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wilhelm_bokunic · Jan 31, 2009, 01:56 PM // 13:56

Alright, so I'm a pretty big fan of the "Where the Hell is Matt" videos. And for my first machinima I really wanted to pay homage to the series. So this morning I spent about three hours filming and editing just that.

I decided to use Guild Wars as the base of the video because of all the awesome locations you can go to. Anyhow, here's the video. Hope you all enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omRuhctIMZE&fmt=22

Note - Since this is my first machinima there are a few, though not many, haphical errors in the recording. This will be fixed in future machinima that I do.

Lagg · Jan 31, 2009, 02:02 PM // 14:02

A for effort, C- for execution.

It's been done before. And with the correct music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYcpKcNDwdM

Also, should be in Nolani Academy, not Riverside Inn.

wilhelm_bokunic · Jan 31, 2009, 02:07 PM // 14:07

I was going to use Praan, the song from "Where the Hell is Matt 2008" however there is copyright issues behind that. I try to emphasize creative commons in my videos so I only use creative commons music. So that's why I'm not using the actual music. Also, Youtube's doing a thing now where they will forcefully disable the audio on videos using copyrighted music, which would make the entire video pointless if that happened. I believe you have your grading mixed up though. Based on what you said it seems like the video should be an A for Effort and B or low A for execution. The audio was your only issue but the overall presentation, in my opinion, is superior to the other video.

As for the forum location, you're right. I clicked the wrong link by accident. So if a mod could move it that'd be great.

Pip Squeak · Jan 31, 2009, 04:11 PM // 16:11

I never saw the point in the "Matt" vids, boring compared to that Frosty Inc. german guild that does those awesome dance videos. =P
A more interesting song would make it better

Breakfast Mc Rit · Jan 31, 2009, 04:15 PM // 16:15

I have to agree with you, Wilhem, the overall presentation is far superior to the other video. It also looks like you took more effort to achieve a higher quality, rather than just mimic Where the Hell is Matt.

Icy The Mage · Jan 31, 2009, 07:21 PM // 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pip Squeak

I never saw the point in the "Matt" vids, boring compared to that Frosty Inc. german guild that does those awesome dance videos.

A more interesting song would make it better

Frosty-Inc was disbanded a while ago, their dance videos are still the epitome of epic win.

Zodiac Meteor · Jan 31, 2009, 08:01 PM // 20:01

If you can beat This video then congrats.

Or even This.

Then you are a video master.

wilhelm_bokunic · Jan 31, 2009, 08:16 PM // 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

If you can beat This video then congrats.

Or even This.

Then you are a video master.

If you read what I said then you'd know that this was my first attempt at any form of machinima, and it's merely a test video to see what is and isn't possible. Nothing more, nothing less. Those guys have probably been doing machinima for years. To compare me to them is just something a troll would do.

Though honestly that second video looks extremely easy to do. Just find a generally green area, have someone stand in front of it, record them and then key out the background. Simple chroma keying 101. The first one was much more masterful.

Skyy High · Jan 31, 2009, 08:52 PM // 20:52

I liked it, got a chuckle =D