Converging Pipelines between Games and Films
Jim Ward, Lucasfilm and LucasArts
Neil Young of Electronic Arts and EALA
Moderated by N’Gai Croal, Newsweek
Take Aways:
There are actually two distinct pipelines, creative and technical.
The convergence thing is still coming, but it’s happening on some levels already. George Lucas definitely has experience combining the creative pipeline across many different media.
Lucasfilms uses LucasArts game engine as a previz engine. That thread again!
Neil Young continues to be amazed at how much game creative people undervalue themselves vs. film and television. People in the games medium can make great works.
A key thing for Hollywood (particularly the producer) to get is how complex game development is, and what a long time it takes to develop a good game, and to start the collaboration early.
Another key thing it seems from the whole show is that characters, stories, etc. are intellectual properties that can be developed in all the various ways that fit the property.
And YES, a light sabre game is coming for the WII. Uh oh! I might have to get one now!