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Title: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Thu 31/03/2005 21:36:42
but movies none the less! Yes, these are shot by me to an extent and they're quite old now. I've got lots more to present but its not in wmv format yet, lol. LGM and other movie makers may be interested to watch! anyone that wants a laugh might too :D

MAKING MOVIES IS ONE THING
UPLOADING THEM IS ANOTHER
GOD BLESS BROADBAND

treasure of the templars, some of shoot 1;
http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/premiere.wmv

my showreel for 2003 featuring clips from some of my stuff;
http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/showreel2003.wmv

More to follow :)
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: LGM on Thu 31/03/2005 22:02:28
What's with the minute of black at the end?
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Thu 31/03/2005 22:10:22
thats your comment? gee.

its where out-takes will sit,
but with a comment like that -
i dont think you get the priveledge :p
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Evil on Thu 31/03/2005 22:22:27
Well, the Indy one seemed choppy. Kind of lost track of what was going on. The film was nice, though most of the camera styles didn't seem like a Indiana Jones movie to me.

Showreel was also nice. Some of the clips were rather great, like the second Tremmors clip. But others, like the last one, didn't tell me a thing about the movie. She was walking and then talked to a guy. Thats all I got. Also, some of the clips were short and to the point, but others went on too long. It was as if I was watching the uneventful sections of a movie.

Over all, rather good. I wish I could make films like these. But come on m0dsy, I expect higher quality from you. :)
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Thu 31/03/2005 22:39:26
LOL. The second shoot, I don't have the footage, but it is much much better. It's choppy because Ken will want to keep some of that original footage for the hopefully successful DVD, I've made it so you can't really follow what's going on. You don't need too. Wait for the full movie!! :) The third shoot is going to be A. An American director is coming across and he captures Spielberg's style PERFECTLY. Honestly, the final piece is going to be amazing. Keeping up the quality and keeping it consistent - if my second shoot footage is used even for cut-aways I'll be surprised.

Hehe... about the showreel, my movies are all features, mostly un-finished, gah, what you're seeing is snippets again, the last bit - static fear, was the un-finished title sequence. that really is old. like, i was still in school when I made that.

Quality is in my next production, Whole Wired World. Honest :) It will shit on this old stuff because I now have experience with all my equipment (boom my mike, etc ;)) I just haven't had the oppurtunity to shoot.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Gregjazz on Thu 31/03/2005 22:41:34
Pretty cool. I can't wait for some audio other than music (sound effects, voice, etc.)

EDIT: Oops, wait, I was only referring to the first movie clip -- I hadn't seen the second one yet, which has voice. It seems like a few of the action senes are almost in slow motion, though.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Thu 31/03/2005 22:53:03
There's no slow motion... I don't think the showreel wmv converted as well as the first.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: LGM on Fri 01/04/2005 03:31:22
Okay.. Now I actually have time to comment..

I'm jealous, m0ds.. Really, I am. I wish I had the equipment, locations, and actors you did.. Or the inspiration for scripts.

I really enjoyed the Showreel. I believe the Falling Tree II scenes (esp the first one) where excellently directed, and I can see them fitting into an action film easily. And I enjoyed seeing Tremors up there again, but none of that is new to me as I still have the trailer you sent me a long time ago. When are you going to finish that, btw?

Indiana Jones was good, but it didn't feel like an IJ movie at all.. And Evil is right, you can't tell what's going on at all. But I liked the explosion sequence.. It didn't look like fireworks this time ;)

Keep up the good work. If you ever get enough money to buy me a ticket, I'll fly over there and co-direct with you ;)
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Evil on Fri 01/04/2005 06:43:58
Hah, yes. The explosition was awesome! But I don't know what LGM is talking about! Real life explosions are always sparkly, multi-colored, and sound like firecrackers!
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Gregjazz on Fri 01/04/2005 09:08:48
Was it a gasoline explosion? Is that how you made it?
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Fri 01/04/2005 12:34:15
Yep, we lobbed a molotov at the cave wall. Simple :P
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Scummbuddy on Mon 04/04/2005 04:00:46
Excellent. Fun-fun. I love making movies just as much as making games. These brought back some great memories of myself making movies, as well as questions as to why I gave up doing that. Keep up the great work, and I can't wait to see more.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Ubel on Mon 04/04/2005 10:51:13
I once made a very short movie with my cousins. I'm not sure but I think I was 11 at the time. So you can quess the quality of the movie ;) ... It sucked. It was BAAAAD! :o

That means it was the opposite of these clips. These were great! :P
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Tue 19/04/2005 15:20:46
Hehehe thanks... Well, I'm going to put up all of what we have of the Falling Tree II at some point.

