I was thinking of a Shakespeare take the moment LBP was unleashed. It'd really need in game custom cameras though, so you could shoot creatively and not be constrained to all characters on the screen at once. Media Molecule never responded to my request.
In most real theatre acting, all players are on a stage, no close-ups. Hiding behind scenery when they're not 'on' could be done really naturally in that context. Also, if you want to do Shakespeare, all female roles should be male sockpuppets dressed as women.
If you want to do theatre, sure. But c'mon man, we're living in the world of HD TV and movies! Aren't you just dying to try some J. J. Abrahms shaky-cam action shots with sackboys?! Parodies of famous movie moments, like Lego has done with SW and next Indiana Jones, could be truly awesome in LBP - build up the scenery, dress up your sackboy (a Darth Vader box helmet roughly coloured in on headIn most real theatre acting, all players are on a stage, no close-ups. Hiding behind scenery when they're not 'on' could be done really naturally in that context. Also, if you want to do Shakespeare, all female roles should be male sockpuppets dressed as women.
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If you want to do theatre, sure. But c'mon man, we're living in the world of HD TV and movies! Aren't you just dying to try some J. J. Abrahms shaky-cam action shots with sackboys?! Parodies of famous movie moments, like Lego has done with SW and next Indiana Jones, could be truly awesome in LBP - build up the scenery, dress up your sackboy (a Darth Vader box helmet roughly coloured in on head
Although with the Hide-Behind Scenery option, it's not all lost. Every scene will be a flat, central view of full-figure actors, but you can at least mix up how many characters are on. And besides, you'd always need to edit the film anyhow, so characters could be chopped and changed. Unless someone can find a way to change their sackboy's costume and repaint their makeup behind the scenes!
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