Gaming · Process case study
An NBA 2K sports documentary
A recorded NBA 2K game became the evidence, and the evidence became a sports documentary.
During an NBA 2K game, a teammate was accused of throwing the match. The recording of that session became the evidence, and the evidence became a fictional sports documentary.
A 30-minute NBA 2K recording: the REC card, the matchup and the half-time score.
One player is accused of sabotage. The others testify.
The language of a sports documentary: interviews, archive footage, a verdict.
Each player was taken from the actual recording and rebuilt as a documentary subject. JaMarcus keeps what the game shows: the blue REC jersey, number 5, the shooting-guard role.
In-game (NBA 2K matchup card) → cinematic model
JaMarcus' fourth-quarter drive and dunk, exactly as it happened in the recorded NBA 2K game, then the same action rebuilt as the film's cinematic dunk.
Identity frames were animated into talking-head interviews and slow archive moments, then reviewed take by take.
Animated shots that made the final cut: control of the ball, a look, the reaction after the play.
A recorded NBA 2K game became the evidence, and the evidence became a sports documentary.
