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Title: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 13, 2010, 02:09:48 AM
Hey guys, after the comments I received with my first video I thought i'd try and improve.

I appreciate all the comments.

check it out http://www.youtube.com/user/deemanffxi?feature=mhw5#p/a

please let me know what you think! Thanks for watching
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: uptown on April 13, 2010, 07:27:04 AM
It's not too bad DeeAce. Having your advanced terrain settings on would help it greatly though. Still overall pretty good I think for just starting out.  :salute
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: ImADot on April 13, 2010, 12:24:12 PM
Really nice.  You're catching on quick.  The scene starting at 0:45 is nice, but try starting with FOV around 30 and ending with 100 and see what you get.  It's a little too far away, but no need to change the camera position for this one.  Also, don't be afraid to start a shot with camera in one place and end it with the camera somewhere else.  Sometimes even "small" camera movements and FOV changes can dramatically enhance a shot.

 :aok
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Kazaa on April 13, 2010, 12:38:32 PM
Great work, I can tell you put a lot of effort into this! I love the flyby shots!
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 13, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
Guys thanks Tons for the positive feedback, really appreciate it.  I'll try that FOV movements and the detailed terrain for the next film. And Kazaa yes i did. took Alot of hours to get those shots, and the AHFV kept crashing on me to boot.


Thanks again <S>!
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 13, 2010, 01:15:37 PM
LOL you guys keep motivating me, just messed around with some of the FOV with the Detailed terrain and.......................... ..

I'll probably have a new film out tonight  :O

<S> please if you have any other tips or pointers would be more then glad to hear em! :salute
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Krusty on April 13, 2010, 01:23:12 PM
There were a couple of shots/angles I really liked, but much of the action was hard to see with the planes taking up only a tiny portion of the center.

One I liked the most was with the furball and the P-38 death animation that just happened to be a very fluid death-barrel-roll into the ground close to the camera. I'd have liked to see the camera positioned such that the impact point was closer to the viewer (just for aesthetic effect).
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 13, 2010, 02:24:48 PM
Yeah now that im aware of how to use the FOV. I can see a huge difference in the shots i'm playing with. Next film will probably be tomorrow.

Thanks for the feedback <S>
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Kazaa on April 13, 2010, 03:09:07 PM
ACE, you should never set a date when making movies, take your time, let the juices flow!
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: ImADot on April 13, 2010, 04:11:20 PM
took Alot of hours to get those shots

Hehehe, I think I worked on ONE shot for almost two hours to get what I wanted.  Can't even remember how long it took to put together the whole 5-minute SpitV video.  This film making thing can be just as addicting as flying in the game.  :D
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: mbailey on April 13, 2010, 04:18:37 PM
Enjoying your movies Deeace <S>
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Greziz on April 13, 2010, 06:10:24 PM
Pretty bad arse!
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: WWhiskey on April 14, 2010, 10:02:59 AM
very nice! :aok
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 14, 2010, 11:35:12 AM
Thanks for all the feedback guys, I'm working on a new one, but i have come to a wall with a certain problem.

its in the tech support forum http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,287373.0.html

if any of you could help it would be awesome

Thanks DEEMAN
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: vent on April 14, 2010, 01:28:27 PM
I enjoyed the video up until you killed the 109 =\
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: chewie86 on April 14, 2010, 02:27:28 PM
the B24 under the hangar fly by, and the pony parking in the indestructible were just awesome !   unfortunately the water in low detail is just ugly.
Very very nice video deeace! keep them coming!

Title: Re: New Film
Post by: cooldued on April 15, 2010, 12:16:26 AM
hay if you see me get me in a video just for fun lol :D .love it and it's cool how you put your squad name the tittle :aok
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 15, 2010, 10:37:33 AM

Hey guys i made a recruitment film for the 71st, its slower. But the shots are much improved thanks to your comments.

Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaTBKBbqU-0

Thanks DEEMAN <S>
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Krusty on April 15, 2010, 11:41:44 AM
It still has the problem of the subject (the plane) being a tiny mote in the center of a blue sky. Even if you're not getting fancy with the camera setup, you still need to actually show what you're trying to show.

Take a sampling of random frames from the video, and ask yourself "If this were a screenshot, by itself, would I like it?" <-- just as an exercise.
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: DeeACE on April 15, 2010, 12:10:40 PM
It still has the problem of the subject (the plane) being a tiny mote in the center of a blue sky. Even if you're not getting fancy with the camera setup, you still need to actually show what you're trying to show.

Take a sampling of random frames from the video, and ask yourself "If this were a screenshot, by itself, would I like it?" <-- just as an exercise.

Well I did what i could with the FOV, but most shots start at 5 or 10 FOV and end at 50-90 depending how close they come to the camera. Not sure how i could set up the flybys to have the plane take up a good 75% of the frame for the whole shot.

If you have an example shot you could show me, would be tremendously helpful.
Thanks for your feedback

<S> DEEMAN
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Krusty on April 15, 2010, 12:24:05 PM
When in F3 mode just use the [ and ] keys to move your FOC or camera position (I forget which it is). Just like in-game.
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: ImADot on April 15, 2010, 12:31:46 PM
You may need to break your shot into smaller "sub-shots" and put them together in post production.  The film viewer has its limitations, and it's easy to try to do too much within a single sequence.  I'm guilty of it too.  There were a couple of shots in my SpitV movie that started too far away based on how I wanted the flyby to look.
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: cooldued on April 15, 2010, 12:40:23 PM
how do you get the flyby shots?
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Krusty on April 15, 2010, 12:44:43 PM
how do you get the flyby shots?

See the sticky thread:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,280348.0.html
Title: Re: New Film
Post by: Krusty on April 15, 2010, 12:55:19 PM
delete. Forum burped when I posted.