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● INTRODUCTION
Hello there! I've been a content creator on YouTube since 2007 and have been working on machinimas for about eight years now. I studied cinema back in college and have amounted a fair share of projects over the years. This isn't the first time I'm using this website, and I actually managed to finish a full-length machinima named Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fan Film back in 2016.
● WHO IS THE SLENDER MAN?
The Slender Man is a supernatural creature with nebulously defined characteristics and abilities. Slender Man was first discussed in an online forum known as “Something Awful” in 2009 and has been commonly depicted as a tall humanoid being in a black suit, with a red tie and a white shirt. His face is totally white, completely devoid of any facial features.
Slender Man blew up in popularity in the early-2010s, mostly due to web-series and video-games. Stories of the Slender Man commonly feature him stalking, abducting or traumatizing people, particularly children.
Even though the Slender Man is considered a modern urban legend forged in internet culture, there are countless traditional stories, folklore and legends throughout the world that portray a similar character; namely in its attributes and frightening appearance.
● WHAT IS A MACHINIMA?
Machinima takes its name from the combination of the words machine and cinema. These kinds of films use virtual environments and actors to tell stories. Machinima can be as simple as an in-game recorded video of a player racing through a level or as complex as a feature film with plot twists and extensive character development.
These players leave nearly all of the most difficult parts of computer animation to game developers and work in virtual worlds that artists and programmers have designed and created. Most machinima rely exclusively on the respective video game's library of animations. Some machinima artists will tweak existing animations or even create new ones using separate software.
● THE PROJECT
The Interrogation: A Slender Man Story is a short-film set in Tennessee, where a man known as Thomas Nealy finds himself being interrogated by the police officer Easton Knight due to his daughter's mysterious disappearance. The events of this project are inspired by a disturbing interview that was featured on NBC and BBC’s RADIO 4 back in 2009-2010.
The work is purely fictional, and will be made through the use of a Life Simulator video-game known as The Sims 2. Thanks to a heavily modified version of the game, I possess the tools and means to tell this story. As a matter of fact, this is my second attempt at this project. This previous attempt was made back in 2013 and has almost 14,000 views. I'm confident enough that I will be able to improve on the original idea much more.
With this proposition, I am hoping to find users who are willing to volunteer and participate in this idea. The voice actors will be given the script to study and then deliver their results through an internet-based computer file transfer service (such as sendspace.com, wetransfer.com, dropbox.com, gofile.io and so on).
● CHARACTERS & VOICE ACTING
The project will feature four characters (2 protagonists, 1 secondary character and 1 antagonist). Only three will be given dialogue. The characters are kept one-dimensional with what they’re given, but their reactions to the events taking place are rather essential to tell a story.
The characters in question are:
People interested in lending their voices to these characters must meet certain requirements in order to be accepted. Such requirements are:
● FINAL DETAILS
Any support to the project is most welcome. It is, by any means, a non-profitable piece of work. If anyone would like to lend their voices, provide feedback or even offer themselves to proofread or brainstorm... I'd be more than happy to let them hop onboard! Anyone can also download the project's dossier by using the following link.
Thank you for your time!
DETAILS:
REFERENCE:
The original lines and therefore the source of inspiration behind these characters can be heard in the following link: https://youtu.be/ysgQ9spsphk?t=210
Sample 1: "Okay, umm.. we live in a wooded area, and I knew she liked playing there with friends, but, going alone didn’t make sense."
Sample 2: "I was calling Jessica’s name, and it had really getting dark out now. I was walking through the woods, looking and listening to anything. She had to be there somewhere."
Sample 3: "I remember suddenly feeling sick. Like, nauseous in the stomach, like I wanted to throw up. And I started getting ringing in my ears. Then I… saw something."
Sample 4: "It was that thing! That... that nightmare!"
Sample 5: "The… the arms are almost to the ground, I… I’ve… err… I’ve never seen anything like it."
Sample 6: "Its... face. No, there was no face! There were no eyes! WHAT DID I SEE?!"
DETAILS:
REFERENCE:
The original lines and therefore the source of inspiration behind these characters can be heard in the following link: https://youtu.be/ysgQ9spsphk?t=210
Sample 1: "This better be good. Care to explain what's this all about?"
Sample 2: "That's why you called me here? Perfect..."
Sample 3: "Don't worry, Thomas. You're safe. "
Sample 4: "Now, could you start from the beginning, so we may try to understand the events that happened?"
Sample 5: "Is this where you left the house looking for her?"
Sample 6: "Calm down, it’s okay. Can you… can you please describe what he looked like?"
DETAILS:
Sample 1: "Hey, Easton? I'm sorry to ruin your night, but we need you here back in the station."
Sample 2: "Thomas Nealy, 37 years old and unemployed. Lost his wife to a car crash four years ago. He says his eleven-year-old went missing three days ago."
Sample 3: "The guy is inside and everything’s prepped. Just holler if you need anything."
