SUBJECT
Ok, here goes. So there's probably lots of people who don't know Coheed and Cambria, and probably lots who DO know them. And maybe less that know the story behind each and every one of thier songs.
Now, I thought we can each make a flash video for ONE of their songs and in the end they will all be put together in the right order. They have over 60 songs, but I only want to do one part of their story, 10~20 songs. I know this is going to be big, but I never saw anyone do anything with C&C music on here, so it's original and creative I believe. Now, you better like reading long texts because I'm going to post down the stories for every song from the part of the story I want. Of course, I must say. None of the following text is mine or invented by me. It's all Coheed & Cambria and the text is taken from Cobalt And Calcium their ultimate fan site. Here it is, please read it entirely, and after it will come everything else you will need to know:
The Ring In Return / Introduction:
After passing out asleep at the end of Neverended in The Second Stage Turbine Blade, Claudio proceeds to sleep for a 10 year period of time. During this time, he dreams of what occurs in the first 4 songs of In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, although, these events actually have happened sometime within the 10 year span of his sleep.
I'm making that part, it will contain not only the "The ring in return song" but parts of songs in the last album so that other watchers understand what will be going on from this point.
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3:
Jesse and his 4 IRO-bot children, known as the pioneers, start preparing for a major battle against the Red Army on Earth, which is now known as a "silent" planet due to it and the rest of sector 12 not being connected to the rest of the Keywork anymore. Jesse is fighting in this war to seek vendetta against Wilhelm Ryan and Mayo Deftinwolf for killing his family in addition to his original purpose of stopping Wilhelm Ryan's reign [i realize that that could probably be rewritten to sound a little better]. As they prepare for battle, the children start to worry about their own fate as they mourn the graves of those who died in battle before them in the exact same place they are now. They then get ready to fight by manning the battle stations and preparing weapons called jackhammers. The focus of the rest of this song then shifts to Jesse's IRO-bot child, Sizer. Sizer is very jealous of Jesse's relationship with Chase and wishes he could get that same kind of attention that Chase does. He is also just as dedicated to all of his siblings, but just wishes he could simply hear his father tell him that he loves him. After seven hours of waiting for the Red Army to appear, and a long calm pause, they see the Red Army approaching and the battle begins...
Cuts Marked in the March of Men:
This is the start of the big battle between Jesse and his IRO-bot children against the Red Army. Sizer dwells on his love for Chase as she gets captured by the Red Army. He realizes that he can't just let her go without doing something about it and that he'd even die trying whatever he can just to have Chase safe again. He then makes a bargain with the Red Army to surrender himself in exchange for Chase's freedom. The fighting continues on in a bloody mess as Jesse and his children slowly lose the battle. It results in several deaths, Sizer becoming held captive by the Red Army, and Jesse with what children are left fleeing in defeat.
Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow):
Sizer is now being tortured by the Red Army on Shylos 10. They're painfully disassembling his body parts in an effort to interrogate him. They want to know something that they believe he knows, but he wont speak and eventually gets completely torn apart and is thrown away. In time, Claudio eventually finds Sizer's body parts and rebuilds him.
Those 3 songs, you have a choice, you can make them look like it's a dream, with blur-effects or flashback-ish elements, since it happens in Claudio's dreams, but since what he is dreaming is actually visions of what's ACTUALLY happening, you can make them without the dream effects. This is up to you.
The Crowing:
It has now been 10 years since Claudio fell asleep in Neverender in The Second Stage Turbine Blade. He finally wakes up from his sleep on Shylos 10 and meets Ambellina, a Prise who was cast out by her peers and forced to be Claudio's "guide". In this process, she had her wings burnt off before meeting up with Claudio. Ambellina informs him that he is the Messiah-like figure known as "The Crowing". Claudio basically freaks out and doesn't know how to handle this news. He can't accept the fact that he could be this significant being, and still doesn't even throughout the rest of this :album. It is unknown, between Ambellina and Sizer, who Claudio meets first, but it is around the same period of time. All together, they travel to find Jesse to find out the answers to why Claudio's family was killed, as well as for many other reasons.
Blood Red Summer:
Basically, Claudio stresses over this huge burden of being The Crowing. [This is a very hard song to summarize. Obviously, we see a bit from Jesse's point of view in this song, but who knows if he meets up with Claudio or not yet? I personally don't think he does based on the fact that on evilinkcomics.net it says "The pair along with Sizer, a disassembled IRO-bot, seek out Inferno to find :answers as to why his family were killed, but their plans take an unexpected turn in a ship called the :Velourium Camper, and a freighter pilot named Al". Notice it says that their plans *on their way* to :find Jesse turn when they reach the Velourium Camper. They've yet to get on the Velourium :Camper, therefore i think it's safe to say that Jesse hasn't met up with them yet. I do realize a lot of :people wanna debate it, but we have those straight up facts right there and i wanted to make that :clear by everybody before i summarized this song and talked about where Jesse is or what he's :doing during it.]
