UNDERFIRE War
INTRODUCING, THE TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING NEW VIDEO BY THEOREM 42, IT'S UNDERFIRE WAR.
It will be released probably by next week or so? Be ready. Show all your friends!!
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8/1/09
Editing HD SUCKS
HD has been an enormous headache for me. There are so many problems I've been having with HD that I really don't want to film with it again any time soon.
Let me tell you what's up.
First off, in my last post, I explained how I had to convert the files into .avi files. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 does NOT support AVCHD, so screw HD HDD cameras. Each conversion takes a few minutes, and I have a LOT of clips, so it can take up to a fucking hour sometimes.
Next, HD is so big that my computer, no matter how awesome, lags when I play the footage. IT LAGS. That pissed me off from the get-go. My computer should SO be able to handle that kind of stuff. But I guess not huh??
Then, this comes up. After compiling the 3rd scene together, Premiere Pro starts crashing every time I do something to a clip. This worries me, and pisses me off at the same time. After a bunch of thinking, I realized that the HD footage, 5 minutes of it on the timeline, TAKES UP ALL MY COMPUTER'S RAM. WHAT THE FUCK.
So this is what I have to do for every fucking scene: I have to split each scene up in its own project (that sucks because this video has turned into like 6 different project files). Then, I have to CONVERT the files AGAIN to MPEG-2 so it's smaller size without reducing too much quality. Each scene takes about 30-40 minutes to compress. I have to do this for every fucking scene.
COULD THIS GET ANY MORE FRUSTRATING?!
Thankfully though, once you DO compress and compile it all, it works just fine. Today I finished the first 3 scenes, with music and everything. I don't really want to start the 4th scene yet, but I guess I'm going to have to.
But, so far, the video looks phenomenal. It flows extremely well, the music fits perfectly, and it just looks great. I'm very happy with how it's been going.
I'll post a few more screenshots, just for you people :)
The framing in the last picture isn't great, but remember, we're filming most of this video ourselves. Whether or not it's framed right, you can see what's going on.
Well, I haven't told you guys the name of the video, but I think you can figure it out if you're good ;)
Post later :D
Let me tell you what's up.
First off, in my last post, I explained how I had to convert the files into .avi files. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 does NOT support AVCHD, so screw HD HDD cameras. Each conversion takes a few minutes, and I have a LOT of clips, so it can take up to a fucking hour sometimes.
Next, HD is so big that my computer, no matter how awesome, lags when I play the footage. IT LAGS. That pissed me off from the get-go. My computer should SO be able to handle that kind of stuff. But I guess not huh??
Then, this comes up. After compiling the 3rd scene together, Premiere Pro starts crashing every time I do something to a clip. This worries me, and pisses me off at the same time. After a bunch of thinking, I realized that the HD footage, 5 minutes of it on the timeline, TAKES UP ALL MY COMPUTER'S RAM. WHAT THE FUCK.
So this is what I have to do for every fucking scene: I have to split each scene up in its own project (that sucks because this video has turned into like 6 different project files). Then, I have to CONVERT the files AGAIN to MPEG-2 so it's smaller size without reducing too much quality. Each scene takes about 30-40 minutes to compress. I have to do this for every fucking scene.
COULD THIS GET ANY MORE FRUSTRATING?!
Thankfully though, once you DO compress and compile it all, it works just fine. Today I finished the first 3 scenes, with music and everything. I don't really want to start the 4th scene yet, but I guess I'm going to have to.
But, so far, the video looks phenomenal. It flows extremely well, the music fits perfectly, and it just looks great. I'm very happy with how it's been going.
I'll post a few more screenshots, just for you people :)
The framing in the last picture isn't great, but remember, we're filming most of this video ourselves. Whether or not it's framed right, you can see what's going on.
Well, I haven't told you guys the name of the video, but I think you can figure it out if you're good ;)
Post later :D
7/29/09
Summer Video
The past 2 weeks I have been hard at work with another video of mine.
I'm not going to release much information about the storyline or anything, but I will say that this video should prove to be my best. With the scenes we do have, we've used some extremely effective angles to capture our shots. I'm very happy with how it's turning out so far.
