Hey guys!

For the last couple of months I've been browsing the forum from time to time and it kinda breaks my heart that I didn't know about it "back in the days". All my favourite movies, moviemakers that I looked up to, so many people gathered around moviemaking and somehow I didn't know about it even tho I knew Styles Prod. Can't change the past though, so enough crying :D


Today I would like to present you a movie I've made earlier this year.


ARISE is a 1.6 kreedz trickjumping movie about 12 players from 10 different countries.
You can watch it here (uploaded by courtesy of XJ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-88X9EznEoA

You can also read more about the movie (description and my little backstory in the comments) here:
https://xtreme-jumps.eu/comment.php?comment.news.2579

Why am I posting it here and now?
I would like to receive more constructive criticism and some feedback. In the next weeks/months (currently I have no pc - global delays with cpu delivery) I will start working on the sequel - ARISE 2. Since my graphics card and other parts are broken, I had a lot of time to imagine some ideas for the sequel. I wrote some of them down, some are part of my imaginery, however I have my plan for what I want to do.
I've already received some feedback on ARISE 1 and I know some of the changes I should apply, approaches I should take. Also I have watched some of the videos and streams where I could learn how to improve my workflow and how to keep the movie more "fluent" and dynamic (Paniq, Anthony and others).
However I am aware that learning is a continuous process and any additional advices, criticism and feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks
thr

 

Do kz players prefer in-game audio in these types of videos? I feel like it's mostly unneccessary? At least the gun shots.

[2:04+] 5 wasted seconds on a blackscreen to change songs :D

And for the next project what about using the sampling system to add some blur to the footage?

ho ho! a movie!  will watch when I can.  thanks for posting!

Sounds like "steps", "drops", "jumps" etc. are pretty common for run movies (for example Run of the week series when certain demo is chosen as the best/most interesting map world record for certain demo release). For trickjump movies like this, I would say it's 50/50 and usually comes down to moviemaker's preference. In case of gunshots - honestly I was always against them in those type of movies but used them anyway :D They can definitely ruin the flow or can be too loud etc. and even if I lowered the volume myself, I actually broke my own rule lol. Also trickjump movies without the steps give more space for sync etc. and you don't have to worry about syncing the sounds etc. so I might think about it for the next movie :D

In case of that black screen - I've always struggled with transitions - whether it is transition between two actions or between two songs etc. I've always had problems with keeping the flow of a movie. I usually try to be careful not to make it awkward and weird but I know that such things like 5sec blackscreen may also ruin the dynamic, so I have to work on that too.

Sampling system -> are you talking about mirv_sample_enable and mirv_sample_sps? If yes, I've read about it and tried it myself however I wasn't sure what values would work the best. I know that working with real footage, lenses and settings would help understanding all the shutter speed/exposure time. And this knowledge might be transferable to those mirv commands (and when to use them) and know-how for right campath angles etc. But I didn't want to make my clips look like crap with my lack of knowledge (in case I would mess something up with those values :D).
I've only used frame blending but I think is works differently.

Thanks for your response Dec!



Cool! :D

You could try it out with the default settings to begin with, and I suggest an sps value 10+ times of your recording fps. For example, 120 fps -> 1200 sps.

Also, generally you don't need to use it for campaths, as those don't have as much movement as the pov clips, unless you are making a really fast-moving cam. But try it to see how it looks.