And from this point on begins the journey to House Atlantic on the "Velorium Camper" Ship.
The Velorium Camper I: Faint Of Hearts:
Claudio, Ambellina, and Sizer have met a man named Al the Killer. Al is a racist psychopath "gun for hire" who owns a ship of sorts called the Velorium Camper. The group, in some way or another, gets Al to take them on his ship to House Atlantic (within sector 1), where they need to go to meet up with Jesse. Through the Velorium Camper series of songs, we get a good glimpse into the mind of Al the Killer...
This first song of this trilogy is about Al the Killer's gun. We see he's a lonely man who, above and beyond, obsessed with his gun, which he refers to as his love.
The Velorium Camper II: Backend Of Forever:
During the flight, Al has fallen in love with Ambellina. She rejects him and he goes crazy over it. He even thinks that killing her may just solve all of his love problems. He eventually "realizes" that he's not really in love with her after all and just wishes he could get over whatever feelings he has with her.
The Velorium Camper III: Al The Killer:
Al the Killer has finally snapped and goes crazy. After thinking about it for a long time, he has come to the conclusion that if Ambellina doesn't love him back, then he must kill her. He obsesses over the thought for a long time, but in the end, he doesn't end up killing her.
A Favor House Atlantic:
Claudio, Ambellina, Sizer, and Al the Killer have finally reached House Atlantic. After landing, they run into trouble with the Red Army. Claudio asks Al for his help to get them to safety, knowing what an expert sniper that Al is. Al agrees to help by sniping out any Red Army soldiers he can. This turns into an intense chase scene with the Red Army following them on their way to where they can hide out and be safe. By the end of the song, Claudio, Ambellina, and Sizer reach a safe point and part ways from Al.
The Light & The Glass:
A good bit of time has passed, and Claudio decides to write Newo a letter. He obviously misses her a lot. He is then told by someone that his parents are dead, but he doesn't believe it. He thinks about this news though as he falls asleep.
Ok, hopefully You understood part of this. Now the last song will be confusing since it based a lot on the previous songs which aren't included here. So its reserved to C&C fans or if noone else, it'll have to be me.
2113:
Claudio has a dream about what happened at his house during the events of Everything Evil. This is another one of those dreams where what he sees is what actually happened. He sees the Red Army coming to his house and wishes that within this dream there was some way he could change the past and warn his family. He also sees visions of Matthew and Maria dying as well. He then proceeds to have several visions going back in time further and further of the major events that lead up to that night.
There, all done. Now I'm pretty sure you'll be asking for character descriptions. It's all in this link:
Character Bios
Ok, so it's not the descriptions you expected. You know why though? Because all this is explained through music, and not images. Except for those couple comics they made but those don't count. So you can imagine the characters in any way you would like, as long as they fit the Bio. Simple.
And now, for everything else.
RULES
STAGE SIZE: 600x500
STAGE COLOR: White (make your own background)
FPS: 30
SOUND: Depending on what part you decide to make, I will send you all the song and sounds needed. No worries.
NAME: Put your name somewhere the animation so people will know it's yours, preferably at the bottom.
MEDIUM: Use whatever you want (FBF or anything else) but please not just a tween.
RATING: Aim for a PG-13 rating or lower (no porn)
CO-AUTHORS
Every contributor will be a co-author. According to what they did. Of course, the flash will not be entirely one file (10Mb? yeah right.) If I calculated right, It will be divided into 4 parts. So all the co-authors will be linked to what part they collaborated in.
OTHER INFO
>You ARE allowed to chose more than one song. But it's not recommended since (DUH!) you're not a machine, you can't be expected to do that much work, so for your own sake, just do one song, unless you are 100% sure it won't bother you to make more.
>Also, some people can make fillers, as a little thing that happens between each songs. Anything short is nice.
>Finally, if someone can make a menu including:
-Play
-Scene selection
-Quality and anything he/she would like to include.
It would be very much appreciated and Would automatically make u a co-author. Of course. It has to be a good menu that has a Coheed and Cambria theme and layout and song.
Thank you~
-MADSOFT (Andrew-David)
