# A Clarifying Visitation – Memory Card #51 👋🏻 We have an *outline*. ✨ Oooohhh ahhhhhh. ✨ Be excited! Earlier this week I sat down with all the research and thoughts I did [[Memory Card 39 – Cabin in the Woods|three months ago]] and reacquainted myself. Sort of like how Stephen King tucks a manuscript away for six weeks when the first go is done. Rereading all my work reminded me why I was excited about this idea in the first place. It was invigorating. It also (re)prompted me to zero in on the question of what this essay is *really* about. The scope of a topic like breaking the fourth wall can...quickly...get out of hand. In my time away, my imagination let that scope swell. Coming back has let me lock in. I am taking cues from the film essayist realm of channels like [Every Frame a Painting](https://www.youtube.com/@everyframeapainting) and [CinemaStix](https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaStix) (whom [[MFP47 - "when a youtuber shares their secret sauce" with Danny Boyd from CinemaStix|I just had on the podcast]] and will definitely be cribbing more inspiration from his workflow soon 👀). I want to focus on both an aspect of design (in this case breaking the fourth wall in games) and why it worked so well in a specific example (in this case, the end of *Astro Bot*). Those decisions gave me immediate clarity and I whipped up a solid outline in no time. I don't think I will share the outline itself here, but I do have a solid list of B- and G-Roll to get. All I need to do now is write the script, which I *think* can happen in a week. Maybe that's too ambitious, but this one should be a 10-13 minute video, not a monster edit. Is even saying total wrap by end of June too ambitious? I'm not sure, but let's just speculate that here for now. Until next time... > [!email]+ Memory Card Newsletter > This letter is one block from the newsletter **[Memory Card](https://buttondown.com/MaxFrequency)** by [Max Roberts](https://www.maxfrequency.net/about). Thoughts? Send *me* an email at [email protected]. > > Max is the writer and producer behind [Max Frequency](https://www.maxfrequency.net), a place where he cultivates and curates curiosity—both for himself and for others—by delighting in the details and growing greatness from small beginnings. > > He's written a [[Chasing the Stick - The History of Naughty Dog during the PS4 Era|rich history and dive on the making of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II]], celebrated the [[MFP23 - “A Passion for Smash” – Celebrating 15 Years of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Peter Spezia|15th anniversary of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with the voice behind its hype]], and examined how [Zelda "stole" Fortnite's best mechanic](https://youtu.be/kc2l_9Fdpek). > > **Memory Card** is a real-ish time, raw, drip feed newsletter of his creative process for telling these stories. It’s *how* The Thing™ gets made. You can sign up below. (Look down) > > It's all powered by [Max Frequency](https://www.maxfrequency.net) and [patrons](https://www.patreon.com/maxfrequency). > > Wanna see The Thing™? [Check it out on YouTube](https://youtube.com/MaxRobertsEssays). Read it on [The Blog](https://www.maxfrequency.net). > <iframe scrolling="no" style="width:100%!important;height:220px;border:1px #ccc solid !important" src="https://buttondown.com/MaxFrequency?as_embed=true"></iframe>