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Subject: My halo 3 cutscene
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To challenge myslef and put together what ive learned about 3d modeling, as well as to learn more, im going to be making a cutscene on my idea on how it would open. I will do my best to do every part of the script i end up making for it, but becuase im a 1 man team its going to be tough to pull off that same umph halo has that bungie does so well. Im aiming for next gen qaulity graphics. Here is a rough draft of the script, its only the meat and potatoes right now, and its not completely done, eventually the chief will fight with a big ass covy monster.


Halo Cut-scene
Script



Admiral: Chief, do you mind telling me what the hell your doing on that ship?

Master Chief: Sir, finishing this fight………

The forerunner spacecraft loomed over the earth ominously, but it was the least of earth’s worries, the entire covenant fleet was there with it. Strangely, they didn’t attack. They could have glassed the earth in the blink of an eye, yet they hadn’t. Thousands of drop ships were now headed towards earth, so obviously the covenant had bigger plans for it. A couple thousand dropships passed by the giant forerunner spacecraft, and if they had been paying the least bit attention to it, they would have noticed the two bursts of plasma fire going off.

Chief had been scouring the giant forerunner structure for a long time, and hadn’t gotten anywhere. Without Cortana, he had almost no way to know where he was going. Somehow this ship seemed very familiar to him. It was oddly human…….or at least more so than any covenant structure he had seen. He had run into many small patrols on the ship. They were mostly grunts and jackals though, he hadn’t run into any elites or brutes. He didn’t expect to see any elites though, apparently the brutes had taken over their old position as the honor guard. As time progressed slight changes in the chief’s bio readings could be seen. His pulse was slowly increasing as time slipped by. His impatience slowly becoming frustration, and frustration to anger. Every minute he wasted scouring this godforsaken ship was one more minute earth lost before its impending destruction. The Chief’s heart stopped in his chest for a brief second. He had found what he was looking for.

-Meanwhile, in the chamber of the sacred icon……….

Keyes: Where is this Ark?

Guilty Spark: I am sorry, but that information was lost along with the creators. However there might be a construct still in existence that may help you find it. It is a library that contains any and all knowledge the creators had of the universe as well as a complete history of all known species in existence. All the data I have came from that library.

Arbiter: Oracle, where might we find this library?

Guilty Spark: According to my data, it was left on a planet in sector 5-0420a351. The creators instigated life on the planet, they gave it an atmosphere and other necessities needed for the prosperity of living creatures. The library needed a suitable environment because not only does it contain information, it also contains the genetic coding of every creature that died when the creators eradicated the flood.

Keyes: Show me

Guilty Spark: As you can see, this sector’s planets all revolve around this single star. There are a total of 9 planets, their distance from this central star determines the extremity of their environment. Since the star gives off extreme amounts of heat, the planets closest are extremely hot, and the ones farthest away are freezing. The planet with the library is here, neither too hot or cold, this planet was a most suitable choice for the location of the library. The data I have is far from current, so I do not know if the planet is even still in existence, it was wasn’t too far out of range of the initial eradication of the flood. What you are seeing here is the calculated kill zone of the rings constructed by the creators with the allowed error window of .0000000000000043%. That sector and the other two neighboring sectors make it just in range of the blast.

Keyes: Oh its definitely still there

Arbiter: How do you know?

Keyes: That planet is Earth, our home world

SGT. Johnson: -blam!-, if we know this, then those covenant bastards do too, that must be where they’re headed. *Looks at the arbiter* no offense big guy.

Arbiter: Then earth is where we must go, I will not let the prophets make fools out of our people, and have them believe they are marching to salvation…. When they are truly marching to their deaths…

- The bowels of the covenant holy city

Voice of the arbiter rings out on intercom ….”Then earth is where we must go………….”

Gravemind: [disembodied laugh] Yes, go and stop that bothersome prophet of yours………………. he is the only thing standing between you and my children [disembodied laugh]

Cortana: What makes you so sure you will even make it out of here alive? Ill blow you to bits before you can even make an effort to do so.

