Live-Action Final Fantasy Scenes!(NEED PEOPLE!)

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

This is an idea I've been tossing around in my head for a while now. Mostly for the fact that I really, really, really want to reenact I Want to Be You're Canary, the ending of FFIX, and Kuja going coo-coo on Terra <3. So I was thinking that if we got people together and found places/got people to edit the hell out of the footage and stuff... then why not reenact our favorite FF scenes with real people? Some of the ones I'd love to do beside the aforementioned is the 'wedding' in FFIX, Aerith's Death scene, meeting Yuffie, and others like that. So what does everyone think? They don;t have to be complete cut-out exact copies of the games, because how the hell are we gonna find a castle?! xD Mostly focusing on mood and characters and editing, of course. ^^;;

I'll post up character lists as people apply for them, as well as crew and forms and what not. ^^
Also, there's plenty of time for this, so there is no rush! I'll be doing a few of them myself... because I love FF and I'm selfish. ^^

Character Application
Name:
Forum Name:
E-mail:
Character(s): (apply for as many as you want!)
Pictures: (Need to have the costumes or an ability to make/buy them, please... I don't wanna make 'em all! xD Though I'll help)
Experience: (Not required; I just wanna know if you've done any acting before)
Will you double as crew? (Not required, but it would be nice if there was help with finding places, setting things up, etc.)

Crew Application
Name:
Forum Name:
E-mail
Position:
Experience: (Not required, but it would ben ice if you could givel inks to things like AMVs or something you've helped with in the past)
Programs used: (For editors; what programs do you use?)
Equipment: (Do you have any equipment like a camera or something?)

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Final Fantasy X
Wedding Yuna - Mitsukai Mizu Amaya
Summoner Yuna
Tidus
Rikku
Auron
Wakka
Lulu
Khimarhi
Seymour
Jecht
et cetera

Final Fantasy IX
Garnet til Alexandros - Mitsukai Mizu Amaya
Zidane Tribal
Adelbert Steiner
Vivi Orunitia
Freya Cresent
Quina Quen
Eiko Carol
Amarant Coral
Kuja
Brahne
Garland
et cetera

Final Fantasy VIII
Squall Leonhart
Rinoa Heartilly
Irvine Kinneas
Quistis Trepe
Selphie Tilmitt
Zell Dincht
Seifer Almasy
Edea Kramer
Cid Kramer
Ultimecia
et cetera

Final Fantasy VII
Cloud Strife
Aerith Gainsborough
Lucretia Cresent
Yuffie Kisaragi
Barret Wallace
Tifa Lockhart
Vincent Valentine
Sephiroth
Red XIII
Cid Highwind
Hojo
Rufus Shinra
et cetera

Final Fantasy VII: AC
Erm... same as above, mostly

Final Fantasy VII: CC
Same as above... but more Zack. xD

Final Fantasy VII: DoC
Getting redundant, hmm? ^^

Final Fantasy VI
Locke
Terra
Kefka
Gau
Setzer
Edgar
et cetera

Final Fantasy: Dissidia
Zidane Tribal
Terra Branford
Warrior of Light
Kuja
Sephiroth
Cosmos
Chaos
Kefka
Cloud Strife
Onion Knight
Golbez
Firion
Cecil
the Emperor
Bartz
Cloud of Darkness
Squall Leonhart
Jecht
Ultimecia
Tidus
et cetera

Applied(Characters)
Heather(ChibiOrochimaru) - Zidane, Zell, Tidus, Dissidia Zidane(y)
Sari(medicninja) - Squall(y)
Nichole(Nikkiolie) - Kuja, Cloud(m)
PockyReno - Reno, Rufus(y)
Clint(bilzarradragon) - Squall, Tidus, Kefka(y)
Mike(artamisalbrya) - Reno(m?)
Mandy(Black~Rose) - Tifa, Lucrecia(y)
Dana(danayoki) - AC Yuffie(y)
Jennifer(PaperRoxas) - Yuna(y)
Chelsea(chelseahavoc) - Selphie, Lani, Yuna, Lenne, Garnet(y)

Applied(Crew, editors, and helpers)
Soramunesanzun(editing)
seshetaxhikaru(photographer)
Hazuza(film, photographer)

