The Grannies (2019), Dir. Marie Foulston [Full Movie]
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- The Grannies follows a group of artistic game developers (Andrew Brophy, Marigold Bartlett, Ian MacLarty, Kalonica Quigley and friends) as they find a way to go beyond the map while playing #reddeadredemption 2 together. Styled as a kind of digital travelogue, the work uses screen-captured footage the artists took as they played, following their explorations of the unpredictable, procedurally generated landscapes outside the game world.
By exiting the bloodthirsty world of the Wild West frontier, these artists found an abstract, seemingly endless digital space where the building blocks of the game were laid bare. Through their eyes, what might be seen as a glitch or a bug to another player piques curiosity about the materiality of the game’s environmental design. Textures collide at strange angles, revealing layers that are meant to be obscured. A strange grey cube hangs on the sky, monumental in its lack of finish and finesse compared to the landscape around it.
The unexpected terrain and landmarks The Grannies discovered out of bounds don’t serve a story or game function. They only matter because they provoked curiosity and emotion in the people who found them - not because they help direct players towards a goal.
These artists’ explorations are not just a way to escape the game’s map, but to escape the game’s expectations of how a player should act, and its methods of anticipating their actions.
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Credits
Music by Sam Gill and Luke Neher
Sound design by Sam Gill
Starring Kalonica Quigley, Andrew Brophy, Marigold Bartlett, Ian MacLarty, and friends. Voiceover is excerpted from an interview originally for P3 Spel, conducted by Angelica Norgren.
Visuals captured from Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games, USA, 2018
Courtesy Marie Foulston
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1:32 that is the exact, EXACT same thing I first did when I came across a fiddler in _Red Dead 2._ circle-dancing. I guess it's what most do, it's sort of the only [peaceful] action you can take to it.
😳Surreal! 🤯(in a very beautiful way!) 😍
I could imagine this kind of experience being made into a fantasy film about a psychedelic ( -near- death?) experience with granny cowboys. Maybe something like "The Endless" ( -2018- 2017) but less horror, more weird mind blowing fantasy with vibes like "Enter the Void" (2009)!
5 years ago (last week) i completed my one and only play through of this absolute masterpiece. I want to play through it again but I don't think i can lose Arthur all over again.
Rockstar really went above and beyond when they created this game, this world, this experience.
Awesome video y'all!
That’s the good stuff
Incredible!
Absolutely love all of this. I can't wait to replay this perfect gem of a game, aomeday I'll be ready.
the dreamy barren desert landscape reminds me of Gerry (2002)
All that exploration and not finding Guarma... Which is actually the coolest part of visiting 'Mexico'.
Found this thru Booooooom. I’ve put hundreds of hours in the game and rdo and never went out of bounds. Thanks for the guide of it thru your eyes!
oh hell yes