Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Once more, with feeling.

Let's see...since the last update we were in the recording sessions for the last of our VO. That was Thursday and Friday of last week. I had what could only be described as a moment of geeky happiness. It is not all that big of a deal, but for me it felt like I had achieved something cool or made another step, albeit a small one, as a director. I realized this momentary feeling of accomplishment when I was directing one of the actors – breaking down the story behind their character and explaining what I wanted out of the gameplay moments. Now I am a fan of the guys work; I have seen several things he has done and have always been impressed. Not saying he is pacino or deniro impressive...but he's good people. Anyway It really isn’t that big of a deal, but for me it was a great moment of accomplishment. Here I was giving direction to an actor that I totally respect about a game that I am directing. It was pretty damn cool. I am sure to most other directors it is really no big deal, but to me it was a cool moment…a moment of really doing something. There have been a lot of cool moments….a lot of firsts for me….but I had not had one in a while so that one really helped pick me up and get me 'back into the game' so to speak. The performance turned out great too, I thnk it will really add a lot to the gameplay his character is involved in. At first I brought him in because I recognized him and was a fan of his work but I was a bit worried that I might be making a similar mistake that I made early on…going with a 'name' without knowing whether or not they would work out or be difficult to work with. Trust me when I say...that sucks ass. Not only is it diffcult when doing the work...but you look like the biggest asshole int he world for pushing to get this person. Just all around bad times at ridgmont high. But thankfully…and that is a BIIIIG thankfully…like massive weight off my shoulders thankfully…it all worked out. He rocked. So keep an eye out for future updates when I can actually tell you his name, and the names of some of the other peeps we got to do the voices.

I also got to relax a bit and watch a few things this weekend that really got me thinking about the concept of the creative visionary – the rare person who is able to see the complete picture before they ever start working on something. Watching some of behind the scenes stuff about Joss Whedon really cemented the idea to me that he is a creative visionary. I mean this guy has created some really great work.. I was watching season 6 of Buffy…for the first time, I never watched the show on TV…when I got to the “Once more, with Feeling” episode and was blown away. He wrote the script for the show, the music and the lyrics…and performed on the demo CD. CRAZY! It really made me feel lazy. I know I have a ways to go before I will have that kind of creative clarity. There are some things with the game that I see the whole picture…that I know exactly what I want and I am able to convey that to everyone. But then there are still other things that I do not have the perfectly clear picture, and I kind of have to feel my way around in the dark a little before I see the whole thing. I know I can get better at that…and I know I can get to that point where I see it all clearly in the very early stages of production. That will be a good day.

Thanks for all the feedback guys…we are moving forward on the action figures. Not sure as to when they will be released or anything, but we have a collection of some great ideas we are working with now so stay tuned for more updates on that. Maybe I can get some pics posted of the early molds or something…that would be cool…kind of a work in progress sort of thing.

Gonna go into an iChat with Jaffe in a few minutes to talk about various aspects of the game so I am just killing a little time before that. I have a pretty full day today since I was out yesterday at another of our V.O. sessions. I got back in the office at 7:30pm last night and was running around trying to meet with as many people as I could, but still there is much that did not get done due to my absence yesterday.

I am also going to a Gamestop managers show at the end of September to show off the game…so that should be fun. I actually like demo-ing the game and getting to see the excitement on peoples faces when I rip off someone arm or stab minotaur in the head. I guess that says something kind of scary about me…and I the rest of society….but whatever. But it’s just a game, no matter what that no talent ass clown Jack Thompson says.

“Nobody shoots another person in the face unless they are a hitman or a video gamer.”

What an idiot. At any rate it will be nice to be able to show off the latest after having worked so crazy hard. The only downside is we are going alpha shortly after that so missing those two days will most likely have me working like mad to catch up. Well…not much of a positive outlook for my sleep in the near future.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Then all is well with the world...

~Excellent

Here's a few fun facts Cory:

-There are people who still don't think Kratos will have the Blades of Athena (STILL!..I can't get through to all of them)
-Everyone asks about the Gravedigger's identity still
-The Boat Captain has gained support by fans who want him to be a "running joke" for the series (Seriously..no joke)

Anonymous said...

Awesome update. Thanks for all the hard work.

Anonymous said...

Hey man, I want to ask something about this "Biggest God of War Fan" contest.Can I participate since I live in Europe ?I have freakin' ideas of short fan movies ;)

Zodiak said...

“Nobody shoots another person in the face unless they are a hitman or a video gamer.”

You frogot postal worker Cory. :p those guys can be tricky...

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry but I have to post this or I'd feel like I had done a disservice to God of War and its fans not to mention myself.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38852830/ *statue*
OR
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38853070/ *toy*
~Please give these a glance Cory

Anonymous said...

godmodegod, those look awesome. The statue looks better in my opinion. I don't know how I would feel about owning a God of War "toy" but a statue/figurine is a different story. I could set them up on my shelf where I keep my games or on my TV.

Anonymous said...

They aren't mine...I'm just trying to get Cory to consider them for the good of the fans (like me).

Credit goes to Rocco and Vinne Studios who I understand have had dealings (albeit indirectly) with Jaffe before but the company they did the spec for (that Jaffe liked becuase it was detailed) didn't get their contacts to him or something...

That company doesn't do any detailed figures from what I hear anyway.

~This will take you to their site..I don't know if you are familiar with the work but I hope you'll consider it

http://www.roccoandvinnieart.com/main.html

Cory Barlog said...

Hey Godmode,

I got an email a while back from Rocco and Vinnie. I was so busy that it got lost in the shuffle and I sadly never responded to them. I think I will fire them off an email today and say hello. The stuff looks really good. Thanks for the reminder/heads up on that one. I got to get better and keeping up with my emails :)

cory

Cory Barlog said...

Hey Vlobrown,

Post a link to your sculpts or let me know how I can take a look at them I would love to check your stuff out.

cory

Anonymous said...

Thanks Cory

~I'll leave you to your work... until your next blog spartan!!

Anonymous said...

Rocco and Vinne Studios have that muscluar thing down...very nice statues..

Anonymous said...

Hey Guys, We're the ones that made the statues/toy prototypes. (Thanks godmodegod for linking us up man!) We're really happy to hear that these images got to you. We're very available on any and all things God of War and these pieces are pretty much finished and even more detail can be put it in if need be as well. Please drop us an email at any time man, cause we'd love to make more characters as well for you guys. Here's our site again.
www.roccoandvinnieart.com

email: Rocnvin@aol.com

~Rocco and Vinnie Tartamella

Anonymous said...

Hey Cory, I know you get this a lot but what advice would you give an aspiring game director/designer? I'm currently getting a bachelor's in Game Art (Modeling, Animation, Level Design in Unreal). What would be a good way for me to accomplish that?

Thanks!

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