"Welcome to the Real World, Gamer"

Detail from a storyboard by Kyle Kelleher.

By Kyle Kelleher
The following is the opening scenes from a video being made as part of the Certificate III in media at Bathurst TAFE in central New South Wales, Australia.

INT. INSIDE GAME (MINECRAFT)
From the point of view of STEVE, a Minecraft character, we see him punching a tree to get wood, putting items into place to make tools, and if he died (e.g. falling in lava) he would respawn either near where he started or at the last bed he slept in.

He continues through this continuing cycle throughout the game, up to the time he builds a portal he believes will take him to another realm called the Nether (the real world’s equivalent of hell or hades).

EXT. REAL WORLD. DAY
He wakes up in the real world, afraid of what he sees. Nothing looks like what he’s used to in his pixelated world.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

where am I...? Huh?

What happened to the world?

It looks so strange…

He looks around to see if he can do anything to help him ‘survive’ in this new world, first by going to try and get some wood.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

hm... maybe if I hit this tree

 I can start my new life here

He taps the tree a few times, but nothing happens.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

well that didn’t work...

maybe I’m not hitting

the tree hard enough

He punches the tree really hard, but nothing happens to the tree. His hand is hurt.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

OW F*** THAT HURT!

He looked around and found some sticks and pebbles/rocks, and tries to arrange them on a table in hopes to make a tool such as a pickaxe, but nothing happens.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

maybe I’m doing it wrong…

He kept trying, but eventually gave up and just put the items in his pocket

INT. RANDOM DARK ROOM

He enters a dark room, but has 1 of his sticks out in case of a monster attack.

MINECRAFT PLAYER

It’s really dark in here.

There better not be any

zombies or skeletons in here

… wait what if there’s

a creeper in here?!

 He randomly swings the stick around, hitting random objects.

EXT. DAY

·         He walks around, getting worried

o   Minecraft player: I have to get. But how can I get home? It’s not possible. But there has to be a way. I really miss home (repeat this a few times)

·         He eventually gives up and tries to jump off a ledge to kill himself and hopefully respawn, but neither happens

o   Minecraft player: what? Why can’t I die?  … wait a minute… am I immortal?!