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Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: dtango on December 04, 2005, 10:20:31 PM
Posted this thread in the Films and Screenshots forum but thought others might enjoy it here.

I've posted a movie on the 412th website. Please visit:
http://brauncomustangs.org/site

There are 2 versions - a medium-res version and a high-res version. Refer to the instructions on the website to play the movie.

This was a little exercise in creating a movie using footage of the 412th in actual action set to music. It's my first attempt at a completed short digital film to experiment with some of the capabilities of the AH film viewer combined with some other movie making tools.

Hope you enjoy it!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Morpheus on December 04, 2005, 10:50:45 PM
Great work on this film. Very well done.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: *NDM*JohnnyX on December 04, 2005, 10:54:14 PM
Sweet, gonna have to d/l the high res.

Great work!
Title: Re: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyChimp on December 04, 2005, 10:58:28 PM
Quote
Originally posted by dtango
Posted this thread in the Films and Screenshots forum but thought others might enjoy it here.

I've posted a movie on the 412th website. Please visit:
http://brauncomustangs.org/site

There are 2 versions - a medium-res version and a high-res version. Refer to the instructions on the website to play the movie.

This was a little exercise in creating a movie using footage of the 412th in actual action set to music. It's my first attempt at a completed short digital film to experiment with some of the capabilities of the AH film viewer combined with some other movie making tools.

Hope you enjoy it!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs


Sniff sniff i can tell the main pilot has rudder pedals ;)



Very very very nice... Sniff sniff:cry
Title: Re: Re: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: navajoboy on December 04, 2005, 11:22:48 PM
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Originally posted by SkyChimp
Sniff sniff i can tell the main pilot has rudder pedals ;)



Very very very nice... Sniff sniff:cry



huh?
didnt you quit??
Title: Re: Re: Re: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyChimp on December 04, 2005, 11:27:17 PM
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Originally posted by navajoboy
huh?
didnt you quit??


gawd leave me alone damnit... watermelon Get a life and stop buging me.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: navajoboy on December 04, 2005, 11:39:01 PM
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Originally posted by SkyChimp
gawd leave me alone damnit... watermelon Get a life and stop buging me.


lol .. dude.. get a grip..
im joking with ya..
just saying hello..  :rofl

quit being.. :furious

ive been away from the game a while...
just surprise to see ya still around

navajo24
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyChimp on December 04, 2005, 11:41:54 PM
Quote
Originally posted by navajoboy
lol .. dude.. get a grip..
im joking with ya..
just saying hello..  :rofl

quit being.. :furious

ive been away from the game a while...
just surprise to see ya still around

navajo24


Sorry lol people attacking me about coming back ;)

:D


:noid
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Morpheus on December 04, 2005, 11:49:49 PM
god, shut up.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: jamusta on December 04, 2005, 11:54:32 PM
Man I havent missed a thing....
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: dtango on December 05, 2005, 12:23:55 AM
Well, it didn't take long for the thread to be carjacked.:mad:

Thanks for the comments on the film for those who took the time to view the movie!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyChimp on December 05, 2005, 12:27:57 AM
Quote
Originally posted by dtango
Well, it didn't take long for the thread to be carjacked.:mad:

Thanks for the comments on the film for those who took the time to view the movie!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs



Tango i'm sorry "somebody" messed up your thread.


Really was a great movie pump out some more heh!!
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Wilbus on December 05, 2005, 01:05:53 AM
Very very nice movie, downloading high res now.

I must say, one of the best AH movies I have seen.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: g00b on December 05, 2005, 03:34:03 AM
Very nice! You had some of the best "kill shots" I've seen fimed. Flying through the exploding fireball and such.

Keep 'em coming,

g00b
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Naytch on December 05, 2005, 04:31:01 AM
AWESOME!!! That was cool, but I can tell none of those guys was me :(
When'd you film these? Before I even joined, no doubt ;)  But I feel so overshadowed by you guys now... :(

lol j/k THAT WAS A GREAT FILM...Made my day, thanks :)
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Schatzi on December 05, 2005, 07:19:45 AM
Great movie!

Thank you.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Midnight on December 05, 2005, 07:39:42 AM
WTG Tango. A great film with a spectacular use of the music. It was so cool to have the action fit so well with the tempo and lyrics of the song. That is true production value and cinematography.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Balsy on December 05, 2005, 08:14:41 AM
Best movie I've seen.  You put a lot of "love" into that baby... and it shows.

