Neuroslicers – Cinematic Brief

The game is a cyberpunk RTS where cinematics are key to delivering the story of the game along with lore pieces: short stories that the player can read in between his games. The intro cinematic given as an example below intends to help viewers grasp at the role and the huge reach that a single mega corp has in our world, and it sets a strong cyberpunk tone.

This is a promotional video of the game:

This is the brief for the game intro cinematic I wrote:

INTRO SCENE

EXT. METROPOLIS, SECTOR Z – DAY

Over a black screen.

Narrator

“On February 14th 2250, the NeuroNet launches. The Keeper AI guides hundreds of thousands of users through the largest knowledge library ever created.”

“Over 18 hours, the NeuroNet achieves its one millionth registered user. Over a week, Project NeuroNet has become humanity’s largest success in history.”

Bird’s eye view of a city filled with shiny skyscrapers, we go down to see the rooftop terraces and people in bright coloured bikinis relaxing on futuristic loungers. The camera turns to show the neck of a pink haired gorgeous woman and we recognize a Tesseract plug, zoom in as if we were going down the golden circuit.

EXT. TESSERACT DISTRICT – DAY

Narrator

“The power of its mother corporation, Tesseract, now extends far beyond biochemical engineering as it becomes a state corporation.”

Image of the Tesseract building with an immense screen changing from one logo to another, illustrating its status upgrade.

EXT. SECTOR X – DAY

Black screen. The music changes to something darker, ominous and accompanies the transition to a more limited colour palette of faded pink and purple.

Image of the devastated city with buildings crumbling and sirens blaring. It’s raining a polluted rain.

Narrator 

“6 years later, an unknown entity leaks protected information, proving the security of the network had been compromised.”

View of Tesseract police cars racing through the dark alleys and bystanders continuing to walk, their hood drawn, looking at the cars only sideways.

EXT. THE CLOUD DISTRICT – DAY

Narrator 

“The Keeper AI is now running autonomously and opens information contained in the private sectors to all.”

Image of people lounging in basement cheap chairs, smiling sick smiles. They look as if they were on acids, getting their brain fried over information that pours through their plug from the previously locked sectors.

EXT. THE UNDERGROUND SECTOR Z – DAY

Narrator 

“No one is guiding you through the maze anymore. No one is regulating your access anymore. Everyone’s life, secret and memory is exposed; if you can find it.”

Big transition (strong music beat with a change in the lighting. We travel through the alleys at top speed and stop behind a hooded figure standing on top of the stairs in the pouring rain with a pink neon sign blinking behind them. They pull a small plug out of their sleeve and bring it to their head and before it plugs in, we end the video.