Gravemind: [disembodied laugh] Ah she is so funny isn’t she my children [freakish flood shrieks][disembodied laugh]……….. My child, children never disobey their parents....

One of Gravemind’s Tentacles quickly plunges into the hologram projector that Cortana is standing on.

-Cairo Station

Admiral: ….my god…..….. so this is how it ends

shots go off from an assault rifle that are then silenced by the unmistakable sound of plasma fire. Sparks start coming out of the door. Grunts of Brutes can be heard outside the reinforced doors. The admiral starts a broadcast throughout the station

Admiral: Men, I don’t know how many of you are left out there……..

-Back on the Forerunner spacecraft

The Chief pauses for a moment, he’s picking up something on com

Admiral: *static* …”I don’t know how many of you are left out there, but its been a dam honor to serve with you. I have one last request to make of you gentleman……… give these covenant bastards hell, because that’s all they’re gonna give our families, our wives, our children…….lets make one final stand….

The chief hears a loud bang, and then all he hears is static. He turns off the COM.

Master Chief: *whispers* I hear you sir

The Chief take a quick look at the earth, then at what he had spent hours looking for in this damned maze. A huge doorway stood infront of him. It wasn’t guarded, could it be a trap? If it was he would have to set off, there’s no time for recon. Chief brought out the plasma rifle he had taken from a group of grunts earlier and ran up to the gargantuan doors. He activated the doors, and they creeped open……….

-Covenant rebel fleet

Elite Guard: This way arbiter

The Arbiter, Commander Keyes, and Sergeant Johnson were aboard a Covenant Capitol ship that was now part of the Elite’s rebel fleet. They were being taken to the commander of their fleet.

Miranda heard murmurs coming from many of the elites as they passed by. Most pertained to the oracle, or the arbiter. They reached the room where the commander was, and the guard leading them activated the door and waved them in.

Elite In White Armor(EIWA): Ah, Arbiter, so good to see you again.

Arbiter: And you to commander

EIWA: Arbiter, you have saved our people from near destruction, we all owe our lives to you, and are now at your command

Arbiter: I am flattered commander, but it is the humans to whom you your gratitude, if it weren’t for them, we would have been decimated long ago. We owe them the same in return. The Prophet of Truth is headed for the humans home world earth, there is a library there that contains the information that will lead them to the ark, which will allow them to remote activate more of the sacred rings.

The commander turns to Miranda and Sergeant Johnson

EIWA: We owe our lives to you, and for that you will have our undying gratitude and service. We will follow you wherever you will us go.

SGT. Johnson: My god…… I never though I would see the day[laughs and lights up a cigar while Miranda Keyes gives orders to the many elites on the capitol ship]

Keyes: corporal, fire up the slip space drives, and set a course for earth double time.

Corporal Elite: Yes commander

Guilty Spark: O my, this is so exciting, [starts to hum and is glowing brightly] I cant wait to go over all the data in the library. It will take me years to process.[seems like he’s close to tears(happiness)]

SGT. Johnson: I think light bulb sprung a leak

Corporal Elite: Commander slipspace drives are charged and ready

Keyes: Very good Corporal, lets get going

The corporal fires the engines.

SGT. Johnson: ‘Aint nothin’ like home sweet home

-Forerunner Ship

The chief had definitely found what he was looking for, but not who he was looking for. He had found the central hub of the ship, the place where the Prophet of Truth SHOULD be. The room was empty, there was a gigantic monitor on the other end of the room. What Master chief saw was one of the most breathtaking views of earth he had ever seen. He quickly left his stupor as he saw another couple hundred covenant dropships fly toward earth. The doors slammed shut, and the chief found himself not standing on the solid ground anymore. The entire floor in the room was gone and in its place was an energy shield. The chief fell a couple hundred feet, it was a rough fall, but his armor could take it. He stood up and for the first time in a long time, he was left cold in his tracks. His radar was picking up a hostile only 20 feet behind him that was large enough to be 2 or 3 covenant dropships.
Chief’s training set in, he went to action. He checked his shield while looking for cover. He quickly found something to hide behind. His shields checked out at 100%. The chief looked up, then looked down at his plasma rifle.

