I guess it’s pretty sad when my Uncle Bob posts about a movie I did almost a week before I actually get around to posting it on my own blog myself. But here it is anyway. It’s sort of a pseudo-cartoon I did using keyframing in Final Cut Express. It’s not supposed to be a masterpiece or anything but I think it’s fun enough. (Be sure to click on HQ in the YouTube box to view in high quality!)
I “designed” the spaceships myself with some textures I got online. Pretty much everything else I found online – all the backgrounds are from me google-imaging the 100 different variations of “new york city skyline”, and I downloaded all of the explosions for free from Detonation Films – they have a collection of free and paid sparks, bangs, and explosions that you can superimpose onto videos with Final Cut – which is what I did. Both pieces of music are from the soundtrack for the movie 28 Days Later. (Amazing movie by the way)
Reviews!
Note: During intereviews sound quality was low and quotes in [brackets] are my best estimation at what was said.
“Why do you always have to make movies about killing people [and really awesome things]?” – Deri Reed
“I like how you could see the aliens in the window of the space ship, that was [a fine example of filmmaking at it's best].” – Ira Saltz
“The sound effects are awesome and make this work [one of the truly genius masterpieces of our time]” – Uncle Bob
Hehe. Kind of makes me feel like Pat Collins of WWOR: http://tinyurl.com/cd6gao
I believe my exact comment was “a benign sample of film-faking liverwurst.”
I’m confused–but that’s just old Grandpa. I have two reviews. I didn’t quite understand the Seamonster movie. It had some of your old fighting sabers bits. But the acting was good!
The Alian film is imaginative and awesome in the technical design and sound effects! Just great! As your mom suggests, how about a film of real folk in “cahiers” (French for “Short Stories”)? A short film of the human conditions? Keep ‘em coming!
Grandpa