Announcement: Trailer! (Check it out!)

[Highelf]

Been working on a trailer the past few days. It's my first try, ever, at this, so I hope it's somewhat good.

Without further ado,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjCHV8W4MPs


I've got a second trailer planned, which shows the features more in detail. Don't know when I'll do that one though.

Highelf

[Buxton]

Nice, good camera shots, I don't really like the techno though, I would have preferred a good ol' Timpani drum.

[Highelf]

It's the intro music from Metal Gear Solid.

[Gudrak]

From 00:55 to 1:01 I saw something flying?

[Highelf]

What do you mean? There certainly isn't anything flying.

[Highelf]

It's called water.   


It's reflective 'n stuff.

[Dwinny]

Yeah, it was hard to see the actual water. But anyway, looks really good. I liked the beginning of the trailer, the end, not so much. You should have gotten rid of the troop names above your allies' heads, and should not have included the in-game sounds. If you had to include them, you should have done so in a really large battle with a LOT of sound, rather than a few choping and slicing sounds and isolated "arghs!". Also, the flurry of scenes at the end wasn't really as exciting as it could be. There was nothing really going on in them. Just a single character, doing nothing, running around, swinging his sword in the air. It was too forced, like you set up that scene just for that purpose alone. Whether or not you did, it should seem like you're only catching small glimpses of intense action that's already in progress.

That being said, the mod itself looks great and I look forward to playing it. 

[kurjajuur]

Very cool trailer. Is it from the next version?

[Eother]

It's fantastic!

[SolidSake]

I would've laughed if flying ships were actually in it. Kekeke. I like your use of MGS music, although it would've fitted a mod using guns more.

[Highelf]

Yeah, it was hard to see the actual water. But anyway, looks really good. I liked the beginning of the trailer, the end, not so much. You should have gotten rid of the troop names above your allies' heads, and should not have included the in-game sounds. If you had to include them, you should have done so in a really large battle with a LOT of sound, rather than a few choping and slicing sounds and isolated "arghs!". Also, the flurry of scenes at the end wasn't really as exciting as it could be. There was nothing really going on in them. Just a single character, doing nothing, running around, swinging his sword in the air. It was too forced, like you set up that scene just for that purpose alone. Whether or not you did, it should seem like you're only catching small glimpses of intense action that's already in progress.

That being said, the mod itself looks great and I look forward to playing it. 

Thanks for the critisism, and I really do agree with everything you said. The ending was really annoying to make since I really didn't want to waste much time on the shots. I just wanted different shots from different charachters you can make, but like you said, if they would've been in a battle it would have been alot better. As for the sounds, I searched alot and didn't find a way to turn off audio of the shots in Windows Movie Maker, so I just continued with sound.

Everyone else: Thanks.

[Gudrak]

Yeah, it was hard to see the actual water. But anyway, looks really good. I liked the beginning of the trailer, the end, not so much. You should have gotten rid of the troop names above your allies' heads, and should not have included the in-game sounds. If you had to include them, you should have done so in a really large battle with a LOT of sound, rather than a few choping and slicing sounds and isolated "arghs!". Also, the flurry of scenes at the end wasn't really as exciting as it could be. There was nothing really going on in them. Just a single character, doing nothing, running around, swinging his sword in the air. It was too forced, like you set up that scene just for that purpose alone. Whether or not you did, it should seem like you're only catching small glimpses of intense action that's already in progress.

That being said, the mod itself looks great and I look forward to playing it. 

Thanks for the critisism, and I really do agree with everything you said. The ending was really annoying to make since I really didn't want to waste much time on the shots. I just wanted different shots from different charachters you can make, but like you said, if they would've been in a battle it would have been alot better. As for the sounds, I searched alot and didn't find a way to turn off audio of the shots in Windows Movie Maker, so I just continued with sound.

Everyone else: Thanks.

Well, I knew it's impossible to make it fly at this time...But I was wodnering if he jsut sent the camera careening forward.

[Ollieh]

Very nice!

[Eogan]

Excellent trailer.  I quite enjoyed it.  I went through it a second time, and picked out some things to work on, though some of them were pretty obvious the first time through.

-I like the end sequence, it just needs to be prefixed by a "Choose how to play" or something, and then label each of the races/factions that are shown.  I do agree that the very last part of the trailer needs to be something more dramatic.  Armies charging together, a lancer charging through the camera, or my personal favourite:  rearing your horse while thrusting your (bloody) sword straight up, backlit by a setting/rising sun.  Use the ~ to get the best camera angle.

-I agree, turn off names above troops.  Why would you even need it in Fantasy Mod?  The enemies are a different SPECIES.

-"You get to determine the outcome." is... uninspiring.  How about, "You will determine the outcome."

-"War is upon the lands" needs work, too.  War has descended?  War spreads across?  Engulfs?  Envelops?  Ravages?  War burns across the lands?

-Lastly, while "Fantasy Mod" is a helpful name for discussing it on the boards (things like 'ASLOW' are very confusing when you don't know what that is), it really does need a better title for outside references.

[Highelf]

I like the absolute generic name "Fantasy Mod" but I agree that at some point I'm going to have to give my mod a name.

I agree on all the other things; I'll also look into deleting the green text thingies completely, if I can find out how.

"Choose how to play" or something, and then label each of the races/factions that are shown.

That's actually pretty much a part of my second trailer that I planned - it will show the content of Fantasy mod more deeply and will not be as epic/dramatic/mysterious. It will show the races, the factions, the build systems and everything like that (Since that's not finished I can't do the trailer yet, btw)

Thanks for the other comments - I'll be sure to redo all of the noted things in the thread if I ever get to redoing the trailer.