Originally posted by Krusty
Finally finished DLing and watching the film.
I think you've got some good action there, but I think you chose a poor way of viewing that action. Mind you the film was good, but it could have been better.
My thoughts on the matter:
Close-up shots are good. You used some to excellent effect (for aesthetic shots). However they are terrible when showing something about to happen. In normal zoom you would see the enemy plane and your mind would anticipate it's going to zip past the nose of the Ki and you'd watch to see if the Ki gets its kill or not. However when zoomed in 2x you lose 3/4 the screen size, and all you see is:
nothing
nothing
nothing
nothing
plane zips past instantly with no anticipation
nothing
nothing
See what I mean? Even in default AH2 internal views you get more peripheral vision.
I also hate the chase cam. I hate it because it lags behind where the plane being "chased" is currently pointing. It looks like the plane is pointing one way then when you fire the rounds go WAY off up the screen on a tangent. This also makes hits hard to see as you're never looking *at* the plane as it's being hit.
Those are the 2 things I didn't like about it. They are really both boiled down into one bullet point:
- While good action, you can't SEE the action that is there, due to zoom-in and chase cam.
I do however like your edits and most of the way you put the film together.
First... Lets see your movie.
Second, the camera shots are designed. If I want to give you a heads up on a certain aspect of a take, I make sure I do so. For fast, clips, 1-2 or 3-4 max seconds of "hang time" where as you do not see another plane in view, its done this way to allow for the viewer to anticipate something more.
Take any of the movies on TV you watch. You are not seeing around the corner while the monster waits to rip your head off. Again, anticipation.
You have to take all things into concideration while watching a film.
Lastly I will say this.
The film viewer that Hitech gives us simply sucks for making movies. So much so that you can't use it to make a movie. You need a recording program such as fraps to get something one can work with. Try to manipulate views with the sliders and or pan, what happens? The film stops. Then starts once the view is done being adjusted. It is way under par to say the least.
In closing... Did I get paid for this? haha... The effort I put into them is out of the enjoyment of seeing the finished product.
They can take hours. And in the end, there is no real pay off. So when someone comes and critisizes anothers film, I always have to ask. Where's your film?
