The make a movie thread

oh, I made three short movies/animations a year ago... two really simple and one quite good

the first one was kinda crappy... it was about this star wars guy showing off his lightsabre skills. then he split himself in two and began to fight himself and finally kills himself... it had no voice acting and no background music... made with paint and microsoft movie maker.. length ~30sek

the second one was a bit better... it was about a guy who walks on the street and gets ambushed by this gang who tries to beat him up, but he beats up the gang instead... the voice acting was crap, but the background music was great... made with paint, gimp and microsoft movie maker.. length ~45sek +credits

my latest animation was quite good.. it was about two lego bionicle guys who fought on the top of a mountain... the movie was not drawn.. I made the mountain and characters myself, with the help of a friend of mine, and then I took like 500 pictures and put them together.. then I edited it with corell.. the movie was quite good, but the voice acting and background music sucked.. length ~1min 40sek +credits

I don't know if I've got the first two left, but the latest should be somewhere on my last computer..

Only paying subscribers can upload videos. And I don't know if there is a limit.
So unless we convince a subscriber to upload them, we'll have to find another way, like google videos or BitTorrent.
alx222000

WRONG!!

any member can now upload videos as long as he/she is over level 10... at least that's what I've heard..

What we really need is someone who can draw, or a group of people who can play a game together to make a machinima.

Can you host Flash movies on GameSpot?

Oh, and I do have an idea for a show......
alx222000

For once I understand what Chet is trying to say!

YAY!!!!!!!!!

SPAM!?!?!

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Well, not so much wrong as untested. For some reason I was think that Photobucket let you upload .swf files as videos and the only real limit you had was that the videos couldn't be more than five minutes long, which is as long as I'd ever want a Flash cartoon to be, my method will work, just not as well as I had hoped. I think I have found a better way: sign up for a youtube account. I've seen lots of people do it, works with Flash movies as well.Chet_Jones

A graphics tablet would let you draw, so are you suggesting you do enough drawings to make a short movie? Could be a fair amount of work.

EDIT: *Suddenly has strange idea about making sprite-rip movie/comic about members of the Guild mysteriously turning into characters from Chrono Trigger. And if I'm not the red-haired one, then I get really angry*

sorry if im wrong, but isnt the red-haired one chrono?

what about a short movie about the guild members, but everyone is their avatar. sithy is a butterfly (an emo one, of course), i'm fierce deity link, skine is hobbes, you're chrono (i dont know who your current avatar is) etc.

Yeah, the red-haired one is Chrono.

What do you mean? No animation, just the avatars showing up? Wouldn't that be just as good in still form?

My current avi is a guy I ripped from the trailer to "Orphen", not sure what his name is.

yes, i wouldn't make it like that. that was just a test to see how it would work.

Okay.

So, you're sure you're up to it?

i didnt say i was goingto make it...

but i will anyway, once i get my graphics tablet in a month and a half.

i didnt say i was goingto make it...

but i will anyway, once i get my graphics tablet in a month and a half.

dgwutka

they also make digital media editing easier, becuase a pen is more natural then a mouse.

ill probably draw the characters anyway, even if they are our avatars.

but i guess it would be easier to just manipulate images.

I suppose that's true, but it still would have been possible before.

Yes, it's easier to manipulate images, but you wouldn't be able to find suitable images of everyone's avatars, which is why, if you're going to use our avatars, some drawing will need to be done.

on second thought, im going to draw it. in my computer class at school im working on a .gif movie (not an assignment, just free time) and its pretty easy, even with a mouse, so it should be easier with a tablet.

ill probably post the movie when im finished.

Alex just said cool...

Anyway, if this really gets off (God we've waited along time for this) then we'll want it to be worth it. I don't know what it will be about but I believe we must incorporate all the dedicated members we've encountered over the years in some way (even if they only made an appearance).

I do that when things are cool.

I mean, will it be an advertisement, an introduction video, a history of the guild, or just a fun movie?

I do that when things are cool.

I mean, will it be an advertisement, an introduction video, a history of the guild, or just a fun movie?

alx222000

You're a genius.

An introduction/ad that describes the guild and history of it in a quick and funny way.

i think skine got it :)

i wil probably have to have someone else write the script, because im not a great writer.

Alright. Writing shouldn't be a problem for me, but I'll have to get some idea of how complex I'm allowed to coreographe the scenes, like, could you make an animation of a building rising out of the ground, with appropriate dust effects?

Which brings me to another point, do we identify the Guild in the movie as an online forum, or as an actual-fictional place?

i probably could include a good amount of stuff on-screen at once as long as the frame was big enough. the animation might bea little off in those sequences beacuse of all the stuff, though.

i.e. something is out of line but is right the next frame.