RTBF: The Beginning

**RTBF: The Beginning** (Polo-Russian: *RTBF: Naczalo*) is an Anti-*Friday Night Funkin* short film made by Moloyah and . It is a prequel of *RTBF: Door to the Elements of the Win* and a spinoff of the series *France 5 et Vous*. It was released on 16 May 2023. An epilogue of the short film called *RTBF: The Epilogue*, was released on 18 May 2023.

### Plot

The Belgian public broadcaster RTBF talks with their audience for the first time and have fun together, but it was interrupted when a Flemish kicks their audience and asking them to turn into VRT, but the RTBF can't able to turn into VRT because they still speak French. Because of this, the Flemish goes away with disappointment. The audience doesn't know what she should do next, instead, the viewer tells RTBF to turn into the graphic design personality of themselves, and the RTBF agreed about her idea. The graphic design personality of themselves, as seen in La Une, La Deux and La Trois branding in 2011-2020 and the RTBF's corporate idents interacts with a different viewer. A male Belgian arrives at the room, talks to the RTBF and asks them to turn into their new design personality of themselves. The RTBF's graphic design personality tries to turn themselves into a new one,

### Transcript

*C'est l'histoire de la RTBF, le diffuseur belge pour les Francophones, qui a appris par le habillage 2002-2008 de France Televisions a parler aux telespectateurs a travers l'ecran. Pour la toute premiere fois, nous vous demontrer l'image inedite de la RTBF RTBF parlant avec ses telespectateurs, dans sa personalite originelle et sa personalite de marque.*

**RTBF:** Parlez a RTBF!

**Audience:** Je vous parlais au telephone, bonjour :)))))

**RTBF:** Bonjour, ca va?

**Audience:** Je suis bien, et vous?

**RTBF:** Nous etions tres bien. Qu'est que vous faites?

**Audience:** Je ne fais rien, je juste regarde des series televisees et joue a des jeux.

**RTBF:** Ca sonne bien. Nous voulons regarder des series televisees et joue a des jeux, mais nous ne pouvons pas faire ca.

(A Flemish kicks the audience)

**Flemish:** Transformez-vous en VRT.

**RTBF:** Quoi? Nous parlons encore.

**Flemish:** Ma mere veut parler avec VRT. Transformez-vous en VRT maintenant!

**RTBF:** Nous parlons francais et nous ne pouvons pas parler flamand, nous sommes encore en conversation et nous ne pouvons pas changer parce que nous parlons francais.

(The Flemish gets out with dissapointment)

**Audience:** Que devons nous faire maintenant?

**RTBF:** Vous pouvez faire tout ce que vous voulez.

**Audience:** Ce signifie que je peux regarder des series televisees ou jouer a des jeux? Ou faire quelques chose?

**RTBF:** Vous pouvez choisir si vous voulez, nous ne vous interdisons rien, juste faites-vous quoi si vous convient.

**Audience:** J'ai une idee! Vous devez changer en votre personalite de marque!

**RTBF:** C'etait une bonne idee, mais comment pouvons-nous changer en notre personalite de marque? Nous parlons francais encore.

(Now it's RTBF's graphic design turn)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF comes to the audience, since they are the graphic design personality of RTBF. The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen, saying hello)

**Audience:** Oeee c'est un habillage de RTBF.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF gives a warm greeting to the audience, The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen, saying how are you?)

**Audience:** Je vais bien? Je sais que vous allez bien.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF becomes delighted about what the audience is saying, The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen, saying they are very well)

**Audience:** Ouais, la RTBF va tres bien.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF becomes extremely happy after hearing that word)

(A male Belgian enters the room)

**Male Belgian:** Excusez-moi, je veux boire un verre.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF greets the male Belgian, who wants to take a drink)

**Male Belgian:** Un habillage de RTBF? Que faites-vous ici?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF waits for the male Belgian to talk with him in a happy mood)

**Male Belgian:** Je vais parler de... vous. Comment ca va?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF quickly responds to the male Belgian and speaks to him by speaking through the screen they are fine)

**Male Belgian:** Moi je vais bien aussi. Pourquoi ne vous transformez pas en nouveau? C'est ennuyeux.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF tries to turn themselves into a new graphic design personality of themselves, they proceeds to do it until the male Belgian tired of standing. Their attempt about turning themselves into their new graphic design personality does not go well)

**Male Belgian:** C'est trop long. Je vais prendre une eau.

(The male Belgian takes a glass and fills the water from the dispenser. He drinks it, then he walks after drinking the water. He still holds the glass of water in his hand)

**Audience:** Que'st ce que vous faites?

**Male Belgian:** Je bois de l'eau.

(The male Belgian received a phone notification from his manager. The manager said that the male Belgian must go for meeting. The male Belgian must go fast)

**Male Belgian:** Je dois partir, j'ai une reunion.

(The male Belgian tripped on a chair, making him fall and accidentally spills the water at RTBF and the TV. The RTBF becomes malfuctioned after getting spilled by the water. The RTBF turns into the modern and futuristic personality of themselves, as seen in the RTBF's rebranding from 2020. The RTBF says something futuristic and complex, making their words unintelligible to them)

**Audience:** Que'st-ce que leur passe?

**Male Belgian:** Ils ont un dysfonctionnement!

**RTBF:** (The RTBF notices the audience and the male Belgian and tells them that everything is fine)

**Audience:** Pouvez-vous les reparer?

**Male Belgian:** J'ai peur que je ne peux pas.

**Audience:** Comment ca?

**Male Belgian:** Ils sont un habillage, et ils sont un diffuseur public belge. Il est impossible qui je les repare en reparant la tele.

