[Singh]

....something I've been working over the last week or so.

Thanks to Matthewpapa for the hosting - he rulez!

44.5 Mb, .wmv format, so you'll need VLC player or the equivalent to play it.

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. Be gentle on the criticism, since this is the first I've actually done in this method

edit:bah...why do I keep on doing this? link fixed

[Fineus]

404?

[Singh]

Sigh

I really gotta learn to post when im not exhausted link fixed

FYI: its compressed to .exe, so dont worry about it being a virus

[Kie99]

Cool video.  I was convinced it had something to do with AvP though.

What was the other game other than Halo and Freespace?  Or was that Halo too?

[Singh]

There was only Halo and Freespace 2 in there.

[Kie99]

I'm not very up on Halo (I've played the first level of Halo:CE and heard people talking about them in Vs debates on SB.com .), I take it the bug things were the covenant?

[Singh]

the only covenant were in the heretic's section. The small bug things were the flood, something you'll be seeing as well.

Dont worry about lack of knowledge though - I hope to be writing it for the reading of a total stranger to both universes, so there should be little problem in that sense

[Singh]

Originally posted by kietotheworld
I'm not very up on Halo (I've played the first level of Halo:CE and heard people talking about them in Vs debates on SB.com .), I take it the bug things were the covenant?

Ach - just realized that you might have been referring to the Madman section. If so, then the shivans there are from the FS1 mainhall cutscene


oh - and no replies? Come on...if it sucks, at least say so!

[Goober5000]

It's a bunch of vidcaps from two games with apparently nothing in common.  So what?

EDIT: And the fact that it was in a weird format didn't help either.

[BlackDove]

I just didn't find it to be anything special.

Didn't get the point really.

Also, I kind of dislike Halo, so that doesn't help.

[Nuclear1]

Three cheers for Untrue Victory...

HipHip...

Overall, a good trailer. I understand the Halo clips too: using them as a substitute for FS's lack of ground-based action or footage.

[Singh]

Originally posted by Goober5000
It's a bunch of vidcaps from two games with apparently nothing in common.  So what?

EDIT: And the fact that it was in a weird format didn't help either.

In this case, they have something in common. Perhaps I should've been more clear - but I realize that, well, I guess it isn't much or anything special either.

It was meant to be sort of a mini-trailor for AJOTF, partly to get myself motivated back into writing the story, and partly as sort of showing the dream I have for the story; of where I intend to take it; of how far I wish to reach.

It was also meant as a sort of test for myself in the terms of video editing - this was my first project using Adobe Premier, ever, so it was exhilirating in that sense.

I guess, well, if you don't know the story, or are not interested in it, I doubt it would matter much at all....:/

[FireCrack]

I'm realy confused about the whole thing...

[Goober5000]

Singh: It was nicely put together as far as technical quality went, but it wasn't at all clear what it was trying to say.  I assumed it had something to do with your story but it never told me what.  Usually movie trailers start out with a summary and then emphasize a few bullet points, or do bullets then summary, but your movie was all bullets.

[Singh]

Well, that's true I guess. Should've put a bit more thought into it :/

Can't remake it though, since all the original scene files have been deleted (they took up 18Gb of space overall O_o) but ill tkae note of it when I start preparing the teaser trailer for desperation.

[redsniper]

Please tell me you're not trying to do a Freespace crossover with Halo. I've loved your Bosch story so far but if the Master Chief shows up or something like that I'll be disappointed.

[Singh]

Unfortunately, yes, I am.

Sorry to disappoint you. But if it makes you feel any better or worse, (in hte case of the latter, im sorry) I have to say that it's the starting. Eventually, it will go into other universes as well, but only a few others will be established, while the rest will be original.

[BlackDove]

[WMCoolmon]

One video format that just won't work correctly...

I had to fast forward through 3/4 of it because IrfanView kept on stopping playback. VLC wouldn't show the video, and media player classic simply froze the system.

Anyway...I started out thinking the idea was a good one, but after 'watching' the trailer, I started feeling somewhat cringey...the same way you might feel when listening to the dialogue in Episode 2.

The captions just seemed obviously mysterious, almost melodramatic.

I was hoping for something more...Machinama style.

[Singh]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
One video format that just won't work correctly...

I had to fast forward through 3/4 of it because IrfanView kept on stopping playback. VLC wouldn't show the video, and media player classic simply froze the system.

Anyway...I started out thinking the idea was a good one, but after 'watching' the trailer, I started feeling somewhat cringey...the same way you might feel when listening to the dialogue in Episode 2.

The captions just seemed obviously mysterious, almost melodramatic.

I was hoping for something more...Machinama style.

Hmm...the codec bit is odd, since I got VLC player to play it perfectly.

Well...I wish I could give you something Machimia style (especially for the FS2 bit) but my system barely runs FRAPs at all...plus getting the lack of willing participants would be a serious obstacle (not to mention I dont ahve the skillz, sorry).

I'm sorry it wasn't to your tastes...but, well, it is my first try. I'll take note of all the suggestions in whatever piece I attempt next, as well as to get it right and done well. Again, thanks for the feedback and criticisms

Blackdove: Well, sorry it ain't to your tastes then...apologies for wasting 8 minutes of your time and 44 megs of your bandwidth. :/