Scene Suggestions[/u]

FFVIII
Rinoa Possession(1)
The Ragnarok(1)

FFIX
I Want to Be your Canary(Beginning of game)(1)
I Want to Be Your Canary(Ending of game)(1)
Ooh, soft!(1)

[Chibiorochimaru]

I'm so up for it -dies happy-

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

I was thinking about doing this after con, of course, with plenty of time to get ready and talk about it. Decide scenes and what not. I can do scripting because I'm also doing the Final Fantasy Project, dubbing FFI-IX so I've already got full or near full scripts of FF's VII, VIII, and IX including battle lines. So I can do scripting and help with props and costuming and whatnot. ^^

[Chibiorochimaru]

yeah thats a good idea.
Honestly I think if there's enough time and communication this could turn out pretty epic.

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

One can only hope~ I've been churning this idea around in meh head for a while now. ^^

[Chibiorochimaru]

xD God too bad everyone doesn't live close. I could just see a horde of FF chars randomly walking down the street on random days and ppl going O_o?

[EveofAbyss]

I love the idea. I think it'd be really fun. Granted, I couldn't be in many scenes, but it would still be fun to participate and help out.

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Yupyup; thanks! And isn't there a bunch of 'o.O' people wherever there is cosplayers anyway? xD

[Chibiorochimaru]

true true, but it never gets old.xD

[EveofAbyss]

For those who cosplay for shock value, I'm sure it's a laugh.

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Though by now the people in Portland are probably used to it. xD

I think it would be really fun to do the scene when Cloud jumps into the train at the beginning of the game. Not when he jumps ONTO it; when he flips inside and stuff. It would be fun to do a live action of him and Barret and their little 'polluted air' and 'city on a plate' stuff.

Zidane and Garnet during the night in the Black Mage Village too~

Oh! And the death of Zack, definately~ FFVII version, not Crisis Core. oO Doubt we could get that many people together xD

Maybe some of the scene on the Ragnarok between Squall and Rinoa... minus the floating unless someone is REALLY good with editing. ^^;;

@Eve: Oh once I do Epi.3 post rebuild KOS-MOS, full functional with weapons, there'll be a lot of shock value. >: D Jenova too~

[EveofAbyss]

That train scene sounds really fun, could be nice and poignant too.

[Soramunesanzun]

Goodness, I suck at acting, but i will TOTALLY be willing to edit clips into neat scenes (I use Final Cut Pro)
I can't really get anywhere after the con, as school starts two days after DX, but I could edit from home if you send me the clips and a link to the original cutscene so i know what you're trying for.

[nikkiolie]

I'd be your Kuja :3

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

I know you will, Nikki ^^. Give me a minute and I'll put up a sign up form for cast a crew. And Sora, editing would be so helpful, especially with Final Cut Pro... because I've got VirtualDub, Avisynth, WMM... and... that's it. xD Adobe works too slow, so I don't use it.

[Soramunesanzun]

Awesome. I do understand your editing plight: WMM can only go so far. I will also be adding Sony Vegas to my list of programs i can use for editing soon X3 Hopefully we can meet up at the con.

Because I'm not sure whether or not I will be on here after the con, here's some other ways to get ahold of me:
You can e-mail me at Sam@gearloose.org
I can be found on deviantart as Soramunesanzun, and on youtube as RikkuTheCheerful.

[Chibiorochimaru]

wooo I'm all ova this xD

Character Application
Name:Heather
Forum Name:ChibiOrochimaru
E-mail:Nema_chan@hotmail.com
Character(s): Zidane, Tidus, Zell, Zidane(Dissidia)
Pictures:
Zidane -http://chibi-orochimaru.deviantart.com/art/Hello-down-there-133293300
Tidus -http://chibi-orochimaru.deviantart.com/art/Just-up-this-way-125178860
Zell -http://chibi-orochimaru.deviantart.com/art/Mad-Props-121340875
Experience:4 years of Drama, Mucho Experience sewing
Will you double as crew? sure

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Thanks! I'll be listing the people applying on the first post and when I decide to(Purely on a whim of mine or whenever I come up with a deadline) I'll start filling in the parts. By the way, so I know who is the most needed, I'll also wanna ask one very important question;

