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Episode 7 · THE LOOP

Can the build of a world be shown inside the film, and checked?

Episode 7, THE LOOP: Book 13, 6:48. Ithaca is a grey-box blockout and an interactive-fiction log, and a plate only inks when the two agree.

12 sheets · Oct 19 12:40 to Oct 19 15:51

How it was made

  1. Make every gift, the ship, the olive and the cave real 3D boxes in the rig's world coordinates.
  2. Write a log of commands and checks beside the frame.
  3. A node turns to colour only when a hand holds it (the Episode 6 grip latch); otherwise it resets to grey box.

What this case teaches

  1. Every number in the log comes from code reading the rig's joints and the boxes, so the on-screen check is real.
  2. Seven agents loop the same line seven times; each fails a different check until one locks.
  3. The production method (blockout, check, ink) is the plot.

How it differs. Episode 6 fixed the grip. Episode 7 uses the grip as the test that lets the world exist.

First sheet and last sheet

Where the stage started and where it finished.

Test frames
Test framesOct 19 12:40
Episode 7 contact sheet
Episode 7 contact sheetOct 19 15:51

The sheets, step by step

Grouped by working session. Click any sheet to view it full size; use the arrow keys to move through them.

Step 1Scene test and Test framesOct 19 12:40–13:25 · 11 sheets
Test frames
Test framesOct 19 12:40
Scene test, ship
Scene test, shipOct 19 12:41
Scene test, loop
Scene test, loopOct 19 12:42
Scene test, wake
Scene test, wakeOct 19 12:47
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Scene test, athena
Scene test, athenaOct 19 12:54
Scene test, cave
Scene test, caveOct 19 12:58
Scene test, beggar
Scene test, beggarOct 19 13:01
Scene test, tag
Scene test, tagOct 19 13:03
Test frames
Test framesOct 19 13:04
Test frames
Test framesOct 19 13:10
Test frames
Test framesOct 19 13:25
Step 2EpisodeOct 19 15:51 · 1 sheet
Episode 7 contact sheet
Episode 7 contact sheetOct 19 15:51

What came out of it

ODY-E7 6:47Episode 7 · THE LOOPBook 13 as a loop: seven agents try to land the sleeping man on Ithaca and fail, until a grip holds, Athena compiles, and the old beggar is put together part by part.

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Carried forward

The checking method moves to a new character built from photographs.