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Title: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2008, 01:53:06 PM
The 30 Second Club -- March 2008

Okay, we are 13 days into the month, but let's start this anyways. If we get less entries, so be it. Next month we'll start anew. Let's get at least a few of these done to pique interest, shall we!

The rules: Edit a video/film using AH footage, music, effects, whatever you want. It must be 30 seconds. This includes any fades to and from black.

You need to host the video so it can be viewed online or downloaded for viewing. No .AHF files. The video should be in a common format (avi, wmv, mpg, etc) so that most folks can view it without problems.


There are no rules on what kind of footage you can include, but note that 30 seconds is ample time to create a short story (ask anybody who's taken a 3D animation class!), and you are encouraged to come up with a story to tell in this time. Simply showing 30 seconds of a dogfight will work, but it might not be very entertaining.

Deadline is midnight the last day of the month.

Post your discussions and submissions in this thread!


P.S. I intend on entering this month. I need to learn how to use my editing software better and this is perfect for doing that!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Latrobe on March 13, 2008, 03:44:35 PM
I already have a film half done! Will have to finish it and cut it down to 30 secs and post it. What do we get if we win?  :D
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2008, 03:55:36 PM
Fame! Glory! Your name in lights!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 13, 2008, 06:23:28 PM
Fame! Glory! Your name in lights!
Your name will be sung in the forums and general chat for days!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Speed55 on March 14, 2008, 07:03:27 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kbH-CIkPA

Quick old one i did.

I need to get new footage before i make a new one, but i'm on a VERY cold streak.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: moot on March 14, 2008, 07:43:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kbH-CIkPA

Quick old one i did.

I need to get new footage before i make a new one, but i'm on a VERY cold streak.
Hehe it's the secret blackhole-propelled fighters of WWII!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 10:08:54 AM
Heh, not bad, but I think I'll add an addition to the rules. Let's see, how to phrase it to be most clear...


- The intent is to create new content in the month's time alotted for each deadline. Entries should be new creations, not previous releases. Naturally, if an entry has not been seen in completed form, it can be entered (say an entry from March isn't done, it could be finished and submitted for April's contest), but let us not abuse this good-faith rule to submit clips from many years back.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 11:29:13 AM
On another note, I've settled on the subject of mine, but I still need to decide what/how to tell it.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Bodhi on March 14, 2008, 11:48:46 AM
Will you continue to change the rules?
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 12:04:02 PM
The original 30 second animated short contest (which inspired me) was meant to challenge animators to work on something new, rather than pull up something "from the archives."

I added this last rule only to keep in the spirit of the website that made me bring this up here. There is already another post, by donkey, for voting for pre-existing films. This activity will be for inspiring new films. If you prefer one over the other, you are covered on both fronts, just choose which suits you better and go there.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Bodhi on March 14, 2008, 12:05:50 PM
For those that don't know the above post is a troll, I'll answer anyways.

The original 30 second animated short contest (which inspired me) was meant to challenge animators to work on something new, rather than pull up something "from the archives."

I added this last rule only to keep in the spirit of the website that made me bring this up here. There is already another post, by donkey, for voting for pre-existing films. This activity will be for inspiring new films. If you prefer one over the other, you are covered on both fronts, just choose which suits you better and go there.

Don't be a tool.  It's a legit question.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 12:07:18 PM
The framing of the question was unfair and antagonistic. I will edit my post, though, as I see you have edited yours.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Bodhi on March 14, 2008, 12:11:43 PM
The framing of the question was unfair and antagonistic.

You really make a poor victim.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 12:18:38 PM
"Are you just going to change the rules whenever you like?" given past comments about me you've made, I took it as antagonistic, and it implied I had a history of making and changing rules in contests to cater to myself, which was unfair.

Then editing it to be an inoccuous statement, after I reply, and then creating a new reply below worded so as to make me look bad? Regardless of intention, that's the way it looked.

I'm sorry. Let's leave it at that.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Bodhi on March 14, 2008, 12:19:50 PM
Krusty, I edited a typo.  That is all.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 14, 2008, 12:21:29 PM
You reworded it.