Anyway, here's something we shot yesterday afternoon for... Well, the hell of it! Yes, its mumbojumbo-no real storyline-interpret what you want etc. Shot for fun, in the space of four hours. I urge other people do similar! It's great fun :D

It's not finished, this is the first rough cut. It will have its own soundtrack courtesy of its lead actor Simon. Still to come - a fight scene, woo!

http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/skankedup_rough_adsl.wmv
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: 2ma2 on Tue 19/04/2005 17:20:15
It's some kickass photography there, and it wasn't storyboarded? Sweet! You guys should really film a full script, albeit avoid fightscenes unless they're completely pathetic. Always fun to see people that can't throw a punch on screen :D

You broke the line of interest though.. several times!.. haha! I could find something to nag about! ;)
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Tue 19/04/2005 17:27:09
The line of interest? Would that include the pointless 2 minutes of walking around? LOL.. Well, there's room there for a voice over of some kind. Thanks for your comments Linus, yep, there were no storyboards this time round, but when I finish my bigger project for this year I'll show you how it compares with storyboards etc!

Word on the street is, Layabout is making a movie that boasts themes, examples or similarities to 5 Days A Stranger - which I hopefully will be helping shoot, so keep an eye out for that one also :) AGS game-films are coming!1
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Evil on Wed 20/04/2005 03:00:10
Hah, I actually was thinking about drafting out 7 Days a Skeptic: The Musical. There was just something about a zombie barber-shop quartet that appealed to me.

Anyway. The new film was nice. There were a lot of great shots. I loved the shot of the two men running down and up the stairs. However there was a lot of bad shots that I think really lessened the quality of the movie.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Scummbuddy on Wed 20/04/2005 03:41:55
Quote from: m0ds on Tue 19/04/2005 15:20:46
I urge other people do similar! It's great fun :D

Well, it just so happens that I'm starting my own fund raiser.... right here on the boards. Send me money. I want this: http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&productLearnMore=TB991LL/A

Yes, those who attended USMittens saw my Sony camera which would do just fine, but this.... this makes me want to sign out credit cards, ala Kevin Smith, and go to town with this.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: LGM on Wed 20/04/2005 04:15:59
Great shit, m0ds.. The running-around shots in the house were totally ace.
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Sat 07/05/2005 02:03:17
Spanks. That shot kicked ASS.

Okay, two old productions now.

Firstly, GAME. It has no meaning so don't go looking for one!

http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/game_test.wmv

And the trailer for WATCHED, which, though is a really old short - is coming SOON! Because I've never been able to convert it to WMV until now but even now I still can't, quite.

http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/watched_trailer.wmv
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: LGM on Sat 07/05/2005 13:51:25
A Game about Mark Lovegrove? WHERE DO I SIGN!?!?

"Clever, innit?"

One critique.. You have alot of wind-noise in some of your movies. You should definitely get rid of that some how!
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: 2ma2 on Sat 07/05/2005 14:35:33
Heh.. line of interest:

subject/place/important-thingie-------------------------object/place/important-thingie2

Line of interest is a straight line between for instance the protagonist and a hot co-ed. When you place the camera, you should always keep on the same side of that line while altering angles and zoom. You usually start with a placement-shot, and then mix between different angles to focus on specific parts in a dialogue or whatever your portraying. There's ofcourse not forbidden to break the line, if you do it clearly enough to be readable, or with a specific intention to fool the viewer.

http://www.errantstory.com/d/20050506.html - here we have two breaks in the line of interest, enough to confuse readers throughly. The elf is placed to the right, and walks away in that direction. Fine by me. But then she arrives at the bar from the left, adressing the barkeep. And in panel 4, this barkeep is saying her reply to the left side of the page. Now, this is a comic trick, she's actually turned towards the elf, which is placed in the previous panel, albeit it was rather poorly executed, and I doubted it was Poe's intention. Either way, when dealing with cinema, every picture is placed ontop of the other, and such footage would make the viewer assume the barkeep adressed the wall, and be a bit confused about how the elf arrived at the bar from the first place.