**Audience:** Mais vous pouvez le faire d'une autre maniere, non?

**Male Belgian:** Je vais essayer.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF doesn't recognize what the audience and the male Belgian are doing)

(The male Belgian pulls out the TV cable, making the RTBF's graphic design personality turned off)

**Male Belgian:** C'est fait.

**Audience:** Que dois je faire?

**Male Belgian:** Je suis desole que je vais vois quitter, je dois aller a la reunion.

(The male Belgian leaves the room by opening the door and runs to the meeting)

**Audience:** Que'st ce qui se passe si je rebranche le cable?

(The audience plugs back the cable, and turns on the TV. The graphic design personality of RTBF comes back and feels unconscious after the cable was pulled out by the male Belgian. The RTBF manages to go back into normal)

**Audience:** Etes-vous d'accord? Vous n'avez pas l'air d'aller bien.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF barely understands about what the audience is saying because of the unconsciousness)

**Audience:** Vous entendez qui je dis?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF stops being unconscious after hearing that word. The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen saying they heard about what the audience is saying)

**Audience:** La RTBF! Comment vous sentez-vous quand vous n'allez pas bien?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen about their unconsciousness, saying that they managed to go back into normal)

**Audience:** Est-ce difficile pour vous de revenir a la normale?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen that managing them to go back into normal is not that difficult)

**Audience:** Alors, c'est tout. Que devons nous faire apres cette mauvaise chose que nous avons eue?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF understands about what the audience is saying. The RTBF thinks about what they should do next. They have many ideas about it, but they reject the ideas and wants the suitable idea to do what they should do next)

(It's the RTBF's turn)

**Audience:** Que pensez-vous de cette video que je vous ai montree?

**RTBF:** Cette video a l'air bien, le scenario n'est pas si mal, nous allons dire que cette video est bien aussi.

**Audience:** Apres avoir vu le film, qu'allez vous faire ensuite?

**RTBF:** Nous preferons nous faire que faire les autres, mais nous aimons aussi si vous nous decidez. Vous pouvez nous choisir si que vous voulez.

**Audience:** Je sais, nous devons creer un autre film de votre personalite de marque!

**RTBF:** C'est une brillante idee! Vous avez un scenario a nous soumettre?

**Audience:** Nous n'avons pas a faire un scenario, vous pouvez faire un film par vous-meme!

**RTBF:** C'est une facon unique, ce signifie que nous faisons le film par nous-memes? Voyons si nous pouvons le faire.

(The RTBF's graphic design is going to kick the roleplay room)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF's graphic design personality is in a plain mood. They look around and don't do anything, and they doesn't have any mood to talk to people at all)

**Audience:** Vous avez l'air fatigue, pourquoi vous ne faites rien?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF leaves no response to the audience, only looking around and does nothing)

**Audience:** C'est minuit! nous devons dormir, que pensez-vous?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF breaks the TV screen and runs into the audience's bed)

**Audience:** Je sais que vous voulez dormir. Devons-nous dormir ensemble?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen, saying yes)

**Audience:** D'accord, nous devons dormir ensemble. Je vais dormir, bonne nuit la RTBF!

**RTBF:** (The RTBF lays down on the bed and speaks to the audience by speaking through the screen saying may you sleep well. The RTBF closes its eyes and sleeps)

(The audience is sleeping well, he doesn't have any interruptions at all, same thing goes to the RTBF. The RTBF doesn't move left or right or open its eyes, and the RTBF is sleeping deeply. 4 hours later, the TV turned on mysteriously, and the RTBF does not wake up, due to having a deep sleep. The RTBF continues to sleep, until the TV becomes gradually louder. The RTBF opens its eyes and gets up to see what's happening. Meanwhile, the RTBF looks at the TV which is turned on mysteriously. The RTBF stares at the TV with no emotion, and becomes addicted to the TV. The RTBF can't able to stop watching the TV due to its addiction, and the TV then switches into La Une, Tipik and La Trois 2020 branding. The RTBF is slightly shocked due to La Une, Tipik and La Trois 2020 branding being showed on TV, slowly turning themselves into the modern and futuristic personality of themselves. The RTBF continues to see La Une, Tipik and La Trois 2020 branding and turn themselves into their futuristic personality, until the TV bright up, making their transition into their futuristic personality incomplete. The RTBF quickly figures out about the TV bright up and suddenly a pre-recorded voice spoke on the TV, telling the RTBF)

**Pre-recorded voice:** You will be the next warrior of the Frinkish Kingdom because of your rebrand in 2020!

**RTBF:** (The RTBF doesn't understand what the pre-recorded voice is saying. The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, saying why are you broadcasting our La Une, Tipik and La Trois idents?)

