Another little war skit

[Magic-Man]

Hey, this is literally a 9 second clip (i will do a full film sometime) just testing out some stuff. Tell me what you think. It would be a lot better with recoil on the gun but frankly, i couldn't really be bothered

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Cheers

[ProdigyFilmsinc.]

Looked realy good. THe only thing I saw were the bullets flying past the screen. I wold just drop those. The pistol recoil was,.....iffy but hey, not many guys have shot one so, great joob. 8:10.

[Magic-Man]

What do you mean? I had no recoil on the gun, the gun is a cheap, plastic 007 toy one. What do you mean not many guys have shot one?

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[ra2929]

LMAO. That rocked. I don't see anything wrong with it as a test shoot. Every bit of FX was well used. Not too little not too much. And I near had a heart attack, laughing at the way the soldiers stand upright while taking heavy fire. Keep it up.

[ProdigyFilmsinc.]

What do you mean? I had no recoil on the gun, the gun is a cheap, plastic 007 toy one. What do you mean not many guys have shot one?

Cheers for the reply

I meant when he recoils back with the pistol. A pistol recoils up. Not many people have shot a pistol so they wouldn't know how it recoils. Good job with the effects though, I just thought that the bullets streaming past looked to 2-D. Thats jsut my opinion though.

[Magic-Man]

Ah ok, i actually meant the blowback of the chamber as the recoil buti know what you mean.

[ALove]

The only thing that bothered me were the tracer rounds, and the lack of variety in the muzzle flashes from the AK. Other than those minor quibbles, its a good job.

[Magic-Man]

at the mo, i am building up my collection of muzzle flashes so i have many different ones. Are there any other ways in which i can make it better?

[smokeythebear]

dude that was great I wanna watch 50 more times but no time the first guy got knocked the beep out!! I loved it just didnt like how slow the pistol guy was at realoading and werent taking cover.but that was good

[ctbullet]

that was entertaining to watch, i've been trying for a while to get half decsent tracers on camera, but still struggeling, what did you do?

i am also looking for smoke stock footage for barrel ejection rather than having muzzle flashes everywhere, any ideas?

[ZombieKrieg2005]

What do you mean? I had no recoil on the gun, the gun is a cheap, plastic 007 toy one. What do you mean not many guys have shot one?

Cheers for the reply

I meant when he recoils back with the pistol. A pistol recoils up. Not many people have shot a pistol so they wouldn't know how it recoils. Good job with the effects though, I just thought that the bullets streaming past looked to 2-D. Thats jsut my opinion though.

The recoil would go up and left, as the shell casing coming out of the ejection port makes it twist.

[Magic-Man]

that was entertaining to watch, i've been trying for a while to get half decsent tracers on camera, but still struggeling, what did you do?

i am also looking for smoke stock footage for barrel ejection rather than having muzzle flashes everywhere, any ideas?

I made the tracers in photoshop and keyframed them past the screen. For stock footage, check out detonation films, oh and for the record, the pistol guy is me

[Zacatac927]

may i ask what you filmed it on? cause i really liked that....

[TroubledCobraStudios]

that was pretty awesome. better then some hollywood war movies

and to second what Zacatac927 said, what did you use to film it, because it looks really, really good.

[UFProductions]

Yeah, the effects are pretty damn impressive. I gotta' ask, what editing software? As to the comment on building up a supply of muzzle flashes; my sugestion is don't. Practice painting them by hand in Photoshop. That way it'll always look exactly like you want it to, and no two will ever be the same! Great work, keep it up.

[Epsilon]

My only critiques... be careful with the post-production camera movement because you are moving the entire letterbox! The tracer flashes should not exist longer than a single frame at the speed they are going. As long as you kept them visible made it seem like additional rain. Also, keep in mind that tracers are basically burning magnesium rounds and will appear quite bright even in daylight. The muzzle flashes aren't perfectly lined up and was obvious the second time I watched it. The image is squashed.

The smoke was a nice touch and I enjoyed it. The weather actually made the lighting perfect. Keep up the good work.

The recoil would go up and left, as the shell casing coming out of the ejection port makes it twist.

Unless you're the Terminator.

[Magic-Man]

Yep, i do realise about the letter box. I put on the letter box, and then camera shake which was a big mistake as i never do that and yea, i need to update my tracer footage. I made it a while back and just overlayed it on the clip, so i will change that. I don't quite know what you mean about the image being sqaushed. Do you mean like i stretched it into 16:9? Thanks for all the advice tho, cheers.

[Epsilon]

The image is squashed... can't you see how the character's faces seem flattened out? Almost like you cropped the frame for 16:9 and then cropped it again for the export resulting in a squashed looking image.

[Magic-Man]

ye, it was the way i exported it and compressed it. I will export it in 16:9 in the future. For this clip i exported it 4:3, then compressed it in 16:9 which would have squashed it