Thursday 24 January 2008

remake trailers: options



The options for these 'remake' trailers are quite interesting as well. Above are screenshots from each, it should be quite obvious determining which is which. I'll run through my opinions on each:
1. Space Invaders
The whole alien invasion theme is certainly perfect for updating, but will it end up as anything other than another generic alien blasting shoot-em-up? Nevertheless a possible choice, could create models on 3ds max. Or rather remake it in 2d with slicker graphics on flash. However you may notice on the space Invaders screenshot above, there is already a remake on GBA. But a change in graphical style could nonetheless make for an original 2d remake.
2. X-Wing
Certainly a good choice for the trailer aspect of this assignment, juxtaposing film footage with game footage for dramatic effect perhaps? However, the link to film here is a fatal flaw. A huge number of Star Wars games released since could be considered remakes, all with a similar cockpit angle as an option at least, and with steadily improving graphics. And importantly, all with similar set pieces due to there being a set amount of action sequences in the films. Remakes have been done before, so this doesn't really leave much room for imagination to me.
3. Shadow of the colossus
Epic game, epic soundtrack on confrontations; this is perfect trailer material. Hasn't been remade either, which is no surprise seeing as it was released quite recently. But what can be done with it, in terms of remaking? And it seems to me like it pretty much sets up its own guidelines on how to make a trailer for it, due to the nature of the game. (This reminds me though, I need to make a game log of this one haha)
4. Resident Evil
This is nearly exactly like the X-Wing idea: it's already been remade a number of times, but is perfect trailer material. However this one interests me more, and has more scope for an interesting, possibly comical trailer, as well as the obvious movie style horror trailer that comes to mind. A good thing to research for this one would be the resident evil movie trailers actually, as the focus seems to be on movie-style game trailers.
5. Pac Man
The final option, and incidentally the one I like best. Sure, Pac Man isn't something that translates to big budget remakes well, and it hardly calls to mind epic trailers. This makes it more interesting to me as a challenge though, and brings up scope for a comical trailer. An epic trailer could be hilarious for Pac Man, actually. Forgetting about the lame looking 3d Pac Man, I'd also enjoy making a redesign based more on the simple original graphic. I intend to create a few redesign sketches on flash for this.

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