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Full-blown musical ending

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:05 am
by olzen
I had a chat with Kain and I came up with the idea to have a full-blown musical number (not neccessarily that long) in the end. The deal is to have Roger and Bea singing a really clichéed love song. In the end of it, Roger trips and accidently rips down the background which is nothing but a curtain. Behind it is the symphony orchestra who played the song. It'd be a somewhat hard job to make that scene, but I think it's possible. But I just wanted to ask you if you think the same. It is also possible to cut down the scene a bit and use a guy with a guitar or a piano, though. But what do you guys think?

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:12 am
by pcj
I think it'd be interesting to have that. We'd have to use video, though.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:16 am
by olzen
Not sure about that. It could probably be done in-game.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:23 am
by pcj
I suppose we could use a sprite, but with only 20 frames in each loop, it might get tricky. We'll see, I guess.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 10:10 am
by Eegah
Another sort of variation on that is that she asks him what happened during the adventure and he says "Well..." and then takes off his uniform to reveal a golden jacket and cane. Dissolve to a new long background which has a crude drawing of each locale he went to during the game and he sings a song about his adventure, working his way down the line, though messing up a couple times, then tripping on a rock, and then bringing down the background.

Of course, your idea is great as well, I just wanted to throw another one out there.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:04 am
by pcj
We could have a parody of Frank Sinatra singing "I Did it My Way" in the background if we did it Eegah's way.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:30 am
by olzen
That's a great idea. Although I haven't seen how Sinatra performed that song, I think I know what you mean. It'd certainly look really good and funny.

And Kain also mentioned having a song in the intro that Bea and Roger just sing spontaneously. So it should be half of the song. The first half would be about love, in a deliberately cheesy and clichéed way. The last half that Roger performs during the end is about defeating the enemy and being together with Bea again.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 1:51 pm
by pcj
Is this scene going to be in the intro or at the end?

I'll see if I can upload a copy of Sinatra, if you don't get to see it.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:22 pm
by olzen
The musical routine is going to be at the end.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 9:28 am
by pcj
OK. So what's in the intro?

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 9:43 am
by olzen
Kain wanted Roger and Bea to break out in song in the Pie-ery for no apparant reason. Just in bad musicals. The ending does the same thing. It reveals where the obligatory musician(s) are hidden.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:30 am
by pcj
OK, I see.

So are they in the Pie-ery at the end, too?

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:46 am
by olzen
No. I'm not sure about the ending. According to my ending cutscene script, they're at a hospital on Xenon where Bea gives birth to Roger Jr. But after all this collaboration with SQ7, I'm not sure.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:24 am
by pcj
Hmm...ok.

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:21 pm
by pcj
olzen wrote:The first half would be about love, in a deliberately cheesy and clichéed way
Sort of like "La Donna e Mobile" from Rigoletto?