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Hosted Projects - Standalone => Wing Commander Saga => Topic started by: Tolwyn on October 05, 2005, 03:38:05 pm
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FROM: Rear Admiral Tolwyn, CINCWEAPONSDIVISION
DATE: 2005.04.10
RE: New CGI Trailer!
It is a time of desperation and despair. Still reeling from the ghastly toll of the Battle of Terra, humanity finds itself pushed closer and closer to the brink of extinction at the hands and claws of the savage Kilrathi Empire. The Confederation is trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of defeats, and hope is slipping away. Already, the Kilrathi are making their final preparations to finish of humanity once and for all.
The end, it seems, is near.
In this setting, human drama is at its most extreme intensity. Hope, fear, desperation, courage, camaraderie, and loss are part of the daily struggle for the people who refuse to stop fighting, even in the face of seemingly inevitable defeat. This is humanity’s greatest struggle, its defining moment. This is the Wing Commander Saga.
About two month ago "gevatter Lars" of the WC Saga team had the chance to do a CGI trailer as a school project, and he decided to do a Wing Commander trailer.
Using what the Saga team already has and adding his own ideas and knowledge, he created a trailer that features both CGI and live actors. While the trailer does not depict an explicit moment in the WC Saga story, we believe that it captures its tone. So, without further ado, we present to you the latest Wing Commander Saga Trailer.
A word from the creator, gevatter Lars:
”It was a great thing working on this trailer and I hope you like it. Maybe when time passes by and I got more experience, I will be able to do a bigger project of this kind and maybe some people who see this might be interested in helping with it. But that is just a dream for me at the moment since I leak the time, money and equipment.
I also have to make a little apology that the voices are a little hard to understand, but the studio where I made the recording had quite bad acoustics so this is the best I could do. Luckily, Edward from our Saga team lent me a helping hand and has made the best of the voices, and has also added the great sound effects.
Finally, I have to thank the entire Saga team for its help and the other persons that helped me...like my parents and the actors who acted even if they didn't want to.”
-Tolwyn
Download (http://web396.xps1.microserver.de/downloads/movies/Final_DVD.mpg)
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Oooh pretty :yes:
The CGI is top-notch, soundFX too. The actors are a bit pixelated on the edge, but I guess that's the green-screen to blame. And :lol: on the very last scene.
Oh, and the new website is online too, awesome.
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Theres a version coming tomorrow hopefully with uncompressed audio (the outtake audio also is fixed ) in DivX avi format. Im uploading it now but I need Tolwyn or someone that knows how to put it on the website for download :)
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Yes the pixels come from the greenscreen/interlace combination.
The older actor had a green forhead thats what it made it quite complicated.
With the very last scene do you mean the outtake or the "whats that" part? Most people laugh about the "whats that?" ...and it seams to become a common joke in the internal ^_^
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I meant the outtake. But the "What's that ?" comes in as close 2nd for unintentioned comedy ;)
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Woauw, I want it more ^^
And, when the TC will be released ? in 2005 ? 2006 ?
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Originally posted by MetalDestroyer
And, when the TC will be released ? in 2005 ? 2006 ?
Atually sometime during the year 2669 :)
Ed
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Hey, 2666. I thought we all agreed about that :)
DivX version has been added to our download section
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What three years earlier? Now we have to hurry ^_^
Woauw, I want it more ^^
Me too ^_^
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Originally posted by gevatter Lars
The older actor had a green forhead thats what it made it quite complicated.
What do you mean? He isn't an alien, is he? :D
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He is but don't tell anyone ^_^
No the greenscreen from the back reflected some light green to his forhead. I didn't noticed it but my compositing program and it wanted to key it out but that would have looked realy weird...Bernd with a hole in his head that is moving when he moves his head.
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Great Video, good Work :)
And this Outtake... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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What exactly does he say in that outtake, btw?
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Free translated, it means something like :
I find it absolutly not funny, that the kilrathi attacked us. I just wanted to say that.
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Good trailer anyway.
Nice work people.
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Great work on the trailer. Highlighted! :)
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Hmm, I can't open this, tried this in WinAmp, WMP and Quicktime, none works
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Here is a DivX Version of it...maybe you can open that. The other version is a MPEG that allways works.
DivX Version (http://web396.xps1.microserver.de/downloads/movies/Final_DVD_DivX.rar)
PS: Thanks for highlighting it.
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Add a 1-sec delay before "die" and elongate it. It'll add to the dramatic effect.
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Sorry, but what is CGI, for those of us who just like watching eyecandy vids and dont know what it is, like me.
~Ephili~
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Sorry, but what is CGI, for those of us who just like watching eyecandy vids and dont know what it is, like me.
~Ephili~
A catch all term - CGI = computer generated images
The common usage is in regards to pre-rendered video (i.e. you spend 10 hours and render a 2 minute animation)...you now see alot of CGI in movies...StarWars I, II, and III are all pretty much CGI.
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I remember back when it used to mean Common Gateway Interface....
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I remember back when it used to mean Common Gateway Interface....
What are you....25? :D
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kickass trailer exellent work