Natural-selection Movie

RouvenRouven Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9610Members
in NS General Discussion
Hi,

A good friend of mine made a very nice natural-selection movie; you should give it a try. There are not much ns movies out there…

He made two versions, one in English and the other in German. You need the latest DivX 5.03 (www.divx.com) to watch it. This is his first attempt of making a movie, but I think he did a great job.



Download of both versions available at:

<a href='http://www.kiez-clan.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=NewDownloadsDate&selectdate=1051092784' target='_blank'>http://www.kiez-clan.de/modules.php?op=mod...date=1051092784</a>

Cheers

Rouven
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  • AsranielAsraniel Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
    Its a very cool video!!!
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  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    how the pants is that your first post (since you joined in November)<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->?!!!

    Sadly can't check it out atm, at work <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    Do you have a mirror? For some reason, it refuses to d/l from my comp...

    Unless that link is incompatible with opera =\
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  • RouvenRouven Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9610Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Roobubba+Apr 24 2003, 07:30 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Roobubba @ Apr 24 2003, 07:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> how the pants is that your first post (since you joined in November)<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->?!!!

    Sadly can't check it out atm, at work <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i'm not spamming the whole day <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    I found out the problem, apparently my firewall disliked the site <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    d/ling now <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SpoogeSpooge Thunderbolt missile in your cheerios Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 67Members
    I enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SilentMurdererSilentMurderer Join Date: 2002-10-30 Member: 1751Members
    Dling now...
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  • obuhobuh Not Quite Smart at NS Join Date: 2003-03-31 Member: 15072Members, Constellation
    Great job dudes <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> !

    What's the name of the music you play in the background of the movie ?
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  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    That was quite nice <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Make more, please <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RouvenRouven Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9610Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--obuh+Apr 24 2003, 07:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (obuh @ Apr 24 2003, 07:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What's the name of the music you play in the background of the movie ? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    deckard, the movie maker will answer your questions around 6pm GMT. he promised me.
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  • SilentMurdererSilentMurderer Join Date: 2002-10-30 Member: 1751Members
    Mmm.... Me likes thats =)
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  • echsechs Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11568Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Rouven+Apr 24 2003, 07:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rouven @ Apr 24 2003, 07:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Roobubba+Apr 24 2003, 07:30 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Roobubba @ Apr 24 2003, 07:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> how the pants is that your first post (since you joined in November)<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->?!!!

    Sadly can't check it out atm, at work <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i'm not spamming the whole day <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Haha!
    Spoken with so much truth! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • echsechs Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11568Members, Constellation
    edited April 2003
    Hmm, downloaded it, started to watch it, and the movie freezes the moment that front end of the ship comes into view, it carries on playing the voice and the music, but it just freezes with half a space craft showing...

    I like the first music piece.
    Heh, The second music piece to come on is from Unreal Tournament <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    *Thinks what may be wrong*
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  • CheesehCheeseh Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7135Members
    edited April 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--psygnosis+Apr 24 2003, 02:42 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (psygnosis @ Apr 24 2003, 02:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hmm, downloaded it, started to watch it, and the movie freezes the moment that front end of the ship comes into view, it carries on playing the voice and the music, but it just freezes with half a space craft showing...

    *Thinks what may be wrong* <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Aye, the same thing happens to me, other DivX movies work fine though... Maybe theres some other codec or something I need?

    Edit: Looks like Windows Media Player doesn't work with it, but DivX player works fine...
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  • RouvenRouven Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9610Members
    edited April 2003
    do u use divx 5.0.3 or a version older than 5.0.3?

    than just try to update to a version >= 5.0.3

    www.divx.com
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  • echsechs Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11568Members, Constellation
    I had DivX 5.0.2
    The latest build is 5.0.4, it works fine in DivX. Cool movie <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Rick_DeckardRick_Deckard Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12855Members
    edited April 2003
    Hey!

    Thank you for all of your positive comments...
    I know my work isnt quite perfect <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->.... still took me a long time to produce it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.

    In the end i had like 20 GB raw movie data,
    the final video before compressiong to DivX was 3,6 GB.


    I used two tracker songs:

    - "When the Heavens Fall" of Future Crew from 1994 - <a href='http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/W/WHEN.S3M' target='_blank'>Link</a>
    und
    - "Razorback" of Skaven / Future Crew from 1998 - <a href='http://www.futurecrew.com/skaven/song_files/razorbck.it' target='_blank'>Link</a>

    I mixed it up with Audacity.. freeware.

