Starcraft Documentary Teaser - "My Life For Aiur" - Page 6

On June 02 2011 05:24 Arnfasta wrote:
Alright, a few things.

A. Love that we've got people working on projects like this, this looks very promising.

B. A few questions and observations from someone else (slowly) working on an SC radio project.

What's the focus? I was confused. Is it the players or is it SC as an e-sport? I would recommend that you really hone that vision so you can bring some depth to the documentary; unless your goal is to provide a broad overview in which case, that's a whole 'nother approach. But the way you phrased the OP and the teaser seemed to suggest moving toward depth rather than breadth. My confusion spawned from my (mis)understanding that this was about SC as an e-sports with player interviews to support that. In which case, I didn't get that feel. The teaser felt like a mix between the two styles and so I was left unsatisfied on both accounts. Obviously this is a trailer, but a trailer should leave me hungering for more, whereas this just left me confused.

Who's your audience? If it's us, then you're looking good. If it's a general audience, then I'm slightly worried. Idra BM and player rivarly is great, learning that the players played for 10+ years and/or went to Korea to pursue their dreams is fantastic...if you're us. We care. My concern would be that a general audience isn't immediately invested like we are; who's Idra? who's Incontrol? The general populace doesn't know and doesn't care. Before you can make them care, it seems like another angle to bringing them in would help (ex. the money involved; the way their entire lives are structured around SC; something really provocative [something other than BM because, from an outsider perspective, that seems childish and hurts the idea that SC is a legitimate E-sport]. The teaser starts us out with idra and incontrol and Tyler but as a general audience member I don't know who they are, they're talking heads to me. So at the beginning I'm already unengaged. And it's certainly ONLY a trailer, but trailers establish the tone of the actual film and so if your focus is on the players first, I would suggest crafting it very carefully (if you're aiming for people who know nothing about SC).

Audience also tells you what sort of emphasis you need to put on different aspects of your documentary. If it's a general audience, you better explain how someone can practice 8-12+ hours a day, day in and day out. The average person would probably hear that and think: wtf, how can someone waste that much time on a video game?? So if your audience is general, conveying what it means to be a pro, I think would be key.

As you acquire more interviews, I'll be interested to see if you pick a variety of programers to showcase teh diversity or a few individuals with really powerful stories. Generally, that modernist approach of individual narration usually works well in captivating an audience but obviously both are viable.

Definitely looking forward to this, I think it has a lot of potential. If somehow, I can be of any assist, I would love to help. Otherwise, I wish you the best of luck.

>.< Hope some of that was helpful and not just me being a critical dick -_-

^^