📽️New(ish) Release
Steven Spielberg's Director's Choices
An interactive movie made with bootlegged footage from a terrible '90s CD-ROM.
Starring Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer Aniston, Penn and Teller.
molleindustria.org/directorschoic
Conversation
The original game, Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair, was an awkward but ambitious film-making simulation, in which Spielberg coached you from pre-production to premiere.
It was meant to inspire a new generation of directors...
2
6
45
...unfortunately it tried to be a bit too realistic when simulating all the logistical challenges of movie production and left very little room for creativity.
The player had very limited agency when writing and shooting the film.
1
4
40
However all these limited choices had film coverage to support them, so buried in the CD-ROM there was enough footage to make a Bandersnatch-style Choose Your Own Movie.
1
1
42
By the way the footage was totally raw, I had to edit all the clips, add sounds and music. I also upscaled the ultra low res videos with an AI-tool.
Very stupid project, I don't recommend.
5
4
74
I can’t tell if this is working properly on mobile? I’m going to guess since no choices appear that it’s a no?
1
1
It should work on mobile, use the fast forward button to skip to the next choice
1
2
Show replies
Another reason why I love Twitter. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this! I think now six of my friends are going through the footage already!
Quote Tweet
Why I Love Twitter:
Prof. Paolo Pedercini has resurrected the footage from a ‘90s CD-ROM game where Steven Spielberg guides you through making a movie
This was via Dir/Prod @AaronBKoontz who is awesome at engaging fans & whose movie SCARE PACKAGE I first saw w/my #MutantFam twitter.com/molleindustria…
1
2
