Ska Band Half Past Two Releases Music Video Shot Entirely In The Sims 3

Move over, AMVs–The Sims music movies are what’s sizzling proper now and Orange County ska band Half Past Two is out to show it. Earlier at present, the ska ensemble launched their music video for “Curtain Call,” which was shot solely in The Sims 3.

The music video kicks off with a sim model of the band’s lead singer, Tara Hahn, using her bicycle earlier than kicking into the upbeat, pop-punk monitor. What ensues is an entire lot of Sim-ly hijinks involving trampolines, bull-riding, and the sport’s notorious Dance Sphere.

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Much like another music video, this endeavor featured a director: Rae Mystic. While Mystic has shot loads of music movies utilizing extra conventional strategies (together with a few of Half Past Two’s earlier movies), filming one solely in The Sims 3 was a brand new and thrilling problem for them.

“I’ve been playing The Sims since the first generation of it and I’ve always wanted to make a Sims music video, since I was a kid,” Mystic stated in a press launch. “I posted on Twitter expressing my wish and Half Past Two was the first band to jump on.”

“When Rae threw out the idea of creating an entire music video in The Sims, I DMed them back immediately to let them know we were in,” guitarist Max Beckman added. “I completely trust Rae’s artistic vision and knew they would deliver a creative, entertaining video, despite never having worked in the medium previously. I also got to breathe a sigh of relief not having to plan a video shoot around eight members for once!”

However, without having to coordinate eight individuals may need been a welcome change of tempo, Mystic added that there have been nonetheless numerous processes involved–and getting the members’ corresponding sims to do precisely what they needed wasn’t all the time easy. Ultimately, the venture took Mystic about 13 hours to finish.

“I shot the music video like any other: I built a set in-game, customized the lighting, and, of course, made sure that I made avatars for everyone in the band. Creating and ‘filming’ took about 13 hours, not including the editing. It was challenging to force Sims to do what I wanted them to do with the loose story board I had written down. Tara riding the bike in the beginning was planned, Mark riding the bull was not planned but seemed fun to throw in!”