The gig you probably don't want — but might just love (NO AI)
Project Overview
Project is complete now
Result: https://youtu.be/HuhgQ8HXlY8
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Short pitch
If you like moody horror and want a low-stakes creative collab, this might be for you.
The idea is to create a video about how even when you work alone, you can still find people who want to work with you, even if there's no budget, just because they found your idea appealing. Then, in a second part, we present the narrated story itself. The video is both evidence of its message and a creative showcase.
Material
I wrote a short psychological horror story here (1000 words, 5 min read):
https://artieficr.vercel.app/short-stories/51a422c0
Key words would be: forest, folklore, ghosts, prayer, exhaustion, liminal, and dread.
Current team
1) it's me, Artie, a solo game dev that created a fresh YouTube account. Currently it has two video essays about gaming, but I'd also like to share videos like this one: showing how creative process works.
2) I found a wonderful person (quite by chance) who can record a narration of the short story.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an animator and/or an artist who are willing to create an animation that will be played during the narration. I see it as a short, looped, animated thematic drawing, but it's completely up to you how much you want to invest into it — full creative freedom there. If you only draw, we can make a simple keyframe slide show. If you only animate, still reach out — we might find an artist who'd want their drawing to come to life.
We could also use a helping hand from a willing sound designer, so our short story narration could turn into an immersive audiobook.
Nuances
While I would like to, I can't offer payment or a YouTube account with a big audience to provide reach for you. But I can promise to spotlight your work to the best of my ability. The video scenario will be worked out together with you, and I'll tag, mention, and share a post about this collaborative work on my other platforms (but they are tiny). This might be a small start of something big in the future. Maybe we could make a game together one day? I'd like to have a team, I just can afford it yet.
Your benefits
I want you to benefit from the project as much as possible, even considering how small our current audience is. Suggest your terms, and let's see how we can make it fun and good for all of us. At the end of the day we will at least have a sharable piece of content, that we can bring to our own social pages.
No pressure either way — reach out even if you're simply curious.
AI stance
We are against using AI in the creative field. Keep creativity human.
Consider joining if you stand on the same side of the issue
Please skip this project If you have a different view
Voice Actor
Adventurous and friendly characters. We might experiment with voices: try a natural tone or make it cartoonish.
A short dialogue under 250 words for both roles.
This dialogue is not part of the main horror story.
The video will feature a prologue set in the PEAK game's universe to introduce the collaboration topic. That is where this dialogue will take place.
The full text is here. Character A role is open.
Character B recording is here. You can use it for a conversational flow.
If it won't work with your delivery — let me know, I'm okay with rerecording lines to match styles.
A: Did you know that Sahara fertilizes Amazon forests?
B: It can't be real. Did you see the map? There is a whole ocean between them.
A: That's what makes it so fascinating, mate! Sand particles travel across the ocean and bring phosphorus to Amazon forests. And these forests in fact lack it due to being washed out by rains.
Animator
Let's create an atmospheric animation based on the short story provided in the project description.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Artist
Let's create a spooky short keyframe animation, or create a static art that we can turn into a looped moving splash art.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Audio Engineer
if you'd like to breathe life into background sounds of the forest instead of my amature use of freesound.org — you're more than welcome!
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
Voice Actor
*Say something you think would fit*
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