Myst behind-the-scenes B-roll and interviews with Rand Miller, Richard A. Watson, Bonnie Staub, Chris Brandcamp, Robyn Miller, and Chuck Carter [Hi8], 1993

Item

Identifier: CYAN-MYST-BTS.3

Staff Only

Myst behind-the-scenes B-roll and interviews with Rand Miller, Richard A. Watson, Bonnie Staub, Chris Brandcamp, Robyn Miller, and Chuck Carter [Hi8], 1993

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes over 200 videotapes and audio recordings from the history of Cyan and the Myst series. The videos are primarily from the production of Riven: The Sequel to Myst, including raw camera footage and composite tests from the filming of the live-action portions of the game, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage used in "The Making of Riven" documentary. The tapes also include footage from other Myst-related projects, along with footage from general Cyan history, such as news appearances and industry presentations.

Several tapes also include footage of other video games released during the time Riven was development, presumably from Cyan's market research. Some videos that were irrelevant to the history of Cyan were digitized but omitted from this collection.

Dates

1993

Creator

Cyan, Inc (Developer, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Select materials (currently, related to work by Cyan's quality-assurance subsidiary CYANtest) were restricted after reviewing the footage with Cyan legal. Closed access to these materials may be provided to individual researchers at the discretion of the Video Game History Foundation library staff.

Historical Note

The B-roll in this video seems to have been produced after the bulk of development had been completed on Myst. Footage of the Miller brothers brainstorming ideas and designing Myst is likely a reenactment to use in the "The Making of Myst" documentary included with the game.

Extent

From the Collection: 3.60 Terabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

Segments from this videotape unrelated to Cyan (eg., home movies) have been removed from the public version of this video.

Processing Information

Note from digitization vendor: "chroma was recorded at a very high-level (crushed), video levels were adjusted to keep everything in broadcast range and reduce crushing; recording ends abruptly."