Balsy

PS I think Skuzzy just found a NEW FEATURED MOVIE to put on AH homepage.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Wilbus on December 05, 2005, 09:26:14 AM
A question (or a few).

What program do you use to capture and what program do you use to compress aswell as what format?

Thinking about giving movie making a try and would like to know some good programs and formats.

Put together a move a long time ago but it ended at 900mb for a few minutes (think I got it down to 90 eventually).
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: dtango on December 05, 2005, 09:48:25 AM
Thanks again for the comments fellas.  Glad folks are enjoying it!

Wilbus:

I used all of the following:
AH Film Viewer - camera angles and camera shots
Fraps - capture vid clips from AH films
Virtual Dub - clip editing (filters, crops, etc.) and compression
MS Movie Maker 2 - assembling clips into a production

There's a good tutorial on simhq that goes through the use of these tools (albeit written more for IL2):
How To Make Your Own Simulation Movies (http://www.simhq.com/_air3/air_116a.html)

From a compression standpoint it's a multistage process I go through.
(1)Clips edited in Virtual Dub saved in raw uncompressed AVI
(2)Final full production in MS MM2  saved in raw uncompressed AVI (for Mustang Rhapsody ~ 1.3 GB I think)
(3)Hi-Res version  - production raw AVI compressed using XVID mpeg4 codec and processed through Virtual Dub.  Result is an xvid compressed AVI file (1.3 GB --> 225 MB).
(4)Med-Res version - production raw AVI compressed using MS MM2 with it's built in windows media mpeg4 v2 codec.  Result is a wmv file (1.3 GB --> 33 MB).

And the nice part...
Fraps is shareware - have to pay for it but really reasonable.
Virtual Dub is free!
MS MM2 is free if you have Windows XP!

Hope that helps!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Wilbus on December 05, 2005, 10:07:59 AM
Exelent! Thanks alot!

Hopefully I will get around to playing with it but not sure.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: WldThing on December 05, 2005, 10:17:37 AM
Damn watching that makes me want to fly so bad,  thanks for invigorating those once rusty memories.. ;)
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: straffo on December 05, 2005, 02:00:40 PM
cannot access the site ?
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: dtango on December 05, 2005, 02:17:00 PM
Straffo:

???  Works OK for me while at work.  Try again?  Was worried we were hitting a limit on downloads allowed but that's not the case.

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Skilless on December 05, 2005, 03:05:37 PM
I got timed out when downloading the hi-res.  I don't know what the prob is...
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: straffo on December 05, 2005, 03:37:18 PM
Got it know dunnot what happened ,perhaps a DNS glitch.
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Badboy58 on December 05, 2005, 04:53:43 PM
Great movie dtango:aok
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Simaril on December 05, 2005, 05:37:15 PM
A really great flick. WTG
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: vatiAH on December 05, 2005, 11:08:32 PM
Great job  


Vati
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyRock on December 05, 2005, 11:16:35 PM
Was a very sweet film!
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: SkyChimp on December 05, 2005, 11:52:00 PM
Gawd hehe i keep watching it over and over :D



Hey man if u need any band ill be gald to host this film!!!!!
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Sanjini on December 06, 2005, 04:13:31 AM
good job , dtango :aok
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Hornet33 on December 06, 2005, 07:17:58 AM
Great film!!!! I found this cool pic that you Mustang fans might enjoy. I have it set as the background on my PC.

(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=11392)
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Casper1 on December 06, 2005, 09:31:35 AM
Good film!  

Where did you get that gunsight for the 51?  I like it...
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Shaky on December 06, 2005, 10:33:57 AM
Aint that the NiK2 sight from Waffle?
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: v1st on December 06, 2005, 11:04:08 AM
That was great thanks for sharing.   Tons of work went into it and it shows
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: dtango on December 06, 2005, 02:26:23 PM
Casper:  The gunsight was something a squaddie helped me make 2-3 years ago that was a variation of his.  I had him apply Andy Bush's (simhq.com) "deflection" rings to my squaddie's gunsite - inner ring - 0-15 deg deflection, mid-ring 15-30 degree deflection, outer ring 30+ degrees of deflection.  Kind of a busy gunsite though but I find it has helped me more than it has hindered.

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Title: Movie: Mustang Rhapsody
Post by: Curval on December 06, 2005, 02:52:06 PM
That was pretty awesome...well done.:aok