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Comics to ConsolesAntony Johnston
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Games & Comics: Commonalities
• Interactive
• Outcast Media
• Abstraction of both Iconography & Activity
• Audience controls the pace of experience
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A Brief Word On Concept(...Or, why you should ignore movies.)
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The Worldbuilding Catch-22
• Must support more than one story
• This story can only happen in this world
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Form & Structure(...Or, why you should still ignore movies.)
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Die Hard
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Die Hard: Hero’s active sequences(2-hour movie)1) Recon terrorists
2) See Tagaki execution, evade capture
3) Fight his way off the machine floor
4) Send HO HO HO message, more recon
5) Rooftop/pump room fight
6) Fight terrorists in boardroom
7) Deliver chairbomb
8) Encounter Hans
9) Fight terrorists on computer floor
10) Fight Karl
11) Dodge FBI sniper fire, jump off roof
12) Shoot Hans, save Holly
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Seven Ancient Wonders
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Seven Ancient Wonders: Hero’s active sequences(550-page book)1) Infiltrate mine, take
pendant
2) Return through Great Cavern, escape swamp
3) Infiltrate volcano, rescue Lily
4) Find + enter Tunisian chasm
5) Escape lava room in U-boat
6) Rescue Mustapha from Guantanamo Bay
7) Infiltrate Louvre, steal piece
8) Scale obelisk, escape Paris
9) Infiltrate Gardens, avoid traps
10) Find piece, escape
11) Final fight on Great Pyramid
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The Losers
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The Losers: Heroes’ active sequences(Six-issue collection)1) Stealth takedown missile
range guards
2) Steal helicopter
3) Steal drugs truck with helicopter
4) Infiltrate Goliath HQ, hack computer
5) Infiltrate tanker
6) Fight SWAT at terminal
7) Escape on speedboat
8) Scuba through drainage shaft
9) Infiltrate airport
10) Take out aeroplane
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The Losers: Heroes’ active sequences(Single issue)1) Stealth takedown missile
range guards
2) Steal helicopter
3) Steal drugs truck with helicopter
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Brevity is the soul of wit(...Or, Press ✕ to Skip.)
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Economy
• Of dialogue
• Of exposition
• Of scene duration
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“Look for the least amount of words that convey the
most amount of information with the most amount of
style and character.”— Warren Ellis
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Alan Wake
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Alan WakePage 1
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Alan WakePage 2
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Alan WakePage 3
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Alan WakePage 4
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Alan WakePage 5
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Alan WakeAll pages
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Alan Wake(Revised)All pages
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Alan Wake(Revised)Page 1
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Alan Wake(Revised)Page 2
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Alan Wake(Revised)Page 3
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Alan Wake(Revised)Page 4
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Space reduction: 20%
Alan Wake(Revised)All pages
Text reduction:25%
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Mass Effect
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Mass EffectPage 1
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Mass EffectPage 2
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Mass EffectPage 3
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Mass EffectPage 4
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Mass EffectPage 5
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Mass EffectAll pages
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Mass Effect(Revised)All pages
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Mass Effect(Revised)Page 1
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Mass Effect(Revised)Page 2
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Mass Effect(Revised)Page 3
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Mass Effect(Revised)Page 4
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Mass Effect(Revised)All pages
Space reduction: 20%
Text reduction:25%
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Script format(Scrivener)
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Script format(Final Draft)
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“You can write this shit, George, but you sure
can’t say it.”— Harrison Ford
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Transmedia(...Or, why you should have a go.)
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Comics transmedia
• Unique and challenging form
• Hones important skills: structure, economy, visual awareness
• Kudos from audience’s recognition of easter eggs
• HAPPY FUNTIME
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Iteration(...Or, why you should still ignore movies.)
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True script iteration
• Writer present at VO
• More willingness to make big iterative changes
• Original writer to make those changes
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Thank You
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Q & A