How to replicate "Subservient Performer"?

[vito]

There was a WHT thread http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=468134 that showed a Subservient Santa http://www.santasez.sig-ad.com/ . The site has now converted it to a buy only basis. Burger King has a similar model http://www.subservientchicken.com/ .

So what is involved in replicating this model? I want to have this with someone dressed as a cow. Is it a matter of paying someone in a cow suit to perform "unlimited" instructions on camera? If so, once that is done, how do you put the player together?

Vito

[Christina]

With lots of actionscript!! Sure, you can't add EVERY SINGLE action you want the "chicken" to do (I asked it to break the tv, and it went for the pillows? :lol:).

[vito]

So once you have a whole collection of clips that perform different commands, is it a simple matter of coding it all in AS in Flash?

Vito

[Christina]

Well in a nutshell yeah :) You just need a decent ActionScripter to do the dirty work. But that's a lot of clips and a lot of possibilities!

[Christina]

Apparently you're not the only one who wants to replicate those sites! Look Here (http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=589604)

[vito]

Thanks for the link, C.

Hmm. Me thinks I will be starting a thread soon asking for feedback on the list of actions a cow has to perform for me to have a "good" collection of actions.

Vito

[chaos]

HAHAHA, I love it! My first question for him was to break the TV as well. What a coincidence. He wouldn't do that, but he would do the worm. :lol:

[vito]

Already have a local cow costume rental lined up, as well as a talent to do all the screen shots. My studio is ready to take on the project. All I have to do now is come up with the HUGE list of actions to record. :)

Vito

[Christina]

I look forward to seeing how this turns out Vito! :) Good luck!

[the_pm]

Please give us first looks at the final product :D

And remember, always have your talent start and end in the same pose, in the same spot, and keep the lighting consistent. Make this really look like a live experience! Oh, and come up with about a dozen different "I don't understand what you're asking" and "naughty naughty" reactions. Have them randomly kick in, so it's not so obvious they are prerecorded :)

[vito]

Exactly, Paul.

I definitely need to have a few "default" clips that address the more "off the wall" commands. For instance, when someone types in a command for some lude act, the cow will walk towards the camera and wave a finger back and forth as "no-no" - like Baboo on Seinfeld. And for unrecognizable commands, the cow would shrug his shoulders as if to say "What the heck?"

This is gonna be a fun project. :)

Vito