On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 13:58 +0100, Xavier Antoviaque wrote: > I've also discussed with Julien and Pierrot - I'll give some details > about that in another email.
The discussions with Julien and Pierrot were really interesting, as they both work with this. I've met Julien on Tuesday, and he was very curious about the game, and gave a few ideas and advices: - Just following someone is probably not enough, it's important to have a high stake, like finding where the person plants a bomb for example - Good to start with something very small - do the real final shooting only if the test proves successful - Any camera will do - just need to think about how to place the camera (a telescopic microphone "perche" would be good to put the camera anywhere) - Public buildings are good, but they require an authorization - something you don't want to have to bother about for a test. Suggested a subway station as a good place. An authorization is still needed though, but said it was easy to do without as long as you don't attract too much attention. - Pointed out to a promotional game - couldn't get it working on my computer, but it shows an agent performing delivery missions in his car, with Game-book like choices. http://www.citroen.fr/citroen-c4-positive-power#/citroen-c4-positive-power/ And the discussion with Pierrot - who was also very interested, and had a very pragmatic approach to try to tackle the minimum requirements for a quick test. Needs: - small camera, stepladder and small "pied" - need empty space to only see the actor, to be able to build random paths if we want to have replayability (would be good to test this from the start imho, as it has lots of constraints) - two places seem good: pere lachaise (but would require an authorization to do it by the book) and Montmartre (need to shoot at night to have empty streets) - need 6 sequences per "camera feed": 1) empty 2) actor moving in one direction 3) actor moving in the other direction 4) actor moving in one direction and planting a box somewhere 5) actor moving in the other direction and planting a box somewhere (don't shoot intersections of paths, to avoid multiplying the sequences to shoot) - this gives about 30 minutes for each camera feed (5 minutes * 5 sequences + 5 minutes to move = 30 minutes). So 15 camera feeds would take about 15*0.5 = 8 hours - need one person for 2 days (one for preparation, one for shooting) + 1 actor (Deborah? : ) ) Pierrot said he could take care of all the logistic and preparation as well as the shooting itself (which would be good imho, as he does this kind of things all year long, we're much less likely to be stuck in the middle of the shooting): preparing the positions for the feeds on a map, planning the shooting, preparing and bringing the material (which he would provide), directing & shooting, etc. What do you think? We go for it? NB: If we go for it, he would be either available next week or in 3 weeks - I'm quite tempted to say next week, this way we could get a first prototype quickly. He takes 150 euros/day (need to see how much taxes it would add and how to contract him though, as he's an "intermittent du spectacle" - something to see with Magalie). NB2: I've checked dates with him in case we go for next week - between his agenda and mine it gives prep on Tuesday and shooting on Wednesday night (10pm/5-6am), with also a possibility on Thursday night in case something happens (like rain : ) ) on Wednesday night. => if we do it, who would want to come? : ) Xavier. _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/
