Wanna make a film !

[Django55]

Hi!
I just have another question...
I want to make a SH3 film and I don't know what program to use to make it...
;)
Waiting for your replies :up:
See u

Django

[mookiemookie]

Paging Dr. Seth! :lol:

I believe the popular program to do this these days is Fraps: http://www.fraps.com/

[Jimbuna]

There are a few choices but fras is the most popular :up:

[Spray]

Fraps is the way to go at the moment.

[_Seth_]

As stated, Fraps it is! If you want to be hardcore, buy it! Then you will get rid of the fraps-logo on top of the screen(in the free demo-version). I recommend it! I'll guess "The jedi-master of movies" Stabiz could give you some info on how the editing and things should be done (music, sequences and so on)... Its always good with a new movie-director!! :up::up::up:

[Django55]

All right :up:

[Jimbuna]

All right :up:
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:roll:
Not on this forum if you please :nope:

[mr chris]

At stated above i use fraps and i use Ulead video studio 9 for editing.
Looking forward to your vid.
I picked up the full version of fraps for 25 english pounds i belive:up:

[stabiz]

Hello, Django!

I wrote some tips about this a while back, here ia a cut n` paste:

This is a sort of guide how to make movies, but remember this is how I do it, not necessarly how it should be done. If you are new to this, it should prove useful anyway, as some of these things took me a while to see.

*An idea. Yes, pretty obvious, but if you know what you want to shoot it is(often) a better end result.

*Record with fraps (or something else, I dont know of any other), but check the "half size" option, and personally I limit the recording to 50fps. Any more are wasted anyway, and just makes the video file bigger than it needs to be. I also always record with sound. It can be muted later anyway, should you want to.

*Always record alot, there is no such thing as too much footage. Just bin useless clips, thats much better than to suddenly be short of footage.

*When you think you have all the footage you need, the real job starts. I use Ulead Videostudio 9 myself, but anything I suggest here can be done with Windows Movie Maker.

*First I import all video files to the editing program. Then I watch every single one, and cut out portions I dont need. (Scissor symbol in Ulead, dont know about WMM) The thing most do "wrong" in movies is to let one scene last forever. I noticed that something as "boring" as a uboat gliding through the water can be much more entertaining for the viewer if you show this from multiple angles, and as a rule of thumb I seldom let a scene last for more than 5 seconds. The reason for this is that even if you are showing the same thing all the time (in this case a uboat), the different angles lets the viewer look at different things, and this keeps the viewer with you.

*Next up is transitions. (the effect between clips) In my opinion special transitions should be kept for special things, and because of this I seldom use any others than the fade option. In my first vids I used all transitions in every single vid, but trust me, this gets annoying after few minutes of watching.

*Okay, now you have a complete video file with transitions, but you are definately not done.

*When adding text, I usually remember to make a long recording of the deep water in sh3, without subs or action. I use this dark ambience shot as background to any text at the start and/or wherever in the video. The text itself is pretty basic, click the appropriate button, type text, place it wherever in the frame, and edit lenght and attributes. (With that I mean how the text behaves, does it fade, etc)

*Finally the most difficult part, but also the single most important part of the vid: Music. A really good video could be boring and let down if the music is wrong. Personally I would like to recommend Hans Zimmer, you cant go wrong with his music. (The last Samurai, Batman Begins, The thin red line, Hannibal, etc)

To get the music to fit I first check how long the intro music has to be. For instance, if the start text, slow uboat footage etc, etc lasts for 1.21, and then the action begins, I try to find something fitting at aprox that length to portrait the mood of the beginning. When its imported, I check if the dramatic parts of the music fits with the video. They rarely do, so the next thing is trimming the video to fit the music. The easiest way to do this is to increase or decrease playback speed of individual shots. (Right click and "playback speed" in Ulead, probably something similar in WMM). You cant dramatically alter playback speed without the viewer noticing, but if that gets to be a problem, just alter speed of two clips. (or three, and so on) This way you video will be longer or shorter, but the music file stays where it is, and thus you can easily adjust to fit the music.


Okay, say this part is done. Now you have 1.21 of finished video. This is how I do it, start with the beginning, and work my way through it.

Lets say you torpedo a merchant at 1.22. Find a track that starts really dramatically, and adjust it in the timeline, so the beginning fits the shot. This way you get a nice effect.


Then you do the adjustments to make the new track fit the rest of the video, just as written above.

*Of course, there are tons more you can do, such as adding video filters and adding external audio (like all the good audio you can find on the das boot soundtrack, or all the brilliant audio hidden in the sounds folder of sh3), zoom, add old film layers, etc

*When done, I usually save the vids in three formats. Small, medium and large. The small one I upload to youtube, the medium one to filefront, and the big one I hide beneath my pillow. :rotfl:When it comes to streaming, keep the file as small as possible. Although f.i youtube allows 100MB files, a file that size will look much more ugly than a 25MB file, due to compression after upload. Personally I save my small vids in 800kbs, and 350x255, or something like that. (Will check) These convert well to streaming sites.


Hope this helps!

[stabiz]

Also, when you record, remove the dials and stuff by pressing "," or "Del" on the numpad. Looks much better.

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=106453&highlight=uberboot

Check this Uberboot film that Mr. Fleck and Mush Martin did, it is on the above thread:roll:

Good luck with it.

[Django55]

Thanks for these information :know: but Stabiz, just one or two questions:

-What do you mean :"Record with fraps (or something else, I dont know of any other), but check the "half size" option..." ?? Must I enable or disable ?

-I don't understand, do you have a screenshot for eyample plz: "remove the dials and stuff by pressing "," or "Del" on the numpad"

See you :up:

[stabiz]

Yes, enable half screen. This means fraps will record full screen, but with half the details. The difference is in fps when you actually record, and the fact that full screen is a total waste unless you plan to view your vids on a HDTV in DVD quality.

The numpad is the square of buttons on the right of your keyboard. Press the button with "," and "Del" on it to remove the dials, messages and command buttons on the bottom of the screen ingame. Press it again to get them back. This makes screenshots and vids look far better.

Have fun! (And just ask if there is something more we can help you with:up:)