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thats a very odd combination of fairly good special effects and horriible acting, cinemtography and basic editing. Looks like it was made by 4 different people.
 
egproductions said:
thats a very odd combination of fairly good special effects and horriible acting, cinemtography and basic editing. Looks like it was made by 4 different people.
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well the guy in the white costume had no clue how to act or even do any choreographing now i'm the one in the orange/brown. None of these people have ever acted. But why do you say the special effects are fiarly good?? its great and it was all done in after effects. And what's up with the cinematography? I think it looks ok not the best but its worth it. Not basic editing when it took me 3 days to do it all because i spent all my time on it.
 
the light sabers were really good and that was what I was impressed the most about. There was some lighting effect that came out of a guys hand that was kinda lame but showes you know how to use after effects. The beggining of the video looked like it was editied by a newbie though (audio was cut off by fades -some other eally sloppy stuff) anyway towards the end it picke up in terms of how it was shot and edited.
 
Was this shot with a dvx? Doesn't look like it... Anyawy the effects are impressive, but like eg said, the first part was really really bad. Also for the fight scenes you should have faster cuts or more camera angles - it didn't really look like they were fighting for their lives
 
I like It.
I'm actually on Windows 98 and cant see any media at all, and I can't download quicktime either so...

9/10 from me.
 
egproductions said:
the light sabers were really good and that was what I was impressed the most about. There was some lighting effect that came out of a guys hand that was kinda lame but showes you know how to use after effects. The beggining of the video looked like it was editied by a newbie though (audio was cut off by fades -some other eally sloppy stuff) anyway towards the end it picke up in terms of how it was shot and edited.
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yea i know the beginning was awful. The sound was not that great just for some issues. Yeah the effects were great and I really wish I could have sped up the fights like you said for them fighting for thier lives but really couldn't when none of these have acted before or choreographed so it was hard to work with them... so the fights wern't that great but yeah the effects were. And the lightning was regular lightning so its ok not the best but yeah. I could have done advanced lightning but was not working for some reason.
 
That's just, mean. You could have said 16-18. Then I would'nt have had to stretch mr brain cells to maximum copacit, screw it. See, you made me try and spell. I am very mad at you. =/
 
Domino Harvey said:
That's just, mean. You could have said 16-18. Then I would'nt have had to stretch mr brain cells to maximum copacit, screw it. See, you made me try and spell. I am very mad at you. =/
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ok sorry.. i'm 16

weltonfilment said:
I didn't think much of the video, but I will say this: I hate it when people make excuses for their work. When you post a video online, expect criticism. Expect that there will be some good, some bad. When someone points out a negative aspect of your work, take their opinion into consideration. Don't become hostile and defensive about someone's subjective opinion. If you think their opinion is valid, make it a point to either improve your current work or don't make that mistake on your next project (it may be that their opinion is totally bunk and you stand firmly by your choices, that's fine. But if a lot of people have similar grievances, then you'll want to reconsider...)

I just had a friend email me a script he wrote. It's a first draft and he wrote it in two weeks, and on top of that he says things like "go easy on it, it's just a first draft"..."I know it needs more plot, better character development, so don't worry about that stuff, it's just a first draft." Meanwhile, I'm thinking to myself: "why is he even sending this to me? If he's not obviously satisfied with it, why should he expect me to be satisfied?"

Bottom line is, don't send something out to be critiqued (especially on the internet) until you yourself are happy with it. Or, if you're not completely happy with it, but you feel it's as good as you can make it, that's OK. But don't add any commentary when you post the link. I know you didn't make excuses before you posted it (which is good), but you did get defensive when some of the comments turned negative. Learn to take things in stride. I often find that right after I make a film, I can watch it a few times, but I try watching it a year later and I usually cringe. Happens every time. I don't think there will ever be a point where that doesn't happen, honestly. Because it means that you know you can improve; it means you have learned from your mistakes and can make something better. I don't ever want to be the guy that looks back on a film I made 10 years ago and still think it's perfect. People make mistakes, people improve. That's the natural course of things.
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Thanks for the info.
 
I didn't think much of the video, but I will say this: I hate it when people make excuses for their work. When you post a video online, expect criticism. Expect that there will be some good, some bad. When someone points out a negative aspect of your work, take their opinion into consideration. Don't become hostile and defensive about someone's subjective opinion. If you think their opinion is valid, make it a point to either improve your current work or don't make that mistake on your next project (it may be that their opinion is totally bunk and you stand firmly by your choices, that's fine. But if a lot of people have similar grievances, then you'll want to reconsider...)

Bottom line is, don't send something out to be critiqued (especially on the internet) until you yourself are happy with it. Or, if you're not completely happy with it, but you feel it's as good as you can make it, that's OK. But don't add any commentary when you post the link. I know you didn't make excuses before you posted it (which is good), but you did get defensive when some of the comments turned negative. Learn to take things in stride. I often find that right after I make a film, I can watch it a few times, but I try watching it a year later and I usually cringe. Happens every time. I don't think there will ever be a point where that doesn't happen, honestly. Because it means that you know you can improve; it means you have learned from your mistakes and can make something better. I don't ever want to be the guy that looks back on a film I made 10 years ago and still think it's perfect. People make mistakes, people improve. That's the natural course of things.
 
honestly you remind me of myslef 6 years ago when I was around your age. Very caught up in the special effects and got pretty good at it but you come to realize that what makes a really kick ass movie is holding off on the special effects for key moments and concentrating on it looking extremely slick.
 
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