Now, you can break the line in such ways, by making another establish shot, like for instance showing the others in the background when she's arriving towards the bar or similar.

Ugh.. me ranting..
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Pumaman on Sat 07/05/2005 19:59:32
Good stuff m0ds, nicely filmed and believably acted. Bring on the full-length movie ;)
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: LGM on Sun 08/05/2005 00:39:28
I want to see more EXPLOSIONS!

...And sex...
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Wed 11/05/2005 17:48:48
and the 70% finished tremors trailer;

http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/on_new_ground.wmv

:)

and a phatter version of Skanked Up

http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/skanked_up_ruffage.wmv

LGM, more explosions soooooooon!!
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Meowster on Wed 11/05/2005 19:49:43
Well, I tried to download some of them but it's taking a very long time on my poor, old connection. I did see the Indiana Jones one though. Some of the shots were actually dead impressive.

Although I don't know why you're not composing your own music, Mr Lovegrove :P
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Wed 11/05/2005 23:34:25
I don't have enough ModPlug compatible instruments, thats all.

:P
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: on Sat 29/10/2005 15:57:04
Enough about ModPlug. Even though this thread is a bit of a "mod plug". Yet again bigphat bring a little web movie. We shot this yesterday evening in an hour. This time I was in FRONT of the camera (god-damn) so please don't expect to hear any epic dialogue. :P Its 17mb for full-screen goodness, and as before I haven't composed the music for this myself. It has no official title but is called Ginger In The Dark for now, lol - and it's available here (http://screen7.co.uk/film/download/darkginger_512.wmv). (Please be fifteen or older! I don't want to pollute your minds with my foul-mouth :P) & if you have 56k...(Yufster)...you can check out the low quality "its a bit like a video on a mobile phone" version here (http://screen7.co.uk/film/download/darkginger_56.wmv) :D

And previously in this thread I've been talking about Skanked Up - production has still been sporadic because of college & work but a trailer with a glimpse of a couple of new scenes is now available (http://screen7.co.uk/film/download/su_teaser512.wmv). 7mb this time :)

Sporadic production can also be said about the elusive FoY! I know that everyone is genuinly busy. We have no option. Luckily the demo is just around the corner, Jan has been preparing it & has done a great job in replicating the work YOke, Andrew & Radiant had done previously. This hasn't actually taken any longer than the first time round. But the question on most minds I should imagine (and hope) is where the hell is the full game?! Early indications that the script, (turned from my shoddy random one to Lorn's well researched masterpiece) would not take long to convert into a well written treatment we could all work from easily. It has, however, proven to be a bit of a mammoth :o I don't have time to write it myself right now, though my time is freeing up a little (especially weekday evenings) - so I am still considering looking for someone who essential has TIME to write a screenplay from the storyline Lorn has. The intro is certainly conrete :P & Miez is about to produce the final storyboard for the intro in the next couple of days & hopefully start immediate work on the backgrounds. This could still be months of development, so don't hold your breath yet, or you will, seriously, die. :P

Though there may be a lack of me, I am still here and hopefully working on the soundtrack for two very exciting up-coming AGS games, alongside with Scoreposer! The Screen 7 website has a front page now :P Plus I hope there's going to be loads of Hallow'een games! Anyway, as always - enjoy! Or be angered! Whatever :)

PS - Thanks Petteri!! Im glad you liked it!! Which reminds me, do you have a zip of your tunes with recent ones that I can enjoy at some-point? :D
Title: Re: not so long awaited movies
Post by: Pet Terry on Sat 29/10/2005 16:21:44
Wow, cool clips! Very neat trailer of Skanked Up, lots of material I hadn't seen before. Ginger in the Dark was a nice short movie, similar to something I have tried to film with my friends a couple of times.

Keep it up, pal. I'm looking forward to your upcoming stuff, as always. :)