Master Chief: I’m gonna need a bigger gun.





  • 01.14.2007 3:16 PM PDT
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And what the hell does this have to do with the first game?

  • 01.14.2007 3:21 PM PDT
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jesus dont go ballistic, sorry i saw halo xbox related forum and i thought that meant like a general halo or xbox related topic, sorry i didnt mean to post it in the wrong section, since this is obviously the wrong section ill see if i can get a mod to move it to the right section. sorry about that

  • 01.14.2007 3:40 PM PDT
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Oh, it's fine. Don't mind me, I'm just a hard ass. Seriously though, what was the point of this thread again?

  • 01.14.2007 4:24 PM PDT

Die for the Pie
ಠ_ಠ < Do it NOW

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Posted by: zaxmacks
Megan Fox is a whore.

Gigolo.

Its a good one though. *Imagining 1st halo3 cinematic*

  • 01.14.2007 4:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
And what the hell does this have to do with the first game?


Give the poor guy a break. He comes in here and pours his heart out, and all you have to say is:

"WRong fourm n00b!!"

  • 01.14.2007 4:42 PM PDT
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Hey i was looking through the other different forums again, and i cant really tell where my topic belongs. To clear things up, this is a topic i made for a cutscene i will make. Im trying to push my skills as a 3d modeler to their limits and see just what exactly i can accomplish at this point.

it seems to me like this would go best in a creative forum, but none of the forums really stick out as something like that, and i dont want to get people angry by having this moved somewhere inappropriate. so do you guys have any suggestions?

once again, Im really sorry for posting this in the wrong place

  • 01.14.2007 9:11 PM PDT
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Hey i was looking through the other different forums again, and i cant really tell where my topic belongs. To clear things up, this is a topic i made for a cutscene i will make. Im trying to push my skills as a 3d modeler to their limits and see just what exactly i can accomplish at this point.

it seems to me like this would go best in a creative forum, but none of the forums really stick out as something like that, and i dont want to get people angry by having this moved somewhere inappropriate. so do you guys have any suggestions?

once again, Im really sorry for posting this in the wrong place


I would suggest either:

* Halo 3 Forum
* Your groups

  • 01.14.2007 9:58 PM PDT
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Has this been moved yet? I don't know. But here are my comments:
Where the Admiral says 'give em hell coz thats what they'll give our families wives etc' That should be spouses or something, there are female marines too.

I don't think the Chief would whisper ' I head ya' but that's just my opinion, I think he would just be silent.

Is that monitor actually Gulity Spark? It's a different one isn't it?

It's a good script and the stuff does sound like what the characters would say mostly. Would there be any legal issues with this?

  • 01.15.2007 3:13 AM PDT
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this topic is now in the process of being moved.

thanks for critic sergeant mobuto, the parts you actually mentioned were parts that i noticed were weaker in the script. Thanks for noticing the fact that i tried to make everything sound like what the characters would be saying in the game, I really tried to make sure that the dialogue for each character stayed true to what they would say in the actual game.

in regards to the legal issues, i dont think there is really anything wrong with doing what im planning on doing. Im simply going to make an animation and then post the final render here for you guys to see. Now if i also released all the assets for it, or tried to sell it, that would be another story......

  • 01.15.2007 10:36 AM PDT

I haven't read everything, but I totally agree with you that the first Halo 3 cutscene has to be when MC exits slipspace on the Forerunner ship.

  • 01.15.2007 11:34 AM PDT
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here is more of the script ive typed up, its not done yet, i have some other things i need to tie up before i start etching out the fine details.

Master Chief: Where’s the welcoming party?

