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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: dtango on September 13, 2006, 10:14:06 AM
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Ladies and Gents:
I present to you......"Gunfighters"
There is a hi-res and a low-res version.
HI-RES Version (640x360)
You will need the divx codec to view the hi-res version. You can download the divx codec here: http://www.divx.com
116 MB .avi (divx encoded) file available here....for best viewing quality download the file first (right-click on the link and "save target as") to your PC then play it locally.
Gunfighters Hi-Res Version (http://brauncomustangs.org/films/Gunfighters.avi)
LOW-RES Version (320x180)
20 MB .wmv file available here (windows media player only). Click on the link and the movie should play while downloading.
Gunfighters - Low Res Version (http://brauncomustangs.org/films/Gunfighters.wmv)
Hope you all enjoy it! P.S. - all combat footage from actual dogfights in the MA. Cheers!
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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Great camera work.
Great music.
Great job with matching video with music.
Awesome fights.
Great quality in Audio and Video.
Good story!
This one is a keeper and will inspire more film makers to emerge from the forums. To those of you making films recently, pay attention to the way this is done.
4 out of 5 Stars!
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Well done Tango.
I especially like the Stang vs Yak. The double stall shot was amazing. Keep it up.
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Thanks for the responses so far guys!
Kermit - oh what I would give for enhancements to camera panning in the ah film viewer :D.
Target2- I was really happy to capture that stall sequence on film :D! The amazing thing about it was that it wasn't choreagraphed at all and happened in the midst of the actual fight.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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what soundpack is that using?
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It's the "Tango" soundpack ;).
Seriously, all sounds were added in during the movie editing process so most of the sounds aren't from in-game at all but from other sources.
BTW - I fly with the Waffle's soundpack. A couple of engine running sounds came from there. My actual game doesn't sound like what's in the movie just to be clear.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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Probably the best AH film I've seen in 5 year.
WTG !
except the Yak should have eaten the 51 alive 1 min after the start of the fight
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want to make a movie like u when i grow up : )
that was awsome wtg <>
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Originally posted by straffo
... except the Yak should have eaten the 51 alive 1 min after the start of the fight
Baaah! What's the saying? Fear the Pony! :D. It's called the "geometry cheat" :P.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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simply amazing!!!! WTG!!!!
now lets put this movie up against Spiffy's "Kinslayer" which one did everyone like more? Me personaly like the music in "The Kinslayer" more but overall i LOVED this 1 the most
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Of all the movies I have saved..this is by far my favorite...and GREAT choice for the music!!
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:aok :aok :aok :aok WOW THE BEST YET
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COOL.
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that was awesome:O !!! make some more.:aok
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I LOVE the music, and my favorite part is where you roped the Yak up and you both started to stall out and spin at the same time, just awesome!
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Nice job Tango!
P.S. Check your PM's :aok
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WOW...VERY very well done.....one of the best ive seen so far.
The music fit perfectly. The camera work was outstanding.
I wasnt aware that you could get some of the angles that you achieved.
The Scene where the 51D ropes the Yak was awe inspiring. Simply couldnt stop smiling. :D :D :D
This one knocks "German Iron" out of my first place standing.
WTFG :aok :aok :aok :aok
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Great movie! I cannot understand how you have managed to get that kind of camera work from the ah film viewer :) Very nice.
As an offtopic, I was constantly wondering in the act 1 why the 190 kept his droptank :)
edit: The sound effects were also superb :aok
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Have: the base shots were done in the AH film viewer including camera rotations around aircraft and 3D pans etc., but the 2D pan and 2D pan+zoom shots were done using Sony Vegas. I used the 2D pan shots to create more visual interest and to help focus the action. I did a lot more of this in Act II vs. Act I. One of my objectives for this movie was to improve my technique of camera panning.
Would love to see HTC build in more flexibility in the ah filmviewer in terms of camera features - e.g. offset camera position so that the exact center of the screen isn't the focal point, ability to zoom in much closer in the "fixed view" camera position, etc.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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Dtango where did those engine sounds come from in ACt 2 , they were awsone to say the least, what i have noticed is when recording your own plane engine sounds are not there did you just use Aces High sound packs (Waffles , mitzu , ect.) to dub them in , or they from other sources could you share with us from where or what source?
Also did you just use your recorded film from aces high or the other to fighters Films as well to compile your finish fim?
I would have to agree Dtango if Hitech gave us better tools to make some really awsome films , just think what that would do for there advertising , i believe it would make there buisness grow a hundred fold in no time . And players like us could put all there avertizing films together for them!
And agian the best Film so far from the Aces High Community!
Way to go dtango <> ADog31st.
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Good Job Tango... Great use of the Keyframes, I really never thought in using them that way.
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Lucas Arts music track eh ;)
Black 6 or Reno sounds?
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ADog: ===
all sounds are dubbed-in post capture and added in during the movie editing process (virtual cutting room!). None of the sounds were recorded out of the AH filmviewer. And yes my engine running sounds for the principal recorded aircraft does not play back in my ah filmviewer though according to HTC this shouldn't be the case. Maybe a bug due to the use of custom sounds in the game. (BTW - already mentioned above but I fly with Waffle's sound pack).
