SETTING THE "SEA TREK" / "OCEAN RANGERS" |
(aka "TERABYSS" / "ROKKO ISLAND ROCKERS") |
STORY & WRITING CREDITS STRAIGHT |
The
script for "TERABYSS: A ROCKERS UNDERWATER ADVENTURE" (aka,
"ROKKO ISLAND ROCKERS", the project's initial title) was written
and storyboarded by Johnny (J.V.) Curtis, who created the original characters
and their backstories, scripted all the dramatic dialogue (in its original
English), wrote the action and technical description, and developed
the story setting to fit the venue's architectural parameters at the
Rokko Island Theme Park in Kobe, Japan. It was drafted, from original
story through final storyboarded shooting script, in a unique page format
designed by Johnny (J.V.) Curtis specifically for motion-based attraction,
"theme ride" entertainments. |
This
project was an 11th-hour rescue and complete rewrite of a prior, much
more ambitious underwater Interactive Simulation ride attraction project
called "AQUAPORT". At staff Creative Director Alan Yamashita's
request, J.V. Curtis commenced the rewrite on the basis of three words
from the Japanese clients: "Thrill, Speed, Panic."
All scriptwriting on the project was done solely by Johnny (J.V.) Curtis. |
Mr.
Curtis further adapted this script for audiences in Toronto, Canada,
after the show proved extremely popular and was subsequently re-titled
"SEA TREK", for which he additionally created the original
design concept for the show's promotional poster, scripted the show's
theme-queue voice-over dialogue (which was recorded virtually verbatim),
and created the fictional "Ocean Rangers Base Technical Information
& Description Panels" used throughout the queue's length to
establish the show's environmental credibility and theme backstory. |
The
"SEA TREK" adaptation of the "ROCKERS / TERABYSS"
script was done for SimEx, a company that was started following "TERABYSS's"
success. J.V. Curtis has written a great many other original scripts
and treatments for the various companies that Mr. Yamashita has been
associated with (e.g., Interactive Entertainment, Interactive Simulation,
Emotional Response, SimEx), and has supplied Mr. Yamashita with a substantial
amount of conceptual and literary work from 1990 through 1996. |
It
has long been Mr. Curtis' belief that he was credited with his work
within professional circles. Unfortunately, the deletion and / or usurpation
of Mr. Curtis’ credit as the writer of the "ROCKERS / TERABYSS
/ SEA TREK" shows has been brought to this Author's attention,
and he regrets the necessity of having to defend his reputation here
-- however, since the online dissemination of misinformation regarding
his due and proper conceptual and writing credits has exacerbated this
situation (through search engine returns and erroneous content
on certain related websites), Mr. Curtis has no choice but to employ
countermeasures to help set the record straight. |
Virtually
ALL of the original character and story development, storyboards, promotional
poster design, interior set walk-through display nomenclation, beat
outlines, and final draft paste-ups for the "ROCKERS / TERABYSS
/ SEA TREK" shows have been archived by J.V. Curtis. In the event
that any Party or Parties may wish to dispute the foregoing, the Author
is prepared to display all the original materials, notes, sketches,
art & script paste-ups, vocal recordings, invoices, and other pertinant
proofs of authorship, at the Writer's Guild of America West's conference
facilities in Los Angeles, California. |
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