The doors slammed shut, and the chief found himself not standing on the solid ground anymore. The entire floor in the room was gone and in its place was an energy shield. The chief fell a couple hundred feet, it was a rough fall, but his armor could take it. He stood up and for the first time in a long time, he was left cold in his tracks. His radar was picking up a hostile only 20 feet behind him that was large enough to be 2 or 3 covenant dropships.

Chief’s training set in, he went to action. He checked his shield while looking for cover. He quickly found something to hide behind. His shields checked out at 100%. The chief looked up, then looked down at his plasma rifle.

Master Chief: I’m gonna need a bigger gun.

Where Chief had been seconds ago was now completely full of covenant. They had been playing him the entire time. The room had been set up for spectators. Grunts, Brutes and Jackals lined the walls uttering primitive growls of enjoyment and bloodlust. The Prophet of Truth was there as well. His face quickly filled the panel that had only moments ago displayed Earth.

Prophet Of Truth: The Demon has gotten in the way of our Great Journey for the last time[cheers or covenant quickly rise to a roar]. It is time the Demon met the fate of any who try to block our path to the Great Journey………DEATH!!!!!!!

The Prophet of Truth slams his fists onto his hover chair. It is quickly followed by the covenant raising their voices in ecstasy, eagerly awaiting the death of the Demon that had been shadowing them for far too long. The Prophet of Truth turns to his new head of the honor guard.

Prophet Of Truth: Basiris, send the other heretics in, I want them to see what fate awaits them for breaking our beloved Covenant.

Basiris: With pleasure your Excellency

Basiris turns to a group of guards near a door.

Basiris: You 3, bring in the prisoners.




-In the adjacent room




Priosner 1(Elite): This is an outrage! Who are the prophets to say we are heretics for being the only ones truly faithful to them.

Prisoner 2(Elite): Calm down my brother, Cant you see it is not the prophets that are to blame? The brutes have blinded them, I think they mean to secure an iron grip on our covenant. Sometimes the truly faithful must sacrifice to preserve what they care for the most young one.

Prisoner 1: You are right brother, I am sorry for my outburst. I wish to preserve my honor, I will leave this world with my honor intact.

Prisoner 3(Elite): Are you both so blind? If we are truly faithful we will die trying to protect the prophets, and our covenant from the corrupting hand of the brutes.

Prisoner 2: I thought of that, but what can we do? We have nothing with which we can defend ourselves. We would accomplish nothing, and lose our dignity.

Prisoner 3: That is where you are wrong.

Prisoner 3 pulls out two ceremonial energy swords from a hidden compartment etched into the side of his leg. He hands one to Prisoner 2.

Prisoner 3: when we were locked up in this cell, I noticed that the guards all carried a plasma rifle, and two plasma grenades apiece. [looks to prisoner 1] When brother Vitris and myself take out the gaurds, secure their weapons and pass them out quickly. [he looks to the ground, pauses for a few seconds, then looks to the other prisoners] Either way we are dead, but lets die with honor. Lets die taking down as many of those heretics as we can.




-Back in the hub of Forerunner ship




The guards open the door to the cell holding the three prisoners. Truth stares into the pit, and examines the Master Chief with look that could kill. He soon notices that the entire room had gone quiet. He looked to the door that the guards had entered only seconds earlier and one of the guard’s bodies was strewn on the floor. Then three elites walked out.

Basiris: Take those heretics out!!!!!

The remaining guards on the scene circle the 3 elites. It was an impossible battle, nearly 60 brutes to three elites.

Prophet Of Truth: [mumbles to himself] Why couldn’t they go out quietly?

Vitris, Orvit (prisoner 3), and Briter(prisoner 1) were drenched in blood, both brute and their own. They had managed to take down 15 Brutes. Basiris made a gesture to the guard to back off. The break up of their “Circle of Death” let the elites finally get to catch their breath.

Basiris: You have fought well; I admire that, so I will give you this one chance to recant.