WHAT SCENES DO YOU GUYS WANNA SEE?! 8D

[Medicninja]

Character Application
Name:Sari
Forum Name:Medicninja
E-mail:hidden_theif@hotmail.com
Character(s): Squall
Pictures: http://angel-lucifer.deviantart.com/art/whatever-121513282
http://angel-lucifer.deviantart.com/art/Bishi-Squall-121512811
Experience:12 years of Drama,
Will you double as crew? yeah

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Thank you~ ^^

[Soramunesanzun]

The ragnarok scene and the one where rinoa's posessed (both from ffviii, i can deal with the editing problems)
BOTH I Want To Be Your Canarys XD
maybe the first one could have the other stuff surrounding it (Chases, I will kidnap you...)
and the last one to go until the very end XD

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

o.o You'd be able to edit the Rinoa possession aka Squall gets owned by a woman scene?! :O I didn't think we'd be able to do that one; it makes me want to be Rinoa, but I don't have a Rinoa cosplay yet! *will have one soon, though*

EDIT

I updated the first post with a scene suggestions list along with the number of people who want to do that scene. ^^

[Soramunesanzun]

If you guys don't mind setting up a basic greenscreen for the awesome of my program to gook nicer.
Masking= a hella work
Green screen= looks nicer and supar easy XD

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

That'll be easy; especially for some scenes like the FFVII train scene and FFVIII Rinoa Possession. For the outside in some scenes we can use a green screen(why's it called that? It can really be any color ><) on windows and stuff. I'll make sure we do that! The easier and prettier it is to do, the better!

Another thing I'm worried about is finding places. xD For Rinoa possession, we can only do it up the point that Rinoa leaves the station; after that it'll be a bitch to handle >.<

One scene is an absolute must if we can figure out how to do it; Aerith's Death scene. Now THAT would be a feat to pull off. xD

[nikkiolie]

Name: Nichole
Forum Name: Nikkiolie
E-mail: mulholln@onid.orst.edu
Character(s): Kuja, Cloud
Pictures: Kuja Cloud
Experience: none
Will you double as crew? maybe?

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Thanks, Nikki. And when I say double as crew, I mean will you be willing to help people out with costumes, helping us find places to film, and help film, or as sora is, editing. Things like that.

[nikkiolie]

I get what you were looking for, it just depends on when it is. I will be starting school soon.

[Soramunesanzun]

That'll be easy; especially for some scenes like the FFVII train scene and FFVIII Rinoa Possession. For the outside in some scenes we can use a green screen(why's it called that? It can really be any color ><) on windows and stuff. I'll make sure we do that! The easier and prettier it is to do, the better!

Another thing I'm worried about is finding places. xD For Rinoa possession, we can only do it up the point that Rinoa leaves the station; after that it'll be a bitch to handle >.<

One scene is an absolute must if we can figure out how to do it; Aerith's Death scene. Now THAT would be a feat to pull off. xD

A green screen is usually that blue or green color because those are colors that don't show up on people's clothes or hair.
DO NOT USE WHITE. I think, for the characters in that scene, yellow would be a good choice.

What I'm asking you to do is shoot Rinoa in front of a green screen, and then shoot the rest of the scene (SAME CAMERA ANGLES, PLEASE) in your location with maybe a tennis ball on a stick as a stand-in that I can easily hide. you can have the Rinoa there offscreen saying the lines so we can get the timing right- and your green-screen behind the windows idea? Brilliant. It would be a snap to add spacey scenes outside the windows like that.

I'm thinking, for the best sound quality, as we are combining clips, we should add voice-over for the speaking. if you all use the same mike, editing the audio would be a snap.
Do you think rinoa's voice should have effects added to it for extra possesed-ness?

I thik aerith's death should wait until we're really good at it.

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Hmm... for that particular scene, I was thinking having Rinoa saw lines she's said inthe game up to that point but in a, overlapping, echoed, ghostly manner with a bit of Ultimecia overshadowing her.

[Soramunesanzun]

Hmm... for that particular scene, I was thinking having Rinoa saw lines she's said inthe game up to that point but in a, overlapping, echoed, ghostly manner with a bit of Ultimecia overshadowing her.