Filming is somewhat slow though because we have been busy, the weather has not been pleasant, and it's just a lot of work to walk from set to set. Also, importing AVCHD film data has not been easy. Adobe CS3 does not support AVCHD, so I had to buy another piece of software just to import the files. Video production is hard work, folks. It can take over an hour to shoot just one scene, getting all the angles and scripted sequences right.
But this film so far is a pretty good video. I'm proud so far.
We're back to using NERF guns as props again, but in a less Call of Duty-esque fashion. More, they're used as real weapons, however, it's roughly as real as NERF guns can get. I'll start adding the muzzle flashes eventually.
Here are some screenshots. They don't show a whole lot, but I don't really care.
I may potentially add some filters to these shots eventually, but for now I'm worried about the flow of the video. I'll add effects later.
I also have not settled on a title yet. Yeah, I brought together a video idea, but I have no name for it. Yeahh.
Anyway, update later people.
I'm not going to release much information about the storyline or anything, but I will say that this video should prove to be my best. With the scenes we do have, we've used some extremely effective angles to capture our shots. I'm very happy with how it's turning out so far.
Filming is somewhat slow though because we have been busy, the weather has not been pleasant, and it's just a lot of work to walk from set to set. Also, importing AVCHD film data has not been easy. Adobe CS3 does not support AVCHD, so I had to buy another piece of software just to import the files. Video production is hard work, folks. It can take over an hour to shoot just one scene, getting all the angles and scripted sequences right.
But this film so far is a pretty good video. I'm proud so far.
We're back to using NERF guns as props again, but in a less Call of Duty-esque fashion. More, they're used as real weapons, however, it's roughly as real as NERF guns can get. I'll start adding the muzzle flashes eventually.
Here are some screenshots. They don't show a whole lot, but I don't really care.
I may potentially add some filters to these shots eventually, but for now I'm worried about the flow of the video. I'll add effects later.
I also have not settled on a title yet. Yeah, I brought together a video idea, but I have no name for it. Yeahh.
Anyway, update later people.
4/22/09
Snipers Rule
I made another Photoshop picture. I was taking photos with my brother, and I found a picture I liked, so I decided to give it a bit of flare. This is what I started with:
This is what came out:
I am really proud of this one. It actually looks kinda professional. I cut myself out, outlined the body, made a background and then gave me a shadow. Very simple, but I think it looks pretty good.
I'll keep this a short post because a friend of mine (Julien) says I post too long. I can sorta understand where he's coming from, but recall, this is my blog, and this is for me.
But I can still at least try to appeal to the few readers I have. I love you guys.
It's kinda late, and I'm sorta sleepy. I'll say good night here. Night.
This is what came out:
I am really proud of this one. It actually looks kinda professional. I cut myself out, outlined the body, made a background and then gave me a shadow. Very simple, but I think it looks pretty good.
I'll keep this a short post because a friend of mine (Julien) says I post too long. I can sorta understand where he's coming from, but recall, this is my blog, and this is for me.
But I can still at least try to appeal to the few readers I have. I love you guys.
It's kinda late, and I'm sorta sleepy. I'll say good night here. Night.
4/1/09
What?
Today's April Fool's Day.
Not much fooling happened today. I only saw a few jokes, and they weren't major pranks either. Ryan told Henry he dropped his pocket and Henry fell for it. I cracked up to that one.
Then at swimming, my coach told us that we had to do 4 sets of 6 100's of butterfly. That's over 100 laps of butterfly. It took me a while to realize that it was a joke, and then everyone was laughing. It was funny. I can't believe I sorta fell for it.
That's all that happened today. Pretty uneventful for a Wednesday in my opinion.
Anyway this is a picture of one of the NERF shotguns I bought Saturday:
http://robsboystoysdirect.com/catalog/images/DARTBLASTER.jpg
I was thinking of doing this to it this spring break:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/renegade646/dsmod007.jpg
I'm thinking that I really wanna :D It looks just like the Force-A-Nature!! (That's a Team Fortress reference by the way). But it's part my brother's too, so I need his input also. But if he lets me... Does anyone own a hacksaw that I can borrow?
