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BIT.TRIP The Movie- CORE

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* A bunch of shadowy figures that look like CommanderVideo hover over the screen. More and more figures come onto the screen, and their shadows start to become weirder and weirder, warping and twisting as the narrator starts to speak.*

Narrator: Life begins anew, born of the old. Reality replaces truth. Rhythm drives technology. Technology represents life. Life is the seeming giver of knowledge. Knowledge is as tangible as it is fleeting. Wisdom is a distant memory. The BIT.TRIP has begun.

*Discovery begins to play in the background as the opening credits appear again. This time, the large text reads “Chapter 2: Core.*

* We see CommanderVideo sitting on the floor of a large room painted blue, his visor looking down on the floor. A taller, more muscular version of him (Looking very similar to Captain Video) and a female version of him (like an older version of Command girl Video) approach him.*

Captain Video: My child… why do you look so sad?

CV: I have just been born. My future lies ahead of me. I… I am scared.

Lady Video: The future can be scary, at times. But it is also filled with possibility!

CV: Possibilities intimidate me. I haven’t even mastered control of my body yet, and everyone else in this world intimidates me. I… I want to be alone.

Captain Video: My child, control comes much sooner than you think. But for now… you should focus on discovering yourself. Who you are. Who you must become.

Lady Video: You can’t simply give up on society, saying that you want to be alone all the time. You have to face them eventually.

Captain Video: Just believe that you can do it. Learn that, and your life will be super.

*CV pauses and thinks about what his parents have said.*

CV: Super… that’s what I should become… that’s how I can begin the exploration of myself.

*Captain Video and Lady Video offer out their hands. CommanderVideo takes them both, looking up toward the horizon, and they all fly up into the sky. As they do, Exploration begins playing and the background changes from blue to a multicolored mix of shapes.*

CV: What now?

Captain Video: Just watch us.

*Captain Video’s center suddenly starts glowing and a small core appears. Small red lasers appear from his hands and shoot up into the air, hitting the beats that come into it. Lady Video does the same thing, and they both eliminate all the beats in the air. As they make each beat disappear, more energy is drawn into their life force and they become more wrapped up in power. More of the Commanders notice this and draw closer to them.*

Captain Video: Now it’s your turn, son.

CV: But…

Lady Video: Go ahead. You have control now.

*CV assumes the same position as his parents, and his core starts to light up. He is at first scared, but then becomes curious and tries out his new powers. He finds that he too can shoot laser beams, and he uses this to his advantage.*

CV: OK, I can do this… I can achieve something here.

*CV takes his own beam of light and aims it at the small particles in front of him. One by one, they begin to disappear, enveloped by his own beam of light and drawing more power into him.*

CV: Yes! I’m getting it! Haha! I’m really doing it!

*CV dances around in celebration, but is given disapproving looks by his father.*

Captain Video: CONCENTRATE. This is too important for you to miss a single opportunity; you must control yourself for your core to expand fully.

CV: ….Yes, father. Sorry about that. I won’t be distracted again. I’ll control myself.

*The Commanders all continue to expand their core energy until finally, there are no more beats left to shoot. The strange fireworks return, signaling the return to the surface of the small planet.*

Lady Video: It is time to depart. You have done well, my child. Your core energy is nearly complete.

CV: Thanks, mother. I feel… stronger. More… ME, you know?

Lady Video: That is to be expected. I felt the same way once I got my first core boost. It’s a little daunting, and you will need to time to fully understand it, but once you truly know, the effects of it are… ultra-special.

CV: I am afraid… I don’t comprehend this all that well. If it’s my first, then are you saying that I will gain even more powers than these, mother?

Lady Video: You shall understand someday. Now, rest. Tomorrow shall be an even greater challenge.

CV: But… I am not tired…

Lady Video: You will do as you’re told. Now, sleep, child.

*Lady Video leaves, and CV is left alone in an enclosed room again.*

CV: Is this all… true? Am I destined to simply listen to what others have to tell me? Or… am I to set out for something greater? I don’t understand…

*The sky suddenly turns into different colors, similar to the ones on the screen in the video game.*

Disembodied Voices: This is only the first phase of your core discovery, CommanderVideo.

*CV becomes startled at the return of the voices.*

CV: GAH! You again! What are you doing in my room?!

Disembodied Voice 1: That is not important… we have been conscious within you all this time…

CV: How did you get in? There aren’t even any doors. Come to think of it, how did I get in…?

Disembodied Voice 2: Enough. You have explored enough by the hands of others. Now it is time for you to break away. Now is the time for control over you.

CV: What are you even saying to me? That I should leave? That I should cast all this aside and restart?

