Release: Hyper Reality (2020)

        

Out of all possible days, A Pixelated Point of View released its newest project 'Hyper Reality' on Friday the 13th. Hyper Reality is an experimental 15-minute match of Capture the Flag; inspired by a mix of the (traditional? nostalgic?) analog society, limitations of the game Quake III Arena, VHS video and today's modern 'hyper-society' driven by 'hyper-consumption'. Hyper Reality loudly tackles our wish to 'watch everything for the sake of watching something'.

The name of the film was inspired by the scientific term 'Hyper Reality' by French sociologist Jean Baudrillard. However, the film did not remain loyal completely towards the official meaning of the term and shifted its aim towards the following ideas: a presentation of audiovisual chaos and the idea of hyper consumption in the most literal way (consuming as much moving images as possible within one single frame). A last form of inspiration was found inside my everlasting quest: finding new ways of implementing Quake III footage for Machinima purposes.

Hyper Reality is an experimental expression of creativity and a underlying object of discourse at the same time. The film holds four additional layers of intangible meaning on top of its tangible aesthetic aspects. With Hyper Reality, I aim to show that the perception and interpretation of Quake III Arena enthusiasts/professionals of gameplay and presentation are intertwined; heavy bot-induced gameplay will be less dreaded due to a higher level of visual presentation; standard bot-gameplay without artistic and aesthetic enhancements will receive higher levels of negative attention; viewers pay more attention to the concept of hyper consumption rather than the synchronicity of the film.

 

 

 

HYPER REALITY (2020)

 

A Jordy Veenstra Film / An A Pixelated Point of View Production

  

Release Date:

Friday, November 13th, 2020

  

Release Platforms:

YouTube, Vimeo

 

 Runtime:

16"15

 

 Game:

Quake III Arena (1999), by ID Software

 

 Color/BW:

Color

 

 Aspect Ratio:

4x3

  

Resolution:

1440x1080

 

 Audio:

Stereo

 -3db

 

 Genre:

Experimental Film

Machinima

Frag Movie 

 

 Mods:

CPMA, by PlayMoreProMode

Quake III Movie Maker's Edition 1.8, made by HMage, CaNaBiS, ent and auri.

 

Film Score

Hyper Reality contains the music tracks 'Hero Theme (Sting)' by MK2 and 'Beside Me' by Patrick Patrikios. Both tracks were obtained with a Creative Commons License from YouTube's Audio Library and used lawfully and accordingly to the license it was obtained with.

 

Other Assets 

Skull Silhouette Vectors, by sunshine-91 (Vecteezy)

Ironwood, by Pat Howard (LVLWorld)

VHS Overlay, by Christopher Huppertz

 

'Masters of Flags' and the 'Masters of Flags' logo have been purely made for the aesthetic enhancement of this film and are no real competitions, brands or organizations. Both the name and logo are not meant to resemble any brand or organization.

Any similarities are purely coincidental.

© Jordy Veenstra 2020

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