CC/Vid/Machinima

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Characters
Elder Elder Comp Hero Hero Companion Fifth (Wo)Man

Recurring
 * abilities
 * "guest stars"? (well known/celebrity environmentalists)would play small roles but might be fun/funny to incorporate them somehow

--Coordinator 19:45, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) Not necessarily enviros, can be others (labour, peace, cholmsky?)

Single Appearance

Locations

Possibilities
- love interest conflicted - possible love interest with Elder and Elder companion (companion has long-running love for Elder and she is aware but he's never acted on it)

--Coordinator 19:58, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) don't think that works for me. For one thing I see E as 60ish, proper, but in a very straightforward way ie is never vulgar, but doesn't blink when someone else says M$*%F$%&%&. Middle class, but generous with it. Plain speaking and wise. Has long and close marriage with supportive male partner.

- Whereas (to me) EC is 40ish, smart alecky, street smart working class (just high school, but in 17 yrs as night security at the main library he read everything from Adler to Zimbardo, and that includes Cholmsky, Wittgenstein and Foucault). Very respectful and fond of E, but affection, no more.

* Hardware Requirement

 * CPU 800MHZ
 * Memory 384 MByte
 * Harddisk 3.5 GB
 * Monitor 17" or higher (high quality)
 * Graphic card with vidcap, and Texture&Lighting chips
 * Sound card
 * CD-RW/DVD
 * Speaker, mouse, printer
 * Microphone
 * Firewire card
 * Digital video camera


 * Software Requirement
 * WIN 98/2000/XP
 * SIM 2
 * Video and audio editing software

Things to consider/Needs
--Coordinator 19:48, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) all available on-line --Coordinator 19:48, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) build to need, fairly straightforward actually. THe prebuilts wouldn't work for shooting anyway - we need cut away versions to work the camera angles --Coordinator 19:48, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) oh yeah, there's the BIG issue, because the voices can't change every few months --Coordinator 19:48, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) got the intro sequence if you like it
 * better clothes (looser fitting, less preppy/clean, more vintage looks)
 * a building other than a house (less pristine, older furniture, posters etc.)
 * voices - who is going to voice the characters? we need at least 5 people or less if people can manage to do more than one voice
 * music (intro, background, suspense/tension)

"Treatment"

 * humour is in the human behaviours (foibles) while the issues are treated seriously

Episode 1
 Introduce characters


 * HC picks up H to drive to meeting.
 * establish that H is such a dork he did not even mean to be on council. There was a coalition founding meeting and H somehow got himself on the council accidentally. (He was sent by the PIRG just to report on the meeting)
 * walking to car/ from car HC briefs H on other 3
 * HC tells H a little bit on what the council is and what the coalition may do
 * walk up to building door ....

Sequence - Apt Hallway?? Student dorm? old house? student coop housing? - walk to vehicle - pull into parking lot - old house? church? industrial/warehouse office?

Episode Two
Introduce E, EC and 5th 

Theme - diversity (ie Council is all-white ... or so it seems)

General Ideas for Episodes

 * Because money/staying afloat is always an issue for non-profits/environmental groups, might be interesting to have an episode dealing with a controversy over how to raise money or some kind of "advertising" campaign(people who disagree with an approach taken e.g. there was a recent case in Spain? where women's groups protested to an environmental groups approach on an advertising campaign that featured a woman making a suggestive comment about her man not needing to eat turtle eggs or something...)

--Coordinator 20:30, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) For sure we'll do fundraising ... over and over and over and over ;-) but different key aspects of it each time;

--Coordinator 20:30, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) definitely
 * There could be 3 or so episodes revolving around an upcoming/occuring/over protest or event that would address the use of violence in protests

--Coordinator 20:30, 9 Feb 2006 (EST) I think we can have 2 or 3 themes running in parallel with each episode focusing on one, but this way they needn't resolve cleanly

Including: and of course lots of stuff on poverty, forests, climate change, HIV, etc
 * power
 * managing people
 * accountability
 * solidarity
 * isms (over and over)
 * apathy
 * movements
 * social change (how)
 * group dynamics