I'm curious why you posted it in the first place, though. Will you be participating in this month's contest?

EDIT: The more that join, the better!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Bodhi on March 14, 2008, 12:30:16 PM
I was thinking about it, but probably will not now.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Sketch on March 15, 2008, 10:42:10 AM
Great a "Purse Fight" 30-second video...... :P
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 15, 2008, 05:43:57 PM
Don't look at me.



Back on track, my clip will be of a mossie fighting a 109g6. A few months old, the base .AHF is still interesting, short, and I have lots of options on how to make a film out of it.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: BMathis on March 16, 2008, 04:39:20 PM
Great a "Purse Fight" 30-second video...... :P

LMAO... [img
]http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/images/smilies/slappy.gif[/img]

I intend to put one up.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: ZoniX on March 26, 2008, 04:54:23 AM
OK now that I finished my 30.S.C. video I am in for this monthly challenge. Looks like we get some nice short films with lot's of new ideas in them. Maybe krusty can pin them on the first post.

Until now we have 4 participants:

bnasty - Kills Shots (http://www.mediafire.com/?g0ntkmjzjnn)

reeb - Splitscreen (http://www.vimeo.com/820441)

mechanic - 2on1 (v1) (http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/30sec.wmv)
mechanic - 2on1 (v2) (http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/30sec2.wmv)

zonix - P38 (http://www.vimeo.com/825149)


I would like to see some more. Still 5 days left. <S>
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: reeb on March 26, 2008, 07:27:17 AM
im gonna be changing my film, i really didnt like the music or the way the split screen worked. I have the day off so ill be posting it sometime tonight or tomarrow.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: reeb on March 26, 2008, 07:01:04 PM
here is my new submission
http://www.vimeo.com/826845
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 28, 2008, 08:56:39 AM
I can't view any that require flash versions above 7, FYI. At home I might be able to, but when I'm at home I'm too busy to check the forums as often.

My work computer limits user access to installing software (it's an overall security issue).

If at all possible I'd like to request folks upload wmvs or something -- and that's not a rule just a personal preference as a viewer.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 29, 2008, 12:33:56 PM
Forgive me if I miss any, it's an impressive list!

"Kill Shots" by bnasty (http://www.mediafire.com/?g0ntkmjzjnn)

"2 on 1" (second edit) by batfink/mechanic (http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/30sec2.wmv)

"Uberfinns" by JanneK (http://www.vimeo.com/833576)

"spit pilot in over his head" by reeb (http://www.vimeo.com/826845)

"P38" by ZoniX (http://www.vimeo.com/825149)

"Panic" by Niros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPX5u1GxdmY)

"Badlands Rider" by drkorf (http://korflab.ucdavis.edu/~ian/Media/BadlandsRider.mp4)

"Peashooters" by Krusty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSG22EqiRw&fmt=6)


I think that's all of them. I worked my way up the forum from oldest thread to newest.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: BMathis on March 29, 2008, 10:04:28 PM
WOW! Nice Turn-out for the Month. <<S>> Filmmakers!!! This was a great Idea Krusty, can't wait to see how this progresses.

 :salute

Mathis
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 30, 2008, 12:29:40 AM
A quick thought on the deadline, it should be Midnight at your LOCAL timezone, instead of just...midnight...
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Stratocaster on March 30, 2008, 08:53:42 PM
I think Im gonna make one... heres an old ah2 commercial I tried to make lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-OoA4xK_r4
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on March 31, 2008, 09:33:34 AM
Are you going to do one before April 1st, or are you going to do one for the month of April?

I ask only because that's tomorrow  :D


P.S. Eskimo, that's what I had in mind, yes. Midnight whatever your time is. I won't quibble with folks that stay up to midnight (or past?) to finish things off. Lord knows I've done that more than my fair share with video projects in the past.
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 20, 2008, 08:34:47 PM
Hmmm, what of this Krusy?

Don't let this idea die!
Title: Re: The 30 second club March 2008
Post by: Krusty on April 21, 2008, 01:06:07 PM
There's another thread for April  :aok