#or were characters i don't really see as?? having voices? (i.e Zero)

[giantchasm]

Btw, uhm... I did make a Kirby voiceclaims compilation the other day. 😳Ya'll should check it out. I'm pretty happy with some of the ideas I came up with!

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Slight 14DWY + Blog Changes! 💖

(16/12/23)

Leon will now move away from Corland Bay when he’s 10 years old. Originally, I never really put that much thought into it because it won't be explicitly mentioned in the game, but I figured I might as well make it more accurate now ^^;

Teo is now 26 (instead of 27). Again, zero thought went into this aside from wanting a wider range of ages for the cast — but now I want him to be closer to Jae and Violet’s age — especially considering they were all childhood friends and Violet was in the grade below them.

Elanor is now 30 and Kiara is 29. In the 2017 version, Elanor was originally the eldest sister, but it just didn't feel right to change it in the 2020 version. Day 3 will still be lore accurate, but everything on this blog will need to be retconned.

14DWY Purple (unofficial) will now be changing from #A14BF4 to #9D64FD.

Not a change, but adding more clarification: Angel will still attend university (and Jae and Teo will still be their university friend), but whether or not they enrolled will remain ambiguous! Day 1/2 kinda insinuates that they studied something ("Teo attended some of their classes"), but I wanted it to imply that they could've attended orientation and/or took "mock classes" after high school to see what it's like as well. I may change a few lines in the demo (in the future) to reflect that.

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I'd like to (hopefully) try to remind everyone that whenever I write about Angel on this blog, they are gender neutral. Because if my ass had a dollar for every time someone assumed they were female because of the cutesy/pink themes or how "soft" I made the MC, I'd have enough money to fund voice actors, translators, custom soundtrack, and pay the $100 Steam fee /hj

Changed the crackpot theory tag into an actual tag!! About time sdghjdg

(07/01/24)

Also not a change, but to solidify Haruko's appearance + Ren's likeness a bit more... Haruko is supposed to be an anime character with pink/blue hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. He's a modern day "sorcerer" (a reference to JJK, not a literal fantasy wizard lmao) from an anime called "Attack on Giants" (another reference to "Attack on Titan"); and is very kind, ditzy, and empathetic. All Ren has copied is his hairstyle, vibe, and demeanour. Ren isn't outright cosplaying Haruko, and it'd take an avid anime enjoyer to notice that Ren is attempting to mimic Haruko.

I'll make a poll one day, but I might change Ren's left sleeve tattoo to the spoiler-free placeholder I used in this artwork. A lot of people seem to prefer it, but I'll wait until the poll to make any final decisions.

I might also make another poll to see if perhaps a new BGM theme would better suit the demo. Because in my mind, the "summer/beach location" = acoustic guitar (rather than piano) — and for some reason I get lo-fi vibes from 14DWY??

I don't think anyone has picked up on this subtle shift yet, but Ren will mainly use "he/him" over "he/they" now (since Haruko is a he/him enjoyer 👍). [REDACTED], however, will still greatly prefer "they/he", and will continue to use them interchangeably.

21/02/24 — or search through Obsidian. (Future Sai here.... I have no clue what this means???? What??? T_T)

I'm gonna cut down on the Teo and Ren bullying on this blog (and in general). I don't find it fun anymore, and it genuinely upsets me when people put down certain characters to make others look better (i.e. "Ren has no ass which makes Leon superior >:)" Just say you like Leon... I beg T_T). It also makes me doubt whether Ren is genuinely a good character or not, and it's gross seeing y'all tear down people who genuinely enjoy Teo. Be kind.

(11/01/24)

Eventually, I'd like to turn this meme into an event in the 14DWY Discord to help create an actual landlord for Day 3. The current landlord has always been a meme-y placeholder (I thought the idea would be funny), but looking at how the game is currently, I want 14DWY to be more "serious". The current landlord will eventually be turned into an easter egg!!

Whether or not Jae had bottom surgery will now remain ambiguous. Everyone is now free to headcanon whatever they'd like, so long as it's not offensive or too OOC.

From now on, I'll also try my best to remind everyone that Jae is gay and Kiara is lesbian. I tried not to bring it up frequently because I was afraid it'd come across like "being gay" was their only defining personality trait, but I'm tired of people sending in asks that don't apply to these characters ^^;

I might move all of the curiouscat questions to this blog and archive the account. It's becoming too much of a hassle for me to manage 3+ social media accounts sgkshjj

[guenole-rainbird]

Thoughts on the shoot

The minimal pre-prod

I don't think the shoot was planned out. There seemed to be a lot of tension on set, and communication seemed pretty poor. Except for Marcin and April, no one knew of the shot list or even part of the shot list days before the shoot. I’ve still yet to see any complete shot list or storyboards. Rebecca’s opinion seemed to be discarded at every turn in the creative process.

The shoot was quite rushed, Ethan did not get the shotlist early enough to be able to do a proper production schedule.

Because of the dates being settled last minute, I didn’t have enough time to request time off from work and therefore missed the first day of shooting as well as the end of the second day.

I stepped in to help Ethan complete the props that were needed for the film as I don’t think we would have gotten what was needed. Also because of how shallow the characters are, no one really knew what the box of trinkets from the past should have in it beyond a photo, and it didn’t seem to matter. Although maybe a minor thing, if the writer can’t tell me what the character has kept secret in a little box for 10 years, he probably doesn’t know his character very well. It’s just a wasted opportunity to do some background storytelling and to give meaning to what the actor is interacting within the scene.

Day 1: I wasn't there

I was at work, Emma Leaks took over for sound, she did a very good job.

Day 2: I was partly there

I had to leave early again due to my work schedule.

I didn’t really like the cinematography. I thought the frame was much too wide for the tight space we were shooting in, resulting in huge sections of the frame (sometimes more than 50%) having no purpose. Moreover, some shots resulted in the actor's head being cut off frame. The Film seemed underlit, the brightest spot in the frame (i.e. what people usually pay attention to the most) was often a random wall to the side of the frame. We also had zero coverage.

I did voice some of my concerns and other members of the crew echoed them, but they were ignored. My role was sound so I didn’t insist too much either.

Day 3: Probably the worst day

The DOP forwent the production schedule, and we wasted a lot of time deciding where and how to place the camera for the corridor shot.

The atmosphere on set was very poor on this day, nothing seemed very planned out and they were obvious disagreements between cast members about decisions that should have been figured out before the shoot.

Me and Ethan, seeing how we had no coverage decided to add some close-up pickups shoots to help the editor. We added the shot of the box on the bed, the shot of the pictures getting displayed on the bed and the tying of the shoe laces — all shots that although not incredible found themselves useful for the edit.

Day 4: The best day

This day was more chill, Marcin had left and April was too sick to work. What we call the 2nd Unit (Rebecca, Ethan, Flow and Me) shot what was left of the flashback projection and also did some last-minute ECU pick-ups to alleviate the poor coverage from the days before.

Overall everything was last minute, the script was getting worked on a few days before the shoot, the shotlist was supposedly getting decided on the day before and me and Ethan were scrambling to get the props after the shoot had already started. I don't think we did a very good job and compositionwise and coverage-wise, this film has in my opinion the worst cinematography of any project I've been on.