Dead Bird Studio (Location)
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Dead Bird Studio is the second major location in A Hat in Time. Unlike other areas which are self-contained hubs, Battle of the Birds includes many areas within the chapter, such as Dead Bird Studio and the Owl Express.
Within the studio features two movie directors, the Conductor and DJ Grooves, and their competition for the Annual Bird Movie Awards. The place is a large studio for birds. In the studio itself, most of them are owls. It contains many stages which all appear to be western or sci-fi movie sets.
History
Not much is known about the Dead Bird Studio or the area outside the studio. The start of the studio comes from the dream Conductor and DJ Grooves had as children to make a great movie after watching a show in television. They both worked hard to achieve their dream, but ended up both renting the same studio. However, it sparked competition between each other to make the best movies they can. Since then, the Conductor has won all Annual Bird Movie Awards except for one, the 42nd award, which was claimed by DJ Grooves. The number of the award given at the end of the chapter isn't clearly stated.
Layout
Dead Bird Studio is made up of the following:
Front Desk
Front Desk is the starting place of Dead Bird Studio. It contains Front Desk, two passages leading to stages, trophy stands, and birds. The bird in the front desk will tell Hat Kid to not trespass the stages as stages are filming.
Filming Stages
Filming Stages is the area Hat Kid goes through in order to progress the Dead Bird Studio (Act 1). It contains DJ Grooves appearing on a director's chair in front of many different stages and the Conductor directing Western movies. It also has many birds on watch for trespassers, and if Hat Kid gets caught in their eyes, she has to restart from the last checkpoint.
Basement
The Basement is a place deep within and below the Dead Bird Studio, where, in the end, one of the movie directors appears as the boss at the end of the chapter.
Trivia
- The name "Dead Bird Studio" originates from an early concept of Battle of the Birds - which was named "Trainwreck of Science" at the time - where in Act 2, Murder on the Science Express, there was a station known as "Dead Bird's Station".