The few past weeks have been really slow and school has been slow as well. Thank Goodness. Although it's kind of bad because when I have nothing better to do I always end up getting "inspired" and I get new ideas for movies. I have a few projects I have been working on and of course out of all of them I have one project that is my pet project that I want to spend most of my time with. The project that will begin production first is a Halo 2 machinima drama that is titled "This is Home" after the song by the artist We are Ghosts. In this movie two characters are stranded in a desolate training camp and using "survival for the fittest" concept they will try to destroy each other instead of help each other. It's going to be a dark drama and it will have many action scenes because the song is a fast pace rock song.
The second project that will begin production after "This is Home" is a machinima created with The Sims 2. This is my pet project. This movie will take many months to complete. It almost reminds me of Astral a music video I created a while back because of all the green screens, layering, and the insane editing that has to be done. I recently did a test shot and it looks amazing. Although the test shot is 20 seconds and the editing time was three hours. I want this film to be perfect and to be as similar to its music video predecessor by 3D Mickey. I really loved the music video and I hope to re-create it as flawlessly as possible with HD availability. This project is titled "Respire". It's a French piece with subtitles.
The next large but fun project that was started but never completed is the series Life With Duncan. I had technical problems but now that those are over I want to finish the two projects then jump back into this series with fresh ideas. I won't be starting over and the series will continue with Episode 5 and go to Episode 10. I'll re-release this series with a trailer introducing the series again. I think I have the funnest time producing this project than any other project I've ever done before. After awhile the episodes arn't funny to me but after a couple of weeks of release I watch it and laugh like I'm watching someone else's series. I also have to say this is my most well organized series ever. I planned out the entire season from episode 1 to episode 10 with many surprises and crazy twists. It's a very unique series indeed.
And lastly I want to re-create the project that was almost done but was deleted from my computer and is now gone. I want to create this project at a later date so it will be ready for a December 2007 release. It's titled "Return to Narnia". technically and story wise it's clearly amazing. It has its own problems and challenges but it's a visually and plot wise unique piece. All of the music for this movie was completely composed just for the movie. It was written and composed by a man whose user name is Milkman_Dan. He's amazing when it comes to writing music. I'm sure he'll have a large future with that.
I never tell anything about the projects I work on even when they are planned all the way up to next December. I'm very excited about these projects and I know I'm going to have a good time working on all of them! They all have compelling story lines and challenges that are for some reason really fun to work through. I guess it's because in the end I'm able to sit back and watch what I've been working on for the past 110 days.
In the next blog I'm going to talk about recent releases that were made in my spare time. I'll give you an inside and detailed look at how I made them while filming and editing. It also gives me a chance to show off my work! I'll put up some pictures and links of them so you can watch them and tell me what you think of them!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Machinima Part I
I got into the whole video game recording thing very oddly. I didn't even know I got into it before I really was. I think I got sucked into Machinima when I saw the famous RedvsBlue series. I saw it when it wasn't quite as popular as it is now but they still had a large community. I was so intrigued by the creativity that was involved and the great things that they pulled off in a video game. I bought The Sims 2 and I started experimenting with different recording styles and movies and finally I made my very first Machinima movie which was around two minutes long. For it being my first I think it had a very detailed look to it but it didn't have a sturdy story line.
After my first movie I began "testing" because I wanted to know how far I could get with this Machinima thing and what my limits were with The Sims 2 so I just filmed random things. About a month later I finished my second movie A Love Story and shortly after that The Band followed. Much of my filming and editing has been testing and messing around with movies. Now I'm doing amazing things with The Sims 2 that I never thought I could do. I've started to branch out to other games as well such as Halo 2 and The Movies.
My latest work I've done is Life With Duncan. It's a mockumentry series about an unintelligent monotoned man who tries to live a normal life while life is fighting him every chance it gets. The series was inspired by many things that I have come across but most of all the nbc series The Office on television and my old series that just didn't come out the way I planned The Biz. Life With Duncan Integrates a lovable character that many people can relate to and the series adds many surprises and plot twists. It's the first series to use a reality show theme and it definatly adds more humor to the entire series.
I enjoy making movies because I get the chance to express myself and my feelings through the power of sound and visuals. Nothing is more appealing to me than that. I think movies including machinima is a true art right next to painting or writing because you have to have devotion and a certain type of passion to keep going and keep your head on straight. You have to have the eye and the creativity to work and have a vision to evoke what you're feeling. Movies are much more powerful towards the viewer if the creator has the emotion and the talent to pull off something that he has been working on for.
I guess I'm going to write blogs about things that I'm working on and the challenges that I face during filming or editing just to sort of let you learn about the process more or so you can learn more about it. That's about it from here!
- J
After my first movie I began "testing" because I wanted to know how far I could get with this Machinima thing and what my limits were with The Sims 2 so I just filmed random things. About a month later I finished my second movie A Love Story and shortly after that The Band followed. Much of my filming and editing has been testing and messing around with movies. Now I'm doing amazing things with The Sims 2 that I never thought I could do. I've started to branch out to other games as well such as Halo 2 and The Movies.
My latest work I've done is Life With Duncan. It's a mockumentry series about an unintelligent monotoned man who tries to live a normal life while life is fighting him every chance it gets. The series was inspired by many things that I have come across but most of all the nbc series The Office on television and my old series that just didn't come out the way I planned The Biz. Life With Duncan Integrates a lovable character that many people can relate to and the series adds many surprises and plot twists. It's the first series to use a reality show theme and it definatly adds more humor to the entire series.
I enjoy making movies because I get the chance to express myself and my feelings through the power of sound and visuals. Nothing is more appealing to me than that. I think movies including machinima is a true art right next to painting or writing because you have to have devotion and a certain type of passion to keep going and keep your head on straight. You have to have the eye and the creativity to work and have a vision to evoke what you're feeling. Movies are much more powerful towards the viewer if the creator has the emotion and the talent to pull off something that he has been working on for.
I guess I'm going to write blogs about things that I'm working on and the challenges that I face during filming or editing just to sort of let you learn about the process more or so you can learn more about it. That's about it from here!
- J
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