:D
Not much fooling happened today. I only saw a few jokes, and they weren't major pranks either. Ryan told Henry he dropped his pocket and Henry fell for it. I cracked up to that one.
Then at swimming, my coach told us that we had to do 4 sets of 6 100's of butterfly. That's over 100 laps of butterfly. It took me a while to realize that it was a joke, and then everyone was laughing. It was funny. I can't believe I sorta fell for it.
That's all that happened today. Pretty uneventful for a Wednesday in my opinion.
Anyway this is a picture of one of the NERF shotguns I bought Saturday:
http://robsboystoysdirect.com/catalog/images/DARTBLASTER.jpg
I was thinking of doing this to it this spring break:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/renegade646/dsmod007.jpg
I'm thinking that I really wanna :D It looks just like the Force-A-Nature!! (That's a Team Fortress reference by the way). But it's part my brother's too, so I need his input also. But if he lets me... Does anyone own a hacksaw that I can borrow?
:D
3/28/09
A Lot Happened in 24 Hours
The past 2 days have been pretty eventful. Let's see what happened:
It started Friday at about 3:15 p.m. I had another swim meet! I was swimming the 200 Medley Relay, the 100 Butterfly, and the 200 Freestyle Relay. So my first relay was disqualified. The breaststroker and the butterflier did not touch the wall with 2 hands when they finished, and that's a pretty huge thing I'm guessing.
My next event was the 100 butterfly. This is 4 laps. I can barely do 2 without getting tired. I was originally supposed to do the 100 Breaststroke, but I had some time issues, and that event was too late. So I got this. I must say I was pretty dead by the time the 4 laps were over, my arms were numb, my legs were also numb, and I was heaving air. But in the end, I got 3rd with a 1:12!! I thought that was a pretty good accomplishment considering it was my first time doing it, but that's me being cocky. =P
Then my 200 freestyle relay. We totally owned everyone, got 1st, nuff said. :D
Well that was done. Then I had to go somewhere else. The reason I couldn't do the 100 breast? It was the night of the Sadie Hawkins dance!! I totally had my priorities in order!
I hitched a ride with Henry to go. I had a date that I just could not pass up, and she was female!! Henry will get someone next time I think. He's pretty much a hunk. The dance was at a section of Knott's Berry Farm, so we rode rides too. We met up with some more friends and we hung together for the rest of the night. Everyone was hyper, we were even running sometimes. We rode rides, we ate, we danced, and then some. Let's just say it was a night we won't soon forget.
So I didn't get to sleep till 1 a.m. The next day (today) I had a big Japanese test that I had not studied for. I went in thinking that I'll just wing it, see what happens, y'know? Haha. It turns out that the test overall was incredibly easy. I think I could have even passed it last year. It was that easy. I had to guess with some of them, but the rest was just a cakewalk. I can't believe I almost didn't take it. Well I got out at about 3:00, almost 24 hours since the meet!!
One of the people who was watching over us during the test looked a bit funny, and the 6 people, including me, in the room took notice. I didn't think much of it until after we were all done with the test and we were talked about it. My friend Carl just outright said "Her boobs were like down to her stomach!!" and then the girl behind me said "I know!! IT'S NOT NORMAL!!" So I got a laugh (sorta) out of that... My friend Carl is fun but he's weird sometimes.
And then after I got 2 new "Nerf" guns. They're not really Nerf, but I'll call them that because I want to. They're 2 shotguns: a copy of the one in UNDERFIRE Deathmatch, and another one that's a mix between a shotgun, an M14, and a B.A.R. It's quite the hybrid, but it just arouses me so much that I don't really care.
Well that's about all that's happened in the past 2 days. I'd like to think that it's quite a lot, because usually nothing happens really. So that basically made my week, and my month in general altogether. Much done in just 2 days!
Post later, guys. Byee.
