Mid-month production check-in.
This post exists to show what is actively being worked on for the next main video release.
Recap of last WIP
time skipping, memory play focused 'expanded' world of MWO
full 'intake' to 'conditioned' experience
More serious, oppressive atmosphere compared to the first video
focus less on the initial spectacle and more on the normalization of an otherwise very potent experience. Each stage or act of the video acts to normalize each increase of intensity until the subject reaches the end of their transformation.
SPOILERS AHEAD
So far, work has mainly been focused on the first third of the video, namely the scene setting, 'intake'/induction, and visual language for the earlier parts of the video before the main trance framework (all visible in the videos above~!).
To keep in spirit with answering the 'why' questions of how the world of MWO2 exists, I want to introduce 4 main views or structures to the video.
Auditing company - IGRA (International Group Record Authority)
Serves to act as a framework for time skips, going over each portion of conditioning and step in the process our auditee goes through from start to finish
also acts as a safety mechanism, framing experiences as past tense and Henson's now defunct existence
Operating corp - Henson Family Farms (the ones that turn people into cows)
Primary operating entity responsible for procurement and conditioning of new subjects, introduced in our last WIP. Handles the procurement, intake, handling, and conditioning of all heifers/cattle that it needs to process for its own benefits.
The 'auditor' - you, the viewer
Separated from the actual subject going through the experience of the video, giving a purpose to the viewing of the video, redactions, time skips, etc. Ultimately a powerless observer is intended to watch actions and events that have already happened. Over time the drift between the outside observer and the one experiencing these events will drift closer, time skips and framing becoming more fuzzy and less clear to differentiate the two.
The 'auditee' - the subject's experience we are viewing through this video.
Our subject itself was taken into the Henson family system. Although by themselves they may only be a small part of the bigger system, we get to watch their entire descent from their first time waking in the belly of Henson Farms all the way to the end result of their stay.
Video structuring will be as follows: Each branch of Henson Farms will have its own structure and purpose, including different visual changes, language, and methods of hypnosis. Each ARM introduces distinct interface logic, color hierarchy, and audio texture to reflect system depth as we watch our subject be processed through this system.
ARM 1 – public advertising
The most mundane, public interactions from Henson. advertisements designed to lure people in and convince them that they have something worth offering to those that are dissatisfied with normal life. These will look mostly normal, with the subtle undertones that what they offer is more than just what is described on the surface.
ARM 2 – intake and induction
Our system intake. Where new clients become subjects or products. Organized, categorized, and filtered in the appropriate path for them to best fit their new lives/find purpose at Henson. This is where other heifers are revealed, systems and equipment, etc.
ARM 3 – brainwashing proper
Post induction, our main trance segment. framed as multi-day conditioning, the expected life that can be fulfilled, why heifers wouldn't want to go back to their normal lives, or how they are unable to, and more.
Additional segments, listed below, will be revealed in the next WIP update:
ARM 4 – Body Modification and Conditioning
ARM 5 – Re-Education
ARM 6 - The Pit
Whats next?
For the brainwashing portions themselves, visual intensity will be on par with the previous video release, Furry Brain Drain, and will escalate from there, with intent to add forms of gamification to how the trance operates to encourage the idea that you as the viewer/subject are conditioning yourself to want this life offered.
With the core structural design now finalized, the remaining production focus shifts toward completing the full script pass for the latter branches, in between time skips, and the final act for our subject, as well as refining the progression of visual language across the piece.
Tightening the found-footage framing, deepening the overlap between auditor and auditee perspectives as they beocme less and less seperated, and gradually increasing interface complexity and sensory load in alignment with each stage of conditioning intensity growing through different experienced departments.
See you soon~
Dreddy~