Disembodied Voice 3: Not a restart. Rethink. Shift your direction and find a new place where you can settle down. Life is too short to spend tethered to someone else’s path.

CV: Look, if I wanted all this metaphysical babbling, I would have joined Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp. What I wish to know is, what do any of you even want from me?

Disembodied Voice 1: The same thing that you want from yourself… enlightenment.

Disembodied Voice 2: You must make your decision by dawn. We will go along any of the paths you choose.

Disembodied Voice 3: The time has come for Control, CommanderVideo. Remember that.

*The colors and shapes in the room gradually fade out and revert back to their original gray pattern.CV is left alone and thoughtful…*

CV: I need… control…

*Fade to black as everything gets slightly darker.

*Cut to the next scene, which shows CV sitting by himself on a platform looking out over an abyss. He sighs to himself, and looks out at the endless void in front of him. His parents notice him and walk over.*

Captain Video: Good morning, my son. Ready to go?

Lady Video: We’ll start very simple today, but we need to hurry before the bit processors shut down or take time to recharge. And get away from that ledge, it’s too steep!

*Captain Video offers out a hand to CV.*

Captain Video: So… shall we?

CV: No.

*Captain Video and Lady Video look worriedly at each other.*

Captain Video: But… there’s still so much preparation we need to do for you…

CV: No more. My preparation is complete. I will do this alone.

Captain Video: This is crazy talk. Come with us immediately and we will keep you safe, boy!

CV: But that’s not what I WANT! Don’t you understand?

*CV slaps away Captain Video’s hand.*

CV: You are all controlling me. I need to find things out myself!

Lady Video: But… honey… we can’t always be around to protect you… what if something happens?

CV: I no longer need protection… I… I…

*CV looks upset at first, but then looks calmer. He speaks with clarity and acceptance.*

CV: I know now that there are others like me. That is all the strength I need for my final stage… to have comfort in knowing I am no longer alone…

*CV’s parents are very worried at first… then they slowly turn and look at themselves, and they grow more understanding. Captain Video steps up to CV and says his parting words.*

Captain Video: Then you are finally ready. We have taught you everything we can, my dear boy. Now it is time for you to teach the world what you can do.

*Lady Video gives CV a hug, and kisses him on the cheek.*

Lady Video: I know that this is the last time you will see us… but never forget that you aren’t going to last forever. You are only a man, after all. But… please… remember who we once were to you.

CV: I will. Thank you two… for everything.

*CV begins to ascend into the sky, alone. He leaves a rainbow trail behind him, as his parents look up at him with pride.*

*CV reaches the same place, with the beat generators, and they seem brighter than ever now. CV’s core turns red again, and he shoots out beams of light to make the beats disintegrate.
He does it all flawlessly, without regrets, and his energy pulsates higher and higher. He soars up into the sky, blasting every beat in sight.*

CV: I’m doing it! I’m DOING IT!!

*Suddenly, a large group of beats come flying his way. They appear to be all different colors and surrounded with a glowing energy form, and charge at him in different increments of speed. Confident in himself, CV takes them all on and shoots at them with precision and accuracy.*

*Elated and happy due to his core being completely charged and overpowered, CV shoots up and travels far through the stars, and eventually lands on an unfamiliar planet. He is so excited to be at a new place that he performs a small little dance of joy, which is going very well until he bumps into another Commander.

He stares at CV indigently, then gets up and continues on his way.

CV: …I am not alone…

*Everything fades to black as the camera zooms out on the planet that he finds himself on, filled with other versions of CV. The camera zooms out on the entire planet before the screen goes dark and white text appears…*

                                                                                 

End of Chapter 2

This is a project to see how the Bit.Trip video games would translate to a fully animated CGI series of short films, in hope that it would be fulfilling for fans of the series to imagine just what the cutscenes and levels would look like in a full-scale film. 
Obviously, I have neither the funding nor the experience nor even permission from Gaijin for such a project, but I made a mock draft of each film so you could see what it could be like
My project has now expanded into a series of individual scripts, portraying the events of each Bit.Trip game as they would be if they were a series of short films.
Core is a game all about CommanderVideo taking control of his body, and getting a grip on the strange, unfamiliar new world that he finds himself recklessly thrown into. While he comes to wish for free reign of his life, without the control of others, he must also remember that he is not alone...

Can I just say... how thrilled I was to finally get this done?! :XD: It's been pushed aside for a long, LONG time because of several things that kept on happening to me. It's almost as if the hands of fate don't want me to finish this project. But finally, FINALLY, I was able to get off my lazy butt and make some progress on the series I'm long overdue on. As of this week and the next, I am planning to finish and release the next two parts in the series, no matter what it takes. Thanks for waiting so long, and get ready for more updates to come!

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