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
