Campaign 3, E58: “Escape From The Past”

May 11, 2023

Combat:

  1. Twitch: 0:25:22 to 1:31:15, YouTube: 0:10:26 to 1:16:19

Recurring Themes:

  • Guns: A guest character uses guns to fight.
  • Destroyed city: Episode takes place in the ruins of a city destroyed a long time ago and preserved in a state of destruction.
  • Horror imagery: Magically corrupted nature.
  • Monster sounds: Many different monster sounds are made and some unsettle the cast. Including slurping tentacle sounds.
  • Many teeth: Recurring descriptions of monstrous mouths with varying detail.

Pre-show:

Mentions:

  • Unsafe working environment: Ghost says they are a dead warehouse worker who died at work.

Visual appearances:

  • Smoking: Ad character has a prop cigarette.
    Twitch: 0:15:00 to 0:18:25, YouTube: 0:00:04 to 0:03:29
    Alcohol: a character is holding a glass of liquor.
    Twitch: 0:15:22 to 0:18:25, YouTube: 0:00:26 to 0:03:29

Campaign 3 Intro 2:

Time: 1:47

Epilepsy and light sensitivity

  • Rapidly alternating colors: High contrast bright colors, often on bright white, that rapidly shift with frequent jump cuts.
  • Flashing motion effects: Low frame animation without blur frames. Motion blur at the beginning Jumping stills with bright white lines on a dark background appear to flash as they change.
  • Jumpy rotoscoped shots: Short cuts for rotoscoped animation with a lot of movement can appear jumpy and disorienting. May affect motion sensitivity.

Part 1:

Occurrences:

  • Falling: A character slips and falls down stairs in battle.
  • Eaten alive: Characters are swallowed by a monster during combat.
  • Fire: Characters fight in a room that's on fire and take damage from the fire. The whole building catches on fire as they leave.
  • Horror imagery: Monster begins to reform after the fight.

Mentions:

  • Vomit: Brief description of baby barf.
  • Spider: Mentioned in setting narration.

Visual appearances:

  • Horror imagery: Monster figure with many mouths, teeth, and tentacles. (Through combat 1.)
    Twitch: 0:25:40 to 1:31:31, YouTube: 0:10:44 to 1:16:35

Sound effects:

  • Screaming: Narration includes screaming.
    Twitch: 1:13:12 to 1:13:14, YouTube: 0:58:15 to 0:58:17
  • Barking: Wolf like monster makes a panting bark sound.
    Twitch: 1:55:45 to 1:56:03, YouTube: 1:40:49 to 1:41:07

Break

D&D: Keys From The Golden Vault

Time: 0:50

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing Lights: Rapidly flashing white, red, and black graphics and editing cuts.

WizKids Vox Machina Boxed Miniture Ad

Time: 0:30

Visual appearances:

  • Horror monster: A monster with many eyes, a large toothy mouth, and skeletal wings.

Candela Obscura Trailer

Time: 1:53

Mentions:

  • Corruption: Setting of the game is described as being impacted by magical corruption.
  • Conspiracy: Brief description of a secret society as the main characters of the game.

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing lights: The trailer is designed to mimic the lights and movement of a gothic lighthouse. Flashing lights and slowly spinning camera movement throughout.
  • Trypophobia: Extreme close up shot of a carbonated liquid.
  • Horror imagery: Drawings of a shadowy monsters. One looming over sheep.

Sound effects:

  • Static: Electric buzz of old lights turning on.
  • Flapping wings: Sound from an unseen flying creature.

Critical Role Shop Showcase

Midst Intro Trailer

Time: 0:55

Visual appearances:

  • Flashing Lights: White lights with rainbow auras for entire ad.
  • Guns: A portrait of a character with a rifle is shown.

Welcome to Tal'Dorei Soundtrack Ad

Welcome to Wildemount Soundtrack Ad

Critical Recap Ad

Fanart and Cosplay Submission Ad

Twitch Subscription Ad Spoofing '80's Toy Ads

Part 2:

Occurrences:

  • Wanting to die: Extended joke about an inanimate object brought to life wanting to die.
  • Sex: Characters flirt and split off from the group to have sex. Confirmed verbally with a non-explicit scene summary.
  • Death threat: A god implies that a resurrection could be undone if their instructions aren't followed.

Detailed descriptions:

  • Hunting sentient creatures: Characters find notes of someone who hunted and killed fey people to make a magic item.
  • War: Extended scene walking through memories of a battle.

Mentions:

  • Fire: Characters briefly discus the fire from part 1.
  • Alcohol: Characters joke about clumsiness being due to alcohol.
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