Story Choice

I need to make a decision on which story is most realistically possible taking in to consideration my time constraints and how much extra content I need to make in order to finish the film to an acceptable standard.

The dead don't die easy:

• Will not require many new sets, however they will have to be made specifically for this film. I am still learning the hammer world editor and so this could be a challenge, especially to make the maps look good and atmospheric.
• Would not require many new models or reskins, I am already almost finished making the car model and there are already many fitting reskins for actor models which could easily replace the default ones and give my film a better look.
• This film may need some new custom animations for the actors which I would need to make myself, I have already practiced animations and so I think that this could be a fairly easy and quick task.
• The story has great potential but I can see where it could be more suited to the full length film genre, however I think that with a few tweaks it could be a very good short film story. It has a lot of tense moments and would have a very unusual story which I personally have never seen in a short film before, there is also a good twist ending.

The day the world went wrong:

• This will require a lot of sets but many could be taken from existing maps, however this could make the use of faceposer (NPC control software) much harder to use if the map is not made specifically to work with the scene. I may however be able to get the original source files from the creators which would allow me to use a fully built map and then add my own elements.
• This film could require a lot of new models, there are many available already which could fulfil the needs of the film.
• This film would look better with custom animations for certain scenes but it would be possible to use stop motion posing for certain actor movements, in certain situations this could actually benefit the style of the film.
• I think that this story lends itself very well to the short film genre and with a few tweaks could be very good. As long as I don't try to fit in too much it shouldn't feel bloated and if Thomas's revelation is left right until the end it will make for an excellent twist ending.

Overall I believe that The day the world went wrong is the best choice for my media studies coursework this year, however I believe that The dead don't die easy would be good to keep as a possible story for a later project as I believe that it has got a lot of potential once I have a better understanding of the hammer world editor.