**Pre-recorded voice:** We see you that you have a formal graphic design personality, and we see you got a simple reset in your 2020 rebrand, so that's why you will become the next warrior of the Frinkish Kingdom!

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, saying saying are you going to make us becoming a warrior of the Frinkish Kingdom?)

**Pre-recorded voice:** Only you can save Frinkish Kingdom. May the magical things lands on you.

(The pre-recorded voice disappears away from the TV, and the RTBF assumes that the TV is broken. The RTBF was still mixed with their futuristic personality due to an incomplete transition. The RTBF looks around to fix the TV, but they only see the TV cable. The RTBF approaches into the TV cable to fix the TV. In that time, they attempt to talk the TV back)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, saying are you okay? You look broken)

(The TV does nothing)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, saying do you hear what we said? We want to fix you so that you can broadcast again)

(The TV still does nothing)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, saying why don't you talk to us?)

(The TV still does nothing)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the TV by speaking through the screen, but gently and loud, saying did you hear what we said?)

(The TV still does nothing, leaving no answer. The RTBF decides to pull the TV cable. They reach the TV cable very slowly, representing the modern and futuristic personality of themselves. While they were reaching the TV cable, the RTBF thinks about what happens if they pulled off the TV cable. The RTBF almost reaches the TV cable, but eventually paused after almost reaching the TV cable for a while. The RTBF gets remembered about their corporate idents and La Une, La Deux and La Trois branding in 2011-2020, and they realized that they gave positive messages towards their audience. They got recalled about what they said to their audience when they were in their original personality, "You can do it whatever you want". Getting recalled by it, the RTBF continues to do it, ended up looking at the TV cable)

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks by speaking through the screen to the original personality of the RTBF, saying we can do it whatever we want, we can do anything, same thing goes to when we pull of the cable)

(The RTBF quickly reaches the TV cable, and pulls the TV cable out, representing the original graphic design personality of themselves. The RTBF experiences a surreal experience, where their flashbacks of their corporate ident, La Une, Tipik and La Trois 2020 branding and La Une, La Deux and La Trois 2011-2020 branding flashes quickly. Then, they see a cube spinning with all Moloyah's experiences shows in each faces of the cube. If combined, the Moloyah's experiences says this: "I know that you are here, the RTBF, if you face tough situations and have courage, you will become the Frinkish Kingdom's Warrior of the Win!". The cube spins rapidly after that, and the RTBF sees the vision of Glocszy's flashbacks, where Glocszy got attacked by HaRo in 2021 to 2022 while the cube still spinning. The Glocszy's flashbacks flashes rapidly, making the RTBF becoming scared, thus wakes up from their sleep)

**Audience:** Qu'est-ce qui se passe avec vous? Vous etes cense dormir.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF becomes anxious, leaving the audience no answer)

**Audience:** Pourquoi ne vous parlez pas me le dire?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF speaks to the audience the whole thing by speaking through the screen that they will become the Warrior of the Win in the Frinkish Kingdom)

**Audience:** Une guerriere? Vous n'allez meme pas dan ce monde fictif.

**RTBF:** (The RTBF plugs the TV cable and looks back at the audience in a good mood)

**Audience:** Comment la tele peut-il redevenir cassee?

**RTBF:** (The RTBF doesn't know about why the TV is broken again, instead, they leave the audience a very bright smile)

(We will leave the RTBF's graphic design personality's room

**Audience:** Qui pensez-vous de ce prochain film?

**RTBF:** C'est trop complique, comprennez-vous l'intrigue de ce film?

**Audience:** Ce n'est pas tres complique, l'intrigue du film est bien, alors vous n'avez pas a corriger l'intrigue et creer une meilleure intrigue.

**RTBF:** Vous ne voulez pas que nous reparions le film? Ce film est a vous, nous vous laissons decider cette film, s'il est bon ou non.

(After the event)

**RTBF:** Il fait assez beau aujord'hui, mais nous ne savons pas ce que nous devons faire...

**Audience:** Oeee, la RTBF, voulez-vous m'aider a jardiner?

**RTBF:** Nous voulons, mais plus tard, parce que nous avons rien a faire.

(Several minutes later)

**Audience:** Je vais partir, je reviendrai et parler avec vous plus tard.

**RTBF:** ...Quand nous pourrons a nouveau parler a nos spectateurs?

(RTBF will come back soon in *RTBF: Door to the Elements of the Win*)

(Made by Moloyah. 2023 Moloyah)