A Big Battle For A Big Trailer

[gabriel101x1 463]

Hello LoTC players!
A few of you may know that I have been working on a trailer for the server for a while if you've seen my youtube videos. Well it is now 95% done, but it is missing one scene. That scene is a large scale battle!
So I've been talking to nation leaders and have decided to organize a large battle between the dwarves and their allies and the humans and their allies which I will orchestrate and film, however anyone can come and participate as this won't be an actual RP battle and is simply for filming purposes and we'll need as many people as possible (hopefully 150+ at least). So come one and come all! *stops for breath after long sentence*
 
Time: 4:30pm EST, 9:30pm GMT, 1:30pm PST; Sunday the 2nd of February.
 
Where: Multiverse set, broadcasts will be made at the start time and all those involved will be teleported there.

 

What to bring: Nothing! Armour and weapons will be supplied and your inventories will be wiped after the event.

 

If you have any questions post them here.

[gabriel101x1 463]

First.

Mu ha ha ha!

[hjgklmn0ajuvxc 688]

will free iron armour be supplied! because its not RP?

[Sky 0]

I like the idea, though I hope the trailer isn't nothing but the war.

 

We aren't a PvP server.

 

^^

[Samler 1566]

A good question about the supplies tho I am more interested in the arrows part which seems to be the hardest to find for me. And Sky, Gabe-y-kins said it was 95% done, so if he is not lieing, it's only 5% which is the war.

[Hiebe 2493]

I really hope this isn't just put on for ooc. Meh oh well

[gabriel101x1 463]

Hmm. Supplies will be able to be given given, and everyone will have their inventories wiped after the event.
Also Sky, it is a small scene at the end of the trailer :P
 

I really hope this isn't just put on for ooc. Meh oh well

Since there are certain scenes and shots I need to get, I need to to orchestrate the battle (ie these players go here and fire arrows now). So if it was a proper RP battle it would just be weird.

[Drazker 307]

This sounds like a lot of fun. Can there be a cavalry charge?

[gabriel101x1 463]

 

This sounds like a lot of fun. Can there be a cavalry charge?

 

Mhmm. The last shot I will be filming will be the the two sides charging at each other and fighting, will be pretty epic :)

[Friendly Guy 223]

I cant wait for the final product :)

[Z3r05t4r 855]

Any certain factions? What about field camps? Surroundings? Landscape?

[gabriel101x1 463]

Any certain factions? What about field camps? Surroundings? Landscape?

 

Wat..?

[Z3r05t4r 855]

Big scale battle is nice and fine, but I believe people actually want to know who is fighting who. As for that, two armies just don't march up somewhere and beat the lives out of them, they encamp before and prepare for battle accordingly. This would give you additional nice scenes, to have the men preparing for the big event. Furthermore, I doubt they will just fight in an open flat area, I would suggest maybe a valley with a rive in the middle, light hills or cliffs where archers are positioned, et cetera.

 

Get me there? A battle should look good, but it only does if the surroundings look good.

 

EDIT: As someone who has been an active player in LotC politics (primarily Human) and as someone who plays a lot of games which include warfare this is a must.

 

EDIT2: I believe I dropped a line in reading the OP. The faction thing is cleared up, but settings and scene is still as important as ever.

[gabriel101x1 463]

Big scale battle is nice and fine, but I believe people actually want to know who is fighting who. As for that, two armies just don't march up somewhere and beat the lives out of them, they encamp before and prepare for battle accordingly. This would give you additional nice scenes, to have the men preparing for the big event. Furthermore, I doubt they will just fight in an open flat area, I would suggest maybe a valley with a rive in the middle, light hills or cliffs where archers are positioned, et cetera.

 

Get me there? A battle should look good, but it only does if the surroundings look good.

 

EDIT: As someone who has been an active player in LotC politics (primarily Human) and as someone who plays a lot of games which include warfare this is a must.

 

EDIT2: I believe I dropped a line in reading the OP. The faction thing is cleared up, but settings and scene is still as important as ever.

 

You obviously don't know what the trailer is :P

Without going into detail explaining how the scene will work for the trailer: who the factions are is irrelevant and as for the setting I've got something set up.

[Z3r05t4r 855]

No I don't know the trailer itself, but I quote:

 

 

Where: TBA, will probably be in the flatworld, in which case all those involved will be teleported there.

 

More details on that. If the rest of the trailer looks good, the battle scenes should look good too. And in my opinion a proper landscape is part of such. Unless you film so closely that the players are actually hitting the cameraman.