of you have been curious if I've had any crazy suggestions today, and I suppose I've got a few. See below!

Beginning (I'm presuming this is text that the viewer will see when they press play - correct me if that's incorrect?):
This animation begins a few days following the events of an Ant Zombie ambush that separated our heroes. Mejson, MariogD, Candy, Candy's ant, and Delson successfully pushed forth and reached a door. Several days later, the team was incidentally joined up by two new faces - Bill and Diablo, and a new small camp was set up in this new region of the grassy forest...

1+2 - Maybe I'd just suggest a dynamic zoom out from Mejson's working eye to full body shot, where it first squints as he looks ahead, and a the R2 mist forms up around it, which makes him frantic and the eye swivels all over. It then zooms out into him cautiously walking through more of the grass and following the blood trail.

3 - After Mejson arms himself and keeps walking ahead, I think we could make do with a zoom in on Mejson again, this time up to his shoulders and head. And the one time he glances sideways or behind him, his foot bumps into something. The screen zooms out again and looks down, where he finds the source of the blood prints - one of his team (could be anyone, could be all of us even). He drops to his knees, trying to tend to them, but they're long gone. That is when he hears rustling grass again from behind.

4 - Since Steve the Zombie was dealt with earlier before, might I suggest he comes out of the ground, bursting out of the dirt right in front of Mejson, which shocks him into falling over and follow with the roar?

5+6 - At one point before MariogD jokes about therapy, I reckon one establishing shot of the whole team that swings back to Mejson and MariogD would do well, to show that the nightmare was terrifying, but groundless (for now). That naturally means that the camera pan of 7. can be removed.

7-9 - See 5+6. Perhaps Bill could do a smoke trick of some sort for 9, like making rings out of the haze?

10+11 - Good to go.

12 - Maybe after Delsin's final line, he looks down for a moment with closed eyes, and then Diablo grabs his shoulder. This prompts Delsin to look back at him, where Diablo then nods.

Dialogue:
MariogD: "I would recommend you a good therapist, but somehow I haven't seen any in the area." -> "I would recommend you a great therapist, but for some reason, there aren't any around."

Delsin: "I'm glad that Mazurek has found time to give us his new plans." -> "I'm glad that Mazurek found the time to give us his latest plans."

Delsin: "I hope they are fine." -> "I hope they're alive and well."

I hope some of it's exactly what y'all been looking for. ;D

Speaking of dialogue Mejson, when do you think you'll need our voice clips? I'm meaning to get a new microphone for this (and possibly another project), but delivery time and getting used to the new tech might eat away at that.

Yes, I'm glad you found the time :P New scene plans will come out often, so I hope you can do it XD

Crazy? Not necessarily XD I like the interesting ones :)

Beginning: No... this is information for you :P It is possible that there will be information in the Main Menu (as in 'Pass of Time'), but we will discuss this when creating this menu.

1 + 2: First no fog, then it appears and the colors change? An interesting idea, but unfortunately it will kill the processor in a large number of computers (too much load), and besides, this nightmare will not last too long. 'The Eye Turns Everywhere' he is not crazy yet and is unlikely to be crazy like a madman. Rather, he will try to hide it and appear to be normal.

3: Cool concept - zoom in, he step on something, he look (along with the camera) down, and there is Steve's body, then zoom out, and there are bodies of all the dead heroes everywhere. He falls to his knees and clutches his head in terror and begins to gasp and sweat more. Then he is distracted from this state by another rustle of grass.

4: Interesting but difficult to do, I don't know if I could achieve the desired effect :/ Yes, Steve Zombie appears in front of him suddenly and Mejson rolls over and starts to back away on his elbows as Steve Zombie roars.

Plus: I think I'll ask @ChordC (when this scene will be in progress) to create a macabre song that creates an atmosphere.

5 + 6: Again... unfortunately too much CPU load to do such a zoom-in and zoom-in, the animation crashes (the process is killed).

7 + 9: A trick? It's a bit of an exaggeration :P Bill has a rather sloppy attitude and doesn't care.

10 + 11 - OK.

12: Ok, yes, very nice.

Dialogue: Great thanks!

New microphone: I don't know exactly, but right after planning all scenes for Reduce 3.

Thanks again for everyone's help with this planning :) Another one tonight or tomorrow!

These are really getting more and more atmospheric! The nightmare at the beginning especially, what a way to start things off... I don't have any further suggestions, seem Animetion24 already came with a bundle. :) It sounds great.

And yes, was away most of last month too, finally back again!

Yeah, @Animetion24 spreads his potential! :P

Welcome back!

I like the new logo too. Feel like the colors with logo/background blend together a little, might look good with a higher contrasts, but not that there's any problem actually seeing it. Earthy colors as is.

Thanks! The background is just any, because I had no idea for a real background yet.

Ah good to know!