Shakespeare in Warcraft

[StefanH2068]

I was thinking of making a cinematic viewable by 12 players; this cinematic would be a production of William Shakespeare's Romeo&Juliet.

The map itself would be very small in area, 32x32 or 64x64, as it would all take place in a theater, with the players' cameras never moving from their fixed position.

Map would obviously take place in all cinematic mode, with a Lordaeron Summer sky, no fog, time fixed at noon, and rays of sunlight. This would be to simulate the conditions of a Shakespearean theater; all plays had to be performed during the day so the actors and audience could see. There would also be no props on the set, to make it even more like an Elizabethan production.

I would like some feedback and/or help on this idea, which is why I decided to post this. I do not think that anyone has ever decided to make a map specifically to put on Shakespearean plays before in Warcraft III.

 

[MultiGod]

None had never got that idea is that's because it sucks. If you gonna make Romeo and Juliet cinematic, better make it a real cinematic like movies, don't do dramas in theaters.

 

[Peter Canvis]

To make him or not to make him. That is the question.

 

[MultiGod]

To ask or not to ask, whaddya mean?

 

[X-OMG-X]

To ask or not to ask, whaddya mean?

Lol

 

[DudeSpirit]

Well i think that it SHOULD NOT be made.

 

[StefanH2068]

I see that some of you like Shakespeare puns; unfortunately, "to be, or not to be" is not in Romeo&Juliet but in Hamlet.

Multigod, the point of the cinematic would be to capture the essence of Elizabethan Theater, the medium by which Romeo&Juliet was originally performed and the medium it was designed for. A movie doesn't cut it; the theater is part of the play.

 

[Vampire-Slayer]

who the hell would wanna watch it?

 

[MultiGod]

Better watch the Real RomeonJuliet than the theater version, if I hafta say.

 

[StefanH2068]

Really?

Better watch the Real RomeonJuliet than the theater version, if I hafta say.

MultiGod, I am sorry to tell you this, but the "real" Romeo & Juliet IS A THEATER VERSION. It is a play by William Shakespeare, intended for open-air Elizabethan theaters with very few props and on a relatively low budget, thus requiring excellent and captivating acting.

What on earth made you think the "real" Romeo & Juliet was not a theater version? Surely you have heard of Shakespeare?

 

[MultiGod]

I mean, a real(not theater) romeo n juliet(soap opera version).

What I mean by REAL is that it's not being played in a theater BUT it acts like a movie itself.

 

[Jsprat100]

It is a very bad idea - I know because I had it when I started out in Warcraft III.

3 main reasons why this wont work:
1 - warcraft III characters can't express emotions
2 - it will literally be a few units standing while you read the text
3 - people won't download it - no matter how much you or I like Shakespeare, most people on hive don't. Think of the target audience.

 

[DudeSpirit]

Exactly Jsprat100.

 

[zolga]

dont do it it is cool but again no one would watch it
you need to be a anim maker to make all the needed emotion anims and with all of them it cant be multiplayer cause of size