What's in the box?

[Jon Starr]

Check this out, great short flick/test video. Theories are going around about what it might be for. I think it's just a video they put together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4&feature=channel

[ilauzirika]

I liked it, and it made me go to thier webpage and then continue researching to find out what this is about, I love this kind of marketing.

[puredrifting]

It is cool. Did you check out how much skew there is when the POV whip pans left and right. Amazing that we have the technology to do all of this cool VFX work but we cannot invent CMOS cameras that don't have massive rolling shutter artifacts.

Wonder if this was EX1, RED or consumer camcorder?

D

[ilauzirika]

I didn't pay attention to skew, that maybe because I was too focused on the story... but I'll check again.. hahaha...we can't watch a film, video... without looking for details like those...

I would say that it is a ex1 or 3, but you never know, looks are decieving...

[Jon Starr]

Ah the filmmakers curse. The more knowledgeable you are, the more that bugs you.

Honestly I didn't even pay attention or notice that. Maybe I will next time now that you mentioned it.

[puredrifting]

I only noticed it because I am becoming anti-effects driven. I used to like all of the excessive visual effects but now when I see a bunch of vfx that all look like moving Photoshop, I am immediately taken out of the story and begin looking at nit picky filmmaking issues.

I am only impressed by really well shot footage without VFX these days. Yes, it's a curse but films have just gone too far with cheesy visual effects, I am officially overloaded.

Dan

[ilauzirika]

I am only impressed by really well shot footage without VFX these days. Yes, it's a curse but films have just gone too far with cheesy visual effects, I am officially overloaded.

Dan

I'm with you, I also think that cg is overused... Too many greenscreen drives you out of the story (although sometimes, when it was used properly, helped the story). Nothing like those impressive sets of the old roman empire, now those are all done by computer. I like the use of sets not just greenscreen everything and let them fix it in post...

But I think that the problem isn't only in the use of computer graphics but the look they give to them, I don't know they look fake. You just have to compare the last indy film with the original 3. In the last film the effects overpass the story...

but well... as every trend I'm sure that we'll get over it.

[ryvac]

cool video.
so no one knows what that video is for?
it's pretty obvious it's for a cell phone company..

[Douglas Thigpen]

It's Half Life fan film. (A very good one)

[TimurCivan]

This is FREAKING AWESOME.......

[Nathyn]

Ah the filmmakers curse. The more knowledgeable you are, the more that bugs you.

Honestly I didn't even pay attention or notice that. Maybe I will next time now that you mentioned it.

Did you make this? This is tight, man.

-Nate

[Mark Harris]

Got old fast. Before it reached 1 min, I was scrolling ahead to see if something would actually...happen.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Not bad but I prefer the other Half-Life fan film that was posted here a few weeks ago.

This one blew me away visually.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=1548297#post1548297

MAH

[ryvac]

Not bad but I prefer the other Half-Life fan film that was posted here a few weeks ago.

This one blew me away visually.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=1548297#post1548297

MAH
holy crap! that's amazing.

[TimurCivan]

i thought htis one was better. somehow more realistic. and the first person seemed to work well here...

[ryvac]

what's the typical software they use for the CG they do in these shorts?
they look amazing and I think I want to get more information about them.
anybody know?

AE? Shake? Maya? Blender?

[puredrifting]

From a filmmaker perspective, these guys are mega talented.

But from a larger perspective, from the viewer and cinema fan's perspective, fan films of video games? This piece definitely has that moving Photoshop look, very little looks real in it, I guess if your filmmaking goal is to make animated Photoshop video games, great. But as far as cinema, what is this?

Dan

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

i thought htis one was better. somehow more realistic. and the first person seemed to work well here...
I actually thought that's what made it less realistic. More like a FPS. Looked like a live action video game.

[Jon Starr]

Did you make this? This is tight, man.

-Nate

No, just found it online.