It started Friday at about 3:15 p.m. I had another swim meet! I was swimming the 200 Medley Relay, the 100 Butterfly, and the 200 Freestyle Relay. So my first relay was disqualified. The breaststroker and the butterflier did not touch the wall with 2 hands when they finished, and that's a pretty huge thing I'm guessing.
My next event was the 100 butterfly. This is 4 laps. I can barely do 2 without getting tired. I was originally supposed to do the 100 Breaststroke, but I had some time issues, and that event was too late. So I got this. I must say I was pretty dead by the time the 4 laps were over, my arms were numb, my legs were also numb, and I was heaving air. But in the end, I got 3rd with a 1:12!! I thought that was a pretty good accomplishment considering it was my first time doing it, but that's me being cocky. =P
Then my 200 freestyle relay. We totally owned everyone, got 1st, nuff said. :D
Well that was done. Then I had to go somewhere else. The reason I couldn't do the 100 breast? It was the night of the Sadie Hawkins dance!! I totally had my priorities in order!
I hitched a ride with Henry to go. I had a date that I just could not pass up, and she was female!! Henry will get someone next time I think. He's pretty much a hunk. The dance was at a section of Knott's Berry Farm, so we rode rides too. We met up with some more friends and we hung together for the rest of the night. Everyone was hyper, we were even running sometimes. We rode rides, we ate, we danced, and then some. Let's just say it was a night we won't soon forget.
So I didn't get to sleep till 1 a.m. The next day (today) I had a big Japanese test that I had not studied for. I went in thinking that I'll just wing it, see what happens, y'know? Haha. It turns out that the test overall was incredibly easy. I think I could have even passed it last year. It was that easy. I had to guess with some of them, but the rest was just a cakewalk. I can't believe I almost didn't take it. Well I got out at about 3:00, almost 24 hours since the meet!!
One of the people who was watching over us during the test looked a bit funny, and the 6 people, including me, in the room took notice. I didn't think much of it until after we were all done with the test and we were talked about it. My friend Carl just outright said "Her boobs were like down to her stomach!!" and then the girl behind me said "I know!! IT'S NOT NORMAL!!" So I got a laugh (sorta) out of that... My friend Carl is fun but he's weird sometimes.
And then after I got 2 new "Nerf" guns. They're not really Nerf, but I'll call them that because I want to. They're 2 shotguns: a copy of the one in UNDERFIRE Deathmatch, and another one that's a mix between a shotgun, an M14, and a B.A.R. It's quite the hybrid, but it just arouses me so much that I don't really care.
Well that's about all that's happened in the past 2 days. I'd like to think that it's quite a lot, because usually nothing happens really. So that basically made my week, and my month in general altogether. Much done in just 2 days!
Post later, guys. Byee.
2/16/09
Filming - Underfire II
Today, we filmed UNDERFIRE II. We had a new person fighting with us, and we had a few new weapons. The best part: it was raining.
We had more fights and slightly longer scenes. Some pretty cool shots were made, and a few references to the original video were made, such as the beginning sequence. We moved around a lot between the scenes, and often we changed settings very randomly. It's okay though, no one knows my neighborhood too well anyway.
Not even 5 minutes into our filming, an old lady comes out of her house and starts yelling at us for being too loud. We were sorta stunned that she actually came outside to yell at us, but after we changed settings we started laughing about it. Partway through another scene a kid starts watching us through some blinds. We say hi and the kid waves back. Few minutes later, another kid appears beside the first kid and watches us too. Few more minutes later, another kid appears beside the kid who appeared beside the first kid. It was pretty funny because William (the new guy) had to collapse on their doorsteps a few times. I think they were laughing. When we left that part, we waved goodbye and had a few good laughs about it.
Everything else was pretty much just filming. Nothing too exciting, but for us the whole thing was a blast. Filming took about 4 hours, with about 20 minutes of footage. We carted around about 10 NERF guns in a garbage bag, a camera and an umbrella. Good day. I'll start editing tomorrow, and I'll update when I can/want to.
Yup, post later.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention something. Henry stepped in dog poop too. It was amusing watching him freak out. Hehehe.