Orvit: We will not recant. We fight for something you Brutes will never understand, we fight for honor.

Basiris: So be it

Basiris draws his warhammer, and runs with a speed that even caught the elites by surprise. He swung the warhammer. It made contact with Orvis sending him flying.




-Rejoining the Chief



The chief heard a whole bunch of commotion up above; he wondered just what the hell was going on up there. He didn’t have too much time to do that that though. The chaos above had woken up the colossal being shackled up down in this pit with him. The sheer size of the alien beast was amazing. Its eyes opened and it gave a roar that sent a chill up his spine. Its musculature in its arms rippled as it gave one heave and broke the bonds that secured it in place. Then it gave a quick smash with is hands into the wall adjacent to it. The shields above flickered and failed for a couple of seconds. In those couple of seconds the airborne body of Orvit landed in a heap in the bottom of the pit a couple of feet from the chief along with his energy sword. Vitris quickly jumped in after his companion before the energy shield turned back on. He landed next to his friend and checked to see if he was still alive. Orvit was alive, but he was hanging on by a thread, Vitris quickly lost consciousness. The chiefs mind started racing, He had a plan.

The Chief took the two energy swords the elites had dropped, and the single plasma grenade Vitris had. Chief took his plasma rifle, and set the plasma grenade on it. He activated it and chucked it at the face of the gargantuan beast. He dashed towards it at a speed that would have even impressed Kelly, wherever she was. He activated both the energy swords and mad a leap at the creatures leg and plunged both of them into the creature. The Creature roared in pain.





-The Rebel Fleet





Corporal: Commander, we are leaving slipspace in 5…..4…..3…..2….1





-In the Forerunner space ship




The creature was going completely nuts, the Chief was scaling the creature by using the energy swords as hand holds. By the time the chief had made it up to the creatures torso he was coverer in blood, he was starting to wish they had installed some wipers in his suit for his visor. The thrashing of the creature was making it extremely difficult for the Chief to move quickly. It had however provided him a way out of this pit. It has incapacitated the shield up above, so all he had to do was scale the walls the same way he was scaling this beast right now. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed on of the elites starting to stir. It was the one he had taken the plasma grenade from. The creatures wild flailing had subsided a little bit so Chief started making his way up again.

The Creature finally had enough, it was getting smart, it was going to try to get the chief off its back by rubbing it back against the wall. The chief was half way up the creatures back and he was not going to get squashed after he had come this far. The chief had little time to react. He cut some quick handholds into the creatures skin with one of the energy swords, and then threw it with all of his strength. The Chief started scaling up the creatures back now using the handholds that he had made instead of the sword and using the other sword to carve new ones. He was feet away from the wall, and his ultimate death, but then the beast gave a wail that was enough to make you go deaf. Instead of cringing the Chief smiled. The creature tumbled forward, and braced itself with its arm against the wall ahead. The chief had thrown the energy sword at the tendon in the creature’s leg completely severing it and incapacitating its movement. The creature had bent down to brace itself giving chief the opening he needed. He was now able to run up the creature’s back. He made a mad dash and then launched himself into the air. The creature started to get up but it was too late, the Chief had it right where he wanted it. The chief plunged the energy sword into the creature’s head. It paused for a second. Its eyes went blank and all tension left its muscles. The chief launched himself in the air again, and buried the energy sword into the wall of the pit and looked down as the creature collapsed. The elite he saw earlier coming to was now fully conscious and was moving the other one out of the way of the creatures path.


[Edited on 1/15/2007]

  • 01.15.2007 1:33 PM PDT
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Here are some recordings i made for Truth, johnson, and the gravemind for lip synching, when i get to that, as well as for the storyboards.

http://files.filefront.com/Halo_cutscene_voiceszip/;6541231;; /fileinfo.html

ill probably have the script done for the most part this week, and then ill storyboard it out and then post those in this topic.

  • 01.15.2007 10:26 PM PDT