(note vid has been updated, agian, nothing special, just this time round, it has sound!) Small test Vid showing me in a falcon doing a test 'Pick up' on one of the maps for the film, im the only one in the game and the actual 'filming' was done in theater, then used capture card to get it on youtube. Test flight with sounds and angles‏ - YouTube Will try and get a quick test firefight going on tonight? Info on film so far People Willing to help:- BraD SlayZ K1D SUPR3M3 Carter1234 (script, Forge) FFM GsRREAPERxFS (Forge) Unfair Teamz (Forge, Script) TheOlympusPrime (Forge) GruntHunter ELI PONIN grif otaged (Forge) B3BLAST18 (Voice) BINKS1234 (Voice) Lennalf Nekchic (Voice, Forge) Zow Jr (Forge) blacksoul341 (Forge) Maps + Locations:- The Last stand = 70% (unnamed Cliff side resistance base) = 5% Invasion = 15% UNSC Skybase = 90% Camp Valor = 40% Eli Ponin map = 100%(?)
Dude... you will have more quality and sound to the end film right? Because this.. it looks very low quality, and it does not even have sound.
yeah i'll be uping the frame rate and aspect ratio (quality) and be connecting up the sound leads so it'll have sound too... i'll get a new one up tonight cos i did that this morning before work...
Alright. Got a little worried there.. The Defiance project is going smoothly, I have all the set pieces done and the script is almost done. I will start recruiting body actors today also.
Later, like I said in da message, we will talk about this, but if you want I can act as the pilot, and drop in and out of the machinma.
Aspect ration isn't quality, its how wide the picture is and often SD capture cards record in 4:3 then people stretch it 16:9 which makes the picture awful. Make sure you change the setting on the capture card software rather then after recording it in an editor. Your filming could use a little work, try to make the movement smoother and don't shoot scenes like that all in one take, break it up and have more angles. If you're going to be using moving shots make sure you slow down movement of the camera (Helpful hint: lower your sensitivity to 1 and lower camera speed) As for sound, don't torture yourself in final production and use copyrighted stuff because its a kick in the balls when all your hardwork is ruined do to youtube's copyright policy. But as for aesthetics everything looks great. The map itself is perfect for what it looks like you're doing. Remember to take it slow, a good machinima shouldn't be made in an hour - take it slow and you'll be rewarded.
Exactly the points I wanted to highlight, lower your sensitivity like Blood fire said, it works wonders, and don't try to do everything in one take, as it may require different sensitivity settings. If you're thinking about filming this, remember the rule of thirds and all the camera angles available at your arsenal (just google camera or photography angles). Some basic ones are up (look practically straight up), down (same as previous, but look down), and through (look through an object to capture the scene behind it. The second point I want to illustrate is DO NOT use copyrighted music, especially if it's going up on youtube. You can do one of two things for music. A) You can use free music without royalties, also know as stock audio or stock music, or B) find an independent artist willing to to let you use their work. Here's a google search for free stock audio: stock audio - Google Search You can also try soundcloud. On another note, I want in on this project. I want to be involved in the writing; I don't want to write the script, I'll leave that up to others with fresh ideas, but I have studied english literature and films my whole life so I would be glad to do some editing. My experience: Scriptwriting Creative Writing Technical Writing Currently am working towards my English degree Been writing and revising for 12 years
ok, vid will be up asap, been playing around for hours trying to get my ezcap USB 2.0 (software showbiz 2) to capture sound with no luck so far :S worked before
Good work, in 480p it is much, much better quality. EDIT: WE NEED ALOT MORE PEOPLE FOR THE SIDE PROJECT, DEFIANCE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED SIGN UP AT ORBITALDROPPRODUCTIONS.WEBS.COM
We didn't forget you, we removed you. Remember when you said my machinima would burn? Yeah, no. Get out of this thread.
right Rs send you a message, everyone else, will be doing a mock run of last stand (hopefully with 16 people) tonight, will take about half hour to talk everything thru with people, iron some stuff out thenon to shoot it. i cant see it taking more than an hour to get thru it all as theres no voice acting or anything like that tonight. I'll PM everyone on the help list later on today with a time to be on (it will prob be around 11 - midnight GMT (around 6pm american time) Anyone else intrested, send me a message or reply here
We never really talked about voice acting? Will you be hiring your own voicers or what? For the Defiance project, I really want to cast my own voices.
Defiance is all up to you mate, im just editing With the reach film... im going to take it slow but after a chat with a few people, im debating weather to do it as a 'feature length' film or as a 30 - 40 min, mini film, ether way, there will be voice actors who have volentered to help. so far like i say from talking to people, 30-40 mins is defo on the books... but agian, taking it slow... btw anyone good at astectics? i need one of the maps glammed up and i suck at that sorta thing