Film : Fallout 4

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:54 am

I'm a film maker based out of Saint Louis and I have an idea for a Fallout short film. I'm curious if I can get Bethesda to back it and possible make it a promotional for Fallout 4. I contacted them via email and was told to start a forum. Any questions are welcome.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:06 am

Can we hear your idea for the short film?

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:20 am

I don't have the whole thing worked out yet, but I was thinking about a member of the Brotherhood of Steel stumbling into Boston. I'm going to start a script soon.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:01 am

Why did you post to the Fallout 4 forum of all places? Surely this would be better located in the Fallout Universe sub forum,

I think a logical step would be to talk to the people from Nukabreak who have already dipped their toes into making Fallout related fan type filming.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:00 am

Oh yeah! I loved Nuka-Break. Ill support any fan film that has a good story. Lets hear it.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:19 pm

Sorry. I thought since it was Fallout 4 related, it would be better suited here.

And thank you for the suggestion, I will look into it.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:43 am

Please keep the boards updated. I would love to see anything fallout at this point haha.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:00 am

What I'm essentially thinking is showing a Brotherhood of Steel soldier wandering in the wasteland. Cut in a few flashbacks of when he left his vault and joint the Brotherhood and why he's alone now. Then at the end, he finds the "Welcome to Boston" sign.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:38 am

I just checked : Fallout Artwork and Fanfiction whilst a poor name for a subforum its probably the better place to get more ideas. Some people int he forums dont neccesarily read the FO4 stuff (fervent Anti bethesda types) but they probably have solid ideas for any fan film type of stuff.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:54 am

Awesome. I will try a post there. Thank you kindly.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:11 am

Is it that you want to get Bethesda's blessing to make it, legally, or are you looking for some lore confirmation?

Anyway, I always enjoy Fallout shorts, so best of luck and let us know if you get it going.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:50 am

I'm more or less seeing if I can get Bethesda to back it like what happened with the Enter the Metro short for Metro Last Light.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:43 am

See now would also be a perfect time for a PNP RPG company to get the rights to produce a Fallout pnp rpg. Not like the way the other guy did it and then had to backtrack and release it under some strange name. THe interest is certainly there.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:40 am

Ah, well, best of luck with that.
Bethesda is a part of Zenimax media, so maybe they would work with their parent and sibling companies to look into projects they are going to back more internally?

Did you contact Bethesda, or Zenimax? I'm not in the industry by any means, so i am very likely way off in my thinking, but perhaps Zeni could steer you in the right direction?

You could also always get a kickstarter, or gofundme, too.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:17 am

I contacted Bethesda through email and was directed to the forums. I could try the other company and see what happens there.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:03 am

Doubtfull they would bother, given who's on there Board of Directors and Investors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_Media#Investors

Seriously they have Leslie Moonves, Harry Slone, and Jerry Bruckhimer in there, never mind some of the Other investors they have. They want anything done "out of House" I suspect all Todd has to do on the monthly conference call with with the board is mention what he needs and poof he will probably end up with 20 some odd names and phone numbers. And that's not counting the Established names in the fan community.

That and Beth had a plan for the publicity on this game months ago that fits a game they started years ago.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:00 pm

Think I should just start a kickstarter and see where it leads me?

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:06 am

Unfortunately Bethesda would be unlikely to back your project. Even Nuka Break did not receive any funding from Bethesda and we all know how popular the show was, even Chris Avellone one of Fallout New Vegas Devs was a cast member for five episodes. So sorry mate but you'll need to do a Kick-starter campaign once you have a solid plot going.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:24 am

Ah. Well it was worth a shot. I will probably start a page after I get a script finalized. Thank you kindly.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:56 pm

nope. Kickstarter has rules about other companies IPs.

namely

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So bascialy just running out and saying "Im making a Fallout movie" on Kickstarter will result in a S&D so fast it would make Han Solo cry.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:27 am

Dang. Pardon my ignorance. I will figure something out or scrap the idea for now. Thank you for your help.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:32 pm

Nuka Break used a Kick Starter, so as long as it's non profit I don't see why not.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:14 am

http://www.bethblog.com/bethesda-video-policy/(you need to Age verify this but)

We encourage (and are big fans of) the many videos created by our community that use assets from our games – including, but not limited to “Let’s Play” videos, instructional videos demonstrating our modding tools, and fan service tributes using gameplay and music from our games. We’re okay (and encourage) these videos being posted on video services like YouTube or on your personal website and/or blog. It’s also okay for you to monetize your videos via the YouTube partner program and similar programs on other video sharing sites. Keep in mind that if you use content from someone else (i.e., music) you will have to get permission from the owner as well. If you run into issues with this process, please reference this page when talking to site administrators. Due to the large number of videos created based upon our games, we ask that you reference this post when corresponding with YouTube or other video services. Note: There are particular cases where we may pull down or request videos be removed. Such cases include, but are not limited to:

Posting leaked video content from illegally obtained versions of our game or share information on illegally obtaining our games. This includes retailers that break violate our release dates.
Videos, including Beta content, that violate non-disclosure agreements between our company and players.
Videos that feature wildly inappropriate content. While we’re generally okay with most content, some content crosses a line we’re not comfortable with.
Any videos that we deem need to be removed – because, let’s be honest, people come up with stuff that hasn’t even occurred to us yet.

We hope this answers questions regarding our video policy. Thank you for supporting our games.

» Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:35 pm

Huh, I thought they had the first one done before they did the Kickstarter, and even then I was under the impression back then that they had more or less oked it.

» Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:41 am

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waysidecreations/fallout-nuka-break-tales-from-the-wasteland

Yeah there's a new one in the works, the latest update is from May 15.