Ready Player One

This is an awesome premise to a book and a movie. I connect with this story because I grew up playing atari in the 80's like the Billionaire character. The term Easter Egg I totally understand because I used to look for them in games as well.

As far as turning a scene into a movie.

The best idea for something like this is to storyboard it. This is what directors use to get an idea of camera movement.

But this will be Virtual Reality?


"Write a script for that incident or sequence for inclusion in a virtual reality adaptation of the novel. In writing your short script remember the nature of virtual reality as a medium. Among the guidelines for writing for this medium consider that there is no frame, the entire field of vision including what is "not seen" must be filled, cuts and other abrupt transitions do not work, close-ups are overpowering and not generally used. How will you transition into and out of your scene in a way that will work in virtual reality?


Well here is the scene:



"As I approached the object in the distance, it became gradually clearer. It was the Beta Capsule, floating just a few centimeters above the ground, spinning clockwise. The Cataclyst had destroyed everything in the sector that could be destroyed, but artifacts were indestructible. Just like the gate.

"It's the Beta Capsule!" Shoto shouted. "It must have been thrown over here by the force of the blast. You can use it to become Ultraman and fly up to the gate!"

I nodded, raised the capsule over my head, then pressed the button on the side to activate it. But nothing happened. "Shit!" I muttered, realizing why. "It won't work. It can only be used once a day." I stowed the Beta Capsule and started to scan the ground around me. "There must be other artifacts scattered around here," I said.

I began to run along the perimeter of the castle foundation, still scanning the ground. "Were any of you guys carrying artifacts? One that would give me the


ability to fly? Or levitate? Or teleport?"


ability to fly? Or levitate? Or teleport?"


"No," answered Shoto. "I didn't have any artifacts." "My Sword of the Ba'Heer was an artifact," Aech said. "But it won't help you reach the gate."

"But my Chucks will," Art3mis said. "Your 'Chucks'?" I repeated. "My shoes. Black Chuck Taylor All Stars. They bestow their wearer with both speed and flight."

"Great! Perfect!" I said. "Now I just have to find them." I continued to run forward, eyes sweeping the ground. I found Aech's sword a minute later and added it to my inventory, but it took me another five minutes of searching before I found Art3mis's magic sneakers, near the south end of the crater. I put them on, and they adjusted to fit my avatar's feet perfectly. "I'll get these back to you, Arty," I said, just as I finished lacing them up. "Promise."

"You better," she said. "They were my favorites." I took three running steps, leapt into the air, and then I was flying. I swooped up and around, then turned back toward the gate, aiming straight for it. But at the last moment, I banked to the right, then arced back around. I stopped to hover in front of the open gate. The crystal doorway hung in the air directly ahead, just a few yards away. It reminded me of the floating door in the opening credits of the original Twilight Zone. "




Camera Breakdown of scene:


Camera Movement: POV

"As I approached the object in the distance, it became gradually clearer. It was the Beta Capsule, floating just a few centimeters above the ground, spinning clockwise.




Camera POV pans Left and Right

The Cataclyst had destroyed everything in the sector that could be destroyed, but artifacts were indestructible.


Cut

Flashbach scene sequence of the Gate in detail

Just like the gate.


Cut

POV Paning to Shoto as he shouts

"It's the Beta Capsule!" Shoto shouted. "It must have been thrown over here by the force of the blast. You can use it to become Ultraman and fly up to the gate!"



POV looking up to the Gate then to the Beta Capsule then back to the gate.

I nodded, raised the capsule over my head, then pressed the button on the side to activate it. But nothing happened.



POV looking at the Beta Capsule in hand

"Shit!" I muttered, realizing why. "It won't work. It can only be used once a day."



POV Paning Right and left of the horizon

I stowed the Beta Capsule and started to scan the ground around me. "There must be other artifacts scattered around here," I said.

I began to run along the perimeter of the castle foundation, still scanning the ground.


Quick POV looking at he friends

"Were any of you guys carrying artifacts? One that would give me the
ability to fly? Or levitate? Or teleport?"


POV gaze at Shoto as he answers


"No," answered Shoto. "I didn't have any artifacts." "My Sword of the Ba'Heer was an artifact," Aech said. "But it won't help you reach the gate."

"But my Chucks will," Art3mis said. "Your 'Chucks'?" I repeated.

POV tilts down to his feet.

"My shoes. Black Chuck Taylor All Stars. They bestow their wearer with both speed and flight."

POV sweeping the area

"Great! Perfect!" I said. "Now I just have to find them." I continued to run forward, eyes sweeping the ground. I found Aech's sword a minute later and added it to my inventory, but it took me another five minutes of searching before I found Art3mis's magic sneakers, near the south end of the crater. I put them on, and they adjusted to fit my avatar's feet perfectly.

POV looking toward Arty

"I'll get these back to you, Arty," I said, just as I finished lacing them up. "Promise."
"You better," she said. "They were my favorites."

POV looking up to the gate again and tilting up and down peeping for a jump.

I took three running steps, leapt into the air, and then I was flying. I swooped up and around, then turned back toward the gate, aiming straight for it. But at the last moment, I banked to the right, then arced back around. I stopped to hover in front of the open gate. The crystal doorway hung in the air directly ahead, just a few yards away.

Cut

Flashback memory images of the opening Twilight Zone scene from the original TV series.
 It reminded me of the floating door in the opening credits of the original Twilight Zone. "

The next step to this would be to story board it to show the director.