We had more fights and slightly longer scenes. Some pretty cool shots were made, and a few references to the original video were made, such as the beginning sequence. We moved around a lot between the scenes, and often we changed settings very randomly. It's okay though, no one knows my neighborhood too well anyway.
Not even 5 minutes into our filming, an old lady comes out of her house and starts yelling at us for being too loud. We were sorta stunned that she actually came outside to yell at us, but after we changed settings we started laughing about it. Partway through another scene a kid starts watching us through some blinds. We say hi and the kid waves back. Few minutes later, another kid appears beside the first kid and watches us too. Few more minutes later, another kid appears beside the kid who appeared beside the first kid. It was pretty funny because William (the new guy) had to collapse on their doorsteps a few times. I think they were laughing. When we left that part, we waved goodbye and had a few good laughs about it.
Everything else was pretty much just filming. Nothing too exciting, but for us the whole thing was a blast. Filming took about 4 hours, with about 20 minutes of footage. We carted around about 10 NERF guns in a garbage bag, a camera and an umbrella. Good day. I'll start editing tomorrow, and I'll update when I can/want to.
Yup, post later.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention something. Henry stepped in dog poop too. It was amusing watching him freak out. Hehehe.
2/14/09
Photoshopping
It's sorta late right now, but I'm gonna be out tomorrow in the morning for a few hours, so I thought I could do this now and save me the trouble of remembering.
I had some free time today, so I created a small Photoshop project for myself. I've done this in the past, but I haven't in a while, so I thought I'd try again.
In the past I took a few pictures of myself and composted them into a combined photo. I'd take individual shots of me with different clothing on, cut me out of each picture and put them all together. One time I even used NERF guns in the photo.
But this time I decided to quit with the clones and do something more dramatic-sorta-looking. I used a NERF gun, but in a different pose as last time. Last time I posed with the guns in a normal looking pose. This time, I used a wide-angle lens. The wide-angle lens distorts the photo more and makes some things look elongated. I used this to my advantage and made my gun barrel look really long.
It took me probably over 20 tries to get it just right, but this is how my favorite one turned out.
Notice how the barrel looks really really long. It took me forever to get the angle just right, with the barrel looking just long enough. I personally think the photo looks pretty good. But, I decided to try to Photoshop it to look slightly edgier.
My product is done as of now. I'm not sure whether or not it looks too dark, but I (being my own biased self) think it's pretty good. I spent a good 2 hours on it, the first hour focusing on the precision of my cropping. Here's how it looks.
I had some free time today, so I created a small Photoshop project for myself. I've done this in the past, but I haven't in a while, so I thought I'd try again.
In the past I took a few pictures of myself and composted them into a combined photo. I'd take individual shots of me with different clothing on, cut me out of each picture and put them all together. One time I even used NERF guns in the photo.
But this time I decided to quit with the clones and do something more dramatic-sorta-looking. I used a NERF gun, but in a different pose as last time. Last time I posed with the guns in a normal looking pose. This time, I used a wide-angle lens. The wide-angle lens distorts the photo more and makes some things look elongated. I used this to my advantage and made my gun barrel look really long.
It took me probably over 20 tries to get it just right, but this is how my favorite one turned out.
Notice how the barrel looks really really long. It took me forever to get the angle just right, with the barrel looking just long enough. I personally think the photo looks pretty good. But, I decided to try to Photoshop it to look slightly edgier.
My product is done as of now. I'm not sure whether or not it looks too dark, but I (being my own biased self) think it's pretty good. I spent a good 2 hours on it, the first hour focusing on the precision of my cropping. Here's how it looks.
I spent a good deal trying to make the cut-out as normal looking as possible, using a lot of zoom and a soft eraser. I blurred the edges of my body to make it less jagged, and then I sharpened the edges. I also played with a filter that made the whole thing look dark, and I liked it honestly. It looks intense to me.
Tell me what you think of it, any criticisms of any sorts. I like it, but I have a feeling it's a bit dark. I added the lens flare behind me to make me look brighter, but I'm debating whether or not it's enough. I also sorta think the muzzle flash is a bit too big, but I sorta like that kind of thing, so yeah.
Well, post later.
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