Yeah.
If we can get a separate VA for ultimecia to add that bit- it would be epicness.
I have all the effects neccesary for that scene.
WE SHOULD FILM A PROMO AT THE CON XD

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Well, for that... WE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE AND A CAMERA! I say recruitment at the Photoshoot!

[seshetaxhikaru]

They don;t have to be complete cut-out exact copies of the games, because how the hell are we gonna find a castle?!

Actually there are quite a few old churches in the portland area that, if filmed the right way, could look like a castle. Just a thought.

But here are a few examples:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/St_James_Lutheran_Church_-_Portland_Oregon.jpg
http://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/images/0/0f/Portland_oregon_mormon_temple.jpg
http://blog.craigmitchelldyer.com/0114.jpg
http://www.oldchurch.org/

Other neat places:
http://www.ghostparti.com/witchs%20castle.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/91150536_db2a6cf668.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2481451070_ffb70fa6c0.jpg?v=0

Theres lots of really neat places around town and in the tri-city area. These are just a few of my favorites. Also theres a neat castle like church right off of woodstock and 72nd that I couldnt find a picture of. Some of the churches around town are great  about people taking pictures. I would check with them obviously to make sure that there wasnt a wedding or a sevice the day and time you wanted to be there. But if you asked, they may let you go inside and take pictures. It would be neat for the wedding scene.  Again this is just a thought.


I dont have a  good video camera, but I would love to tag along on a few of these and take camera shots. I have a Canon 50D and a few editing softwares as well, but again these are only for digital pictures/film and not video. But the idea sounds great!

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Ooooh, thanks! I hadn't thought of that! And I'll make sure to put you down as a photographer and save those locations.

[seshetaxhikaru]

yeppers, no problem. Let me know if you need help with locations around town. I'd be happy to help.

[Chibiorochimaru]

=.=; i just thought of you with a Giant sign during the photo shoot trying to recruit people xD

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

...
*so doing that now*

OH! OHOHOHOH! Chibi, I just had a great idea for a photo! During KCon Lite, the sirt part of Garnet's costume kept getting stepped on, so I took it off and stashed it away and wore a sign that said 'Zidane stole my skirt'... picture potential, perhaps?

[Soramunesanzun]

You're not supposed to have signs DX

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

You can if ti's not advertising things for money or something else, like 'free hugs' is okay but 'will yuri for yoai' isn't.

[PockyReno]

Name: Thena
Forum Name: Pocky Reno
E-mail: thena.phillippi@comast.net
Character(s): Reno, Rufus Shinra (more to come in the future?)
Pictures:
Reno: http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2007949/

Rufus: http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2092226/

Experience: Mostly school-related, was part of a student-run production in high school
Will you double as crew?: I will do anything, from helping with props, makeup, camera, scouting for film sites, whatever you need ^^

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

still need people to tell me scenes they want to see too!

[Rainfeather]

Would you want a Red Mage cosplayer, or more of 'developed' characters?

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Well, we're reinacting scenes from the game and I'm no specialist on the really early final fantasy's... hell, honestly we'll probably be focusing on the more developed characters and scenes/what not mostly from games six onward probably; at least in the beginning until I figure out what the hell I'm doing and if we can get enough people from the other ones together.

... seeing the word 'developed' made me laugh because I thought of the 'Ooh, soft!' scene from FFIX

[Rainfeather]

Aaa, sorry then, I won't be joining. Good luck.

[Soramunesanzun]

"Oh, Soft!" Scene?
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

I SECOND THAT! xD Of course, I'm not voting 'cause I wanna do 'em all, but still! ^^;;

[Chibiorochimaru]

xD If only we got a picture of that -sighs- where could we film it O_o?

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

That's actually an easy one. For before getting on the airship, find a grassy field or park. For the actual ooh-soft! part, find a porch and deck it out like the back of the airship(doesn't have to be identical), and a ladder, and use a green-screen around part of it probably. Then the same for Garnet's reaction and leaving. xD

[Chibiorochimaru]

=.= I take it you've been thinking about this....

[Mitsukai Mizu Amaya]

Actually I just thought of how to do it when it was suggested. xD

[Soramunesanzun]

YEAHS.