Halo Development Update (Episode 4): New Cinematic Director and Unfilled Lead Positions!

[@OO-bo4xk]

Hope that race car cinematic lead will do his homework on what made bungie halos so mythical feeling.

[@RebsGaming]

@@OO-bo4xkAgreed! I wish him the best of luck.

[@m.salas21]

Forza has some dialogue scenes between human characters that are low effort in my opinion. We're I think he will shine is in any actions scene, on account of the many stunt cinematics.

[@Grandpa76]

Yo Rebs! Love the updates. I don't see anyone else doing these deep dives, in fact I've seen other KZbinrs report on your findings after the fact lol. Anyway, I've done some deep diving myself and found some interesting info that I would like to hear your take on in a future video. This is regarding the narrative design and story for Halo 7. As you may know, Paul Crocker (writer of the amazing Batman Arkham series) was the narrative lead for Halo Infinite. I think he was limited by the game's rushed state and its "T" rating, but he did a good job with what he had regardless. According to his LinkedIn profile, he's still the Narrative Director and Associate Creative Director at 343i. Speaking of... he was interestingly the *full-on* Creative Director from Feb 2022-Jul 2022, perhaps during the suspected pre-production period of Halo 7. The interesting part about his profile however, is that he recently listed his new position as *another* Creative Director at a game-dev startup called "Jar of Sparks." Even more interesting is the fact that he started this position in Jul 2022 which is at the exact same time he downgraded from Creative Director to Associate Creative Director at 343i. EVEN MORE interesting is that the founder of Jar of Sparks is JERRY HOOK, the previous head of design for Halo Infinite. You can see there's definitely something in the works here, however it doesn't seem Paul Crocker is working there full time... yet. Trust me, we want him completely on board for Halo 7. That is my only concern. Now here's the second part of the puzzle: Clay Carmouche. Clay is an ex-Bungie writer who wrote the lore and script for Destiny's greatest expansion: The Taken King. HE was working at 343i as WRITING DIRECTOR from Mar 2022 - May 2023 (see the overlap?). I feel pretty confident in saying that he was also a substantial part in the pre-production of Halo 7 with that window especially. He's gone now, working someplace else, but it makes sense if he's already given Microsoft the finished story draft, as he was working full time before that. I would love to learn more about this. The point I'm making is that if these two were in charge of creating Halo 7's story from the very beginning (unlike being hired later after the ball already started rolling, which may have happened to Paul Crocker to an extent with Halo Infinite), then this could be HUGE... and I think we would be in for a treat. Paul even acted as Steve Down's voice coach during the recording process for Infinite, similar to Marty's role back in the day. These two have a serious portfolio that could lead to a dream campaign as long as other aspects of development go accordingly. Please look into this more.

[@RebsGaming]

Nice investigative work! I read through your entire comment and will look into this. Thank you for sharing. Also, glad you love the updates and I did notice others report on my info haha

[@Grandpa76]

@@RebsGaming Thanks! Btw re-reading my comment, I want to be clearer about the point I was trying to make regarding Paul Crocker: that I just find it weird that he's working 2 full time positions atm and that I hope he's not too occupied from aiding in Halo 7. I wonder how much he's even involved, as I'm actually just noticing that his LinkedIn says he's working full time at Jar of Sparks and NOT 343i. Does he still work there at all? Did he forget to update his profile? Just curious about the extent of his involvement. I'm a big fan if u couldn't already tell lol

[@FootedGhost]

Good video man. It's good to see 343 filling up these important positions, but it's also clear Halo 7 won't be coming for quite some time if they're only now just filling roles like Cinematic director. I'm expecting 2027 at the absolute earliest but I hope I'm wrong lol

[@RebsGaming]

@@FootedGhost Thanks dude! And exactly. They are probably in the early stages of production or just entering it which means it won’t release for quite some time

[@FootedGhost]

@@RebsGaming I wonder if we might see the CA Halo game in the meantime, we just need something to tie us over 😅

[@Grandpa76]

@@FootedGhost we can only hope 🙏🏻

[@aimalkhan5028]

Cant wait to re-watch these videos once it cones out. Saddest thing woth infinite for me is i cant find vids cataloging its development like you are doing now

[@RebsGaming]

@@aimalkhan5028 yea I’m the only person doing this. Why? I’m an exclusive news reporter and I love halo so this is the type of content I live for. Thanks for watching!

[@Palumpalumpa]

Can you make a "Halo 7 Development" playlist?

[@RebsGaming]

I meant to do that. Will do 👍

[@RebsGaming]

I made it: kzbin.info/aero/PLmFyAQvikmeZUwdjfUE8YABREEfuz5ZrK&si=1SDQQhzGGSbBz5KL

[@3mpt7]

Ah yes. I've only sporadically hammered 343 Industries over the head for over a decade with the fact that whilst fans might think it's an arena shooter, the vehicles, aircraft, potential watercraft, and spacecraft set Halo apart--Covenant, UNSC, Forerunner and/or Flood. I hope to see vehicle heavy cutscenes like Halo Reach from this guy.

[@nastbass]

343 passing on the cinematics lead for H3/Reach and hiring the other guy instead tells you everything you need to know about them as a company. Those tweets recently from Unyshek talking about how he’s never seen a “no bungie hires” policy at his time at 343 is complete bs

[@Mercinatar]

So is it gonna be halo 7 or a ce remake?

[@lordshmee13]

Ok for new cinematic dude, look maybe just 3 one shot cutscenes yea, and cut down on shots of 2 people talking in a room that was bright to dark 😂 Infinite felt weak for this as the newest Halo game.......freakin Halo 5 had dynamic shots come on, the opening was cool because it went over the landscape of the battle and sure one shot BUT was dynamic, this game should of had open world cutscenes, the return of the Chopper couldnt of felt any weaker, marines on the run crlebrating they escaped and offer Chief a ride, when all of sudden VROOOOOM CHOPPER CHARGE RIGHT THROUGH THE HOG..........wait they originally cur the chopper charge dammit

[@peattisma1489]

we dont know for sure that they havent filled those positions, maybe just havent announced yet.

[@RebsGaming]

We do know for sure because the job listings will say “no longer accepting applicants” when they are filled. Also, as I showed in the video, 343 employees continue to promote those specific lead positions on LinkedIn because they are still available.

[@dataracer1172]

Is there any proof to the not hiring ex-Bungie people thing? If so, dude could file a lawsuit on hiring discrimination. Of course 343 would publicly deny it for the legal HR reasons.

[@RebsGaming]

I spoke to someone who confirmed that he applied and 343 chose the Forza guy over him