I like the name Chrono Volumes, though I'm not so certain of the flashback idea...it feels a little trite unless we're only showing the "after Chrono and Marle's Wedding" bit in the first episode and not again till after the whole story is over...that would be a lot better, in my eyes. Maybe an intermission dipping back into the future after Chrono and Marle's wedding or two would also be good.
As for the epilogue...well, we probably shouldn't plan too far ahead, but in my mind it ought to lead into the Chrono Cross...fall of Guardia and all that. But we can get to the specifics of that later.
Through the actual story we'll want to trim anything very gameplay like, as well as improve upon certain events that went too fast or did not have enough emotion invested in them, and so on. Also, we'll want to give a couple nods to the Chrono Compendium in the form of mentioning Chrono Compendium theories in vague ways.
But two or more scriptwriters is a good idea...they can bounce ideas off each other, correct each other's mistakes, and generally improve the overall script much more than just one scriptwriter could have. (Or we could even split duties, like, say, one scriptwriter writes the first episode, the next writes the second, and so on, while serving as a beta editor for the other scriptwriter(s) on their individual episodes.) And if we want to keep it down to twenty or so minutes, we'll want to have several chapters of the game split into parts to fully do them all.
One more thing: we must try to keep to the Retranslation as well so we don't put in many of the translation errors and the like, especially when it comes to chapter/potential episode titles. "The Queen is Gone" for example, should be "The Princess is Gone." But we'll get to that once we start writing.
^ Although that sounds like a great idea, that would be literally impossible for any fan base to ever complete. You would need a team of 50 people+ to successfully pull that off. 20 mintues
IS A LOT of time, I did A Documentary long ago on 3D Animation, and that alone was only 10 minutes and to properly animate it, as well as get all the effects in, took well over 3 months.
Your idea's are good, but well over limits of any group of 3-5 people. Most people see things like Chrono Trigger: The Movie, or Chrono Trigger: After Effect and wonder why it was abandoned, "It was way beyond their limits."
I'll be lucky if I can make a few short 4-5 minute music videos ( Certain events with Remixed music done by Vinmaleth ) let alone a entire series of 20 minute movies.
Then theres the voice acting. You would need a willing voice actor for Marle, Lucca, Magus, King Guardia, Ozzie, Flea, Slash, Frog, NPC's, Enemies.
Then you need sound effects like explosions, spells, background noise.
Then you need all the scenes and doodads added in.
^ To be honest, that sounds bigger than Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. ( especially if its 20 episode, of 20 minutes+) and Square had a team well over 100 working on AC. We got 3-5 people.
Thats why I'm going to stick with my original Idea that I had from the beginning, remake the entire CT Cast, and use them in a few short videos, that alone will take months.
Any ideas are welcome, and help with modeling and such is always nice, but remember, as a artist, I always have a hard time using other peoples work.
But if I do, you'll be fully credited of course.