    - The demos were recorded using the record feature of halflife...
    - Sighted the demos
    - Converted to BMPs using Geekplay
    - Used BMP2AVI Tool for (guess) making AVI viedo files of it
    - Used VirtualDUB to cut out crap scenes and to brighten it up (still uncompressed avi)
    - Used Adobe Premiere 30 day trial version to mix and cut it.
    - Used VirtualDUB to cut off the spectator bottom line and to compress it to DIVx format...

    I am happy you like it ! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    If you have any more questions just ask <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Play well

    Deckard
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  • wendigowendigo Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8371Members
    That was great, yes please make more!!

    Wendigo
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  • regisregis Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10580Members
    WMP really doesn't like divx encoded avis, and I doubt it ever will. If filmmakers would change the .avi extension to .divx, the movie would open to the divx player by default, which saves alot of hassle from people not being able to view the movie properly. Pretty good vid, a couple of things to improve:

    1. What bitrate for divx did you use? 5.0.3 NEEDS a bitrate of about 2000 or higher to make the quality look decent. For such a short movie (and resolution), i'd suggest using a bitrate of 2500. The quality would be very nice, and the filesize would still be very small.

    2. The camerawork was great. Slow panning/zooming on the slow song, and more erratic movement during the fast-paced song. Believe it or not, that's a skill some people just cannot grasp.

    3. The only thing that kind of bothered me were the slow motion parts. You picked great clips (and it's synched with the video, which is always nice). The problem is that when you slowed them down in Premiere, it interlaces the video. I wrote a tutorial on how to remedy that, which can be found at <a href='http://chaosfilms.dodhq.net' target='_blank'>http://chaosfilms.dodhq.net</a>. I dont think i've put it on the site yet, if not I'll do it asap sometime today. It's really quite simple, and is impressive when finished.


    Great selection of music, short and sweet, very nice vid <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Glad to see some ns avi's coming along.
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  • Rick_DeckardRick_Deckard Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12855Members
    Thank you very much.

    Indeed i encoded it with 2000kbps.
    Well.. i switched off interlacing for the slow motion parts... so I am wondering if it can be done better.
    Problem is that the movies frame rate isnt very high since under high load the NS server serves lesser frames...
    Thats the reason a few of the slow scenes are slow and kind of laggy <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Play well

    Deckard
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  • LockNLoadedLockNLoaded Join Date: 2002-09-05 Member: 1282Members
    edited April 2003
    that is 1 helluva clan movie intro. the Intro was great, coupled with how appropriate the music was chosen makes this a must download to watch. It seems like a TSA promo movie if the clan credit thingy wasnt made at the end tho <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ByekaByeka Name changed from Freak83 Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
    What's wrong with having a promo movie with a clan? It's just like the credits of any movie, made by, a production of, etc. I thought that movie was great btw and it really could be used for an NS trailer. I've actually placed a link to that page on another forum which I am telling people about NS. I'm hoping they will see it and want to download it then.
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  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    I think it is very nice. It should have been a more like a movie promo if you ask me though.

    "This summer..."

    *Show marines building stuff*

    "... your view of first contact will never be the same..."

    *Marine loads an HMG*

    "Because this summer, prepare for natural selection..."

    *Show close up of onos roaring followed by many clips of ruthless alien attacks of humans from all angles thrashing them into little pieces*

    *End sequence with a shot of a dead marine on the ground and an HMG laying next to him*

    *Flash 6.17.03 on the screen*
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  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    Not bad, one prob though, too short :/
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  • ByekaByeka Name changed from Freak83 Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
    It only seems short because you're reading it. Take for example this part,

    "followed by many clips of ruthless alien attacks of humans from all angles thrashing them into little pieces"

    the words many clips in there fill up most of the video. My guess is what he described would last 2-4 minutes.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Well I thought it was terrific. Great work!
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  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    very nice! Thanks for that movie.

    I think I'll visit the Kiez server some time <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Hope more people are now encouraged to make such movies
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I'm getting a really slow rate off this, is it mirrored elsewhere?
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  • Rick_DeckardRick_Deckard Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12855Members
    Well.. you should be able to find a [Kiez] NS Server easily.. we have five of them <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Gwahir.. there should be two mirrors....
    just try them ...
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