Sounds- from a variety of sources - a) .wav files from the internet via some google searchs, b) some sounds from custom MS FS9 or MS CFS sound packs, c) http://www.sounddogs.com. Those are mainly it.
All footage are recorded from already captured films played in the AH filmviewer for Gunfighters except for the p-51 cockpit view at take-off where I used a live-capture from my track-ir ingame (trackir view didn't look nearly as interesting as I was intending!).
Shotgun: ===
Music was all from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly movie soundtrack. TBTGTU Main Theme came from the original soundtrack. "Ecstasy of Gold" was a more recent re-recorded version.
Some Reno and Black 6 109 sounds featured, but there's several others as well.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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very nice, as usual tango :aok
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OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! BUSTED!!! Thats not a braunco-mustang, thats a PONY D!!!
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I was amazed be this film it was like watching a real film with camera shots and music it was awsome :aok :aok :aok three thumbs up from me :D
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Thanks for all the comments folks. It's a source of encouragement for the time and effort it takes to put a movie together.
Reynolds - you're mixing-up your military phonetic alphabet between "braunco" for "bravo" ;). Visit the 412th website to get the background for the name "Braunco Mustangs". http://brauncomustangs.org
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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Cool...:aok
Liked the mirror turn in Act II...:aok
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Originally posted by dtango
Thanks for all the comments folks. It's a source of encouragement for the time and effort it takes to put a movie together.
Reynolds - you're mixing-up your military phonetic alphabet between "braunco" for "bravo" ;). Visit the 412th website to get the background for the name "Braunco Mustangs". http://brauncomustangs.org
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
Yeah, I know about Alpha, Bravo Charlie.... etc. Im air-force-comm qualified, i just hear a lot of people calling the pony B the Braunco here. Its confusing. And Ive seen your website before, BEAUTIFUL!!! Im trying to make mine like it, but I suck :(
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Cool vid, very nicely done. I'm curious how you got the shiney effect as I thought that was great. I need to by vegas but im stuck with windows media maker, seeying all these fantastic effects makes me weep!
Spiff
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Spiffing - not sure what you mean by the "shiney effect". I'm guessing you mean the "glow" at the beginning of the movie. If so, that was the glow filter in Vegas.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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Tango,
I was absolutely blown away by your movie "Gunfighters"! It was impressive in many ways: Story line, AH films used, Camera Angles, Editing, and Music Selection, just to name a few. You deserve recognition for your work, if not some type of Oscar.
Your film easily beats out the HTC films they use for advertising. They should hire you to do their next one. Please keep up the good work. I'm sure you can envision many other scenarios using other aircraft.
My hat is off to you Sir,
MadMax
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HOLY CR*P!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was one of the best if not thee best I've watched:aok
The High Res download rules, what great moves and fights:cool:
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AWESOME movie, Tango, I'm speechless! :) And great music, too (Long live Ennio! :D) I kept seeing it and thinking "it can't be Aces High.... it can't be the game I play...."; you did a really great job with pannings, keep up the good work! :)
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SWEEEEEET!!!!!
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Wow, an amazing video! Great music, angles, graphics, and good job on the "glow/diffuse"!
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the most baddest assest movie E V E R !!!!! :D :aok
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WOO HOO!!! Excellent movie!!! Good job guys <
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Thats terrific stuff. :aok
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I only just recently DLed this and watched it.
I must say, "wow!"
I love the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, so maybe I'm biased, but the music just set the perfect tone for this film.
What I was most most MOST impressed with (did I mention I'm very impressed with this? No? Oh well keep reading you'll find out!) was the camera angles.
How did you pull that off? Running in god mode would have been nearly impossible to keep pace with the target like that. What sets this apart is that the target isn't in the center of the screen throughout the entire thing (which AH limits most folks to doing). It gave it a MUCH more fluid feel, and felt more like you were a witness, rather than just you were the target of the camera.
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what editor did you use? That was awsome!
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Thanks for all the feedback! My only hope is that folks enjoy the movie as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
Krusty - the camera angles were acheived from a combination of AH film viewer camera positions and 2D camera panning and cropping in Sony Vegas, the video editor I used. Glad you felt it was effective in drawing you into the action :)!
For the 2D panning & cropping - if you think of the raw video as the canvas (with the target plane centered in the view for instance), basically I created a frame that's smaller than a canvas which acts like my movie camera lense which then I move around to cover different parts of the canvas in order to achieve a particular view.
parin - as mentioned above I used Sony Vegas. You don't necessarily need Vegas to achieve the final product like the one I produced - there are some free-ware tools that can be used that have the features including the 2D pan & zoom (e.g. combination of MS MM and VirtualDub etc). It's more a function of finding out what video editing features are available and experimenting with them vs. the particular editor itself.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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I was thinking to myself "that's the only way it could have been done" but the results looked far better than I'd imagine possible! :aok
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oh ok. Thanks for the editing info.
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Great Flick!:aok
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:aok u rock da scene tango awsome movie