If you've been in the Metafiction Lounge or its related Facebook groups, you may remember a while ago when I was making a big fuss about a big 'crossover' idea that I had, that would see as many Meta people as possible taking part in this space adventure.
You may have noticed I haven't said much about that recently. Have I given up on the concept after so much hype? Well, not exactly.
You see, at the time, I had figured out green screen and had gotten a bit of work done with stop motion in the past, so naturally I wanted to jump right into the project, getting a good few people to sign up.
After some attempts at script writing, it eventually dawned on me that maybe, I was jumping into a little too much. I have great difficulty doing even basic green screen shots let alone elaborate ones, and my prop making, while I would say it is going well, isn't spectacular, and probably not enough to bring together all the models I would need.
On top of that, the Metaverse keeps shifting and changing about. We're in early days, so we don't have all the pieces of the puzzle put together. Like Marvel and DC, we need to establish our continuity through collaboration and individual ideas and stories. I have plenty of ideas for things, but as much as I'd like to pull strings, I know it'll be a lot more fulfilling to see others build this world. The Metaverse should settle into itself somewhat before we start our first Crisis Crossover.
And finally, the thing is planned to be feature length. I hated bringing that up, since I knew that detail would scare a lot of people off, since even the best of us aren't really doing professional level work. BUT, the plan was and always has been to get a bit of content from a large number of people so that we do not have one person having to film a crapton of footage while everyone else gets away with an extended cameo.
But have I abandoned the project?
NO.
I just want things to settle first. Let more videos be made, more things established and more people join in. We get more time to get more exposure, get better at what we do and get more people to join in and the film will be all the better for it.
It will seem less like an hour and a half of horrible special effects and extremely differing camera quality and more like a proper film. Who knows what kind of improvements we can accomplish by the end of this?
If you're interested in becoming Meta or already are and are hearing about this project for the first time, and happen to be interested in this project let me now on Facebook.
For now, that's all. Here is hoping we can make this a reality in the near future.
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