I tried to answer every question asked in mails so far but got to the point where it's just too time consuming, and I thought this FAQ might help.
What programs do you use?
I use Fraps (to capture), Wowmodelviewer and World of Warcraft (that's where I film in) and Adobe Photoshop and Premiere (to edit). Sony Vegas appears to be just as good as Premiere btw. Some other programs I used once or twice are Wowmapviewer, Particle Illusion and CrazyTalk.
How did you attach the wings to the bloodelves?
I didn’t really attach them to the chars but filmed the wings separately in the modelviewer and made them move with the chars by hand.
Where did you find the band in Wowmodelviewer?
All the band models can be found in the folder named “band” under “creatures”.
What’s the name of the song in the video XY?
All the songs used in my videos are listed in the credits. An exception is the song in the end credits of Route 440, it’s called "Crush" by Paul Van Dyk. I forgot to mention that one in the video, my bad.
Can you make a movie to my rap song?
Nope sorry. I work on other projects at the moment and rap isn’t really my prefered choice of music (with very few exceptions).
On what World of Warcraft server are you playing?
I played on Terrordar EU. I stopped playing when my main char hit level 80 though. I have some other chars on different servers, but for filming only.
What’s your char’s name?
On Terrordar I have 4 chars:
Wildmoon, female bloodelf warlock, lvl 80
Legs, female troll shaman, lvl 72
Lísa, female undead mage, lvl 71
Atalanta, female orc hunter, lvl 70
Wildmoon appears in every movie I made (not always as warlock tho), Legs in a few.
Why did you choose such a weird artist name?
Temporary mental disorder. It is the name of my very first WoW char and when I started to make videos (only for my guild at first and not exactly machinima) I just stuck with that.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
In For A Penny – Part 2 (by Selserene)
My dear friend and collegue Selserene has finally finished In For A Penny – Part 2 "The Thorne of Rose Street". Previous movies of the IFAP series are:
In For A Penny – Prologue
In For A Penny – Part 1 "On All Eight"
Selserene is one of the top machinima creators to be found on the net. Her movies are special, incredibly stylish and with so much love for details, that you can watch them countless times still finding new stunning things you weren’t aware of before.
The IFAP series are chapters of a thrilling story of love, lies and intrigue. Thayle, a charismatic (and definitely straight) male bloodelf, who is being hunted by the law for the murder of the Chief of police, tries to find a way to clear his name. The singer Leda, his secret lover and only witness of his innocence, has her own ways to deal with things, and not even Thayle himself is able to see what is going on behind those beautiful eyes of his girl. Leda is by far not the only mysterious person in this film noir, and as the story proceeds more and more hints are to be discovered by the viewer.
The voice acting for Leda (Selserene) and Thayle (Cranius) is outstanding and the music choice as well as the sound design fits very well.
I was stunned when I got to watch part two and am excited to see how the story will develop further.
See for yourself:
In For A Penny – Prologue
In For A Penny – Part 1 "On All Eight"
Selserene is one of the top machinima creators to be found on the net. Her movies are special, incredibly stylish and with so much love for details, that you can watch them countless times still finding new stunning things you weren’t aware of before.
The IFAP series are chapters of a thrilling story of love, lies and intrigue. Thayle, a charismatic (and definitely straight) male bloodelf, who is being hunted by the law for the murder of the Chief of police, tries to find a way to clear his name. The singer Leda, his secret lover and only witness of his innocence, has her own ways to deal with things, and not even Thayle himself is able to see what is going on behind those beautiful eyes of his girl. Leda is by far not the only mysterious person in this film noir, and as the story proceeds more and more hints are to be discovered by the viewer.
The voice acting for Leda (Selserene) and Thayle (Cranius) is outstanding and the music choice as well as the sound design fits very well.
I was stunned when I got to watch part two and am excited to see how the story will develop further.
See for yourself:
Watch more videos of WoW
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ulduar
My first blog post on my first blog… yay!
So, I’m a Swiss machinima director, mostly making music videos using World of Warcraft.
That said... Cranius asked me ten days ago if I was willing to help him with filming a music video for the song “Ulduar”. He sang this parody of Timbaland’s “The Way I Are” together with Summergale, who also wrote the hilarious lyrics.
The first time I heard that song I was just... hm... let’s say stunned. Although that doesn’t quite express how I felt. Anyway, I knew I just heard some pure awesomeness, with very professional voices and sound design, that would be a huge hit.
It goes without saying that I accepted this challenge.
It was an insane week of filming with Cranius at night and editing the scenes at daytime; sleep had to wait because we wanted to have it done before the actual Ulduar patch was here.
We filmed on several servers, including the PTR for Ulduar scenes, transfered and leveled chars and Summergale recruited guildmembers to help. Although it was hellishly stressful, I had a great time making that video.
So, I’m a Swiss machinima director, mostly making music videos using World of Warcraft.
That said... Cranius asked me ten days ago if I was willing to help him with filming a music video for the song “Ulduar”. He sang this parody of Timbaland’s “The Way I Are” together with Summergale, who also wrote the hilarious lyrics.
The first time I heard that song I was just... hm... let’s say stunned. Although that doesn’t quite express how I felt. Anyway, I knew I just heard some pure awesomeness, with very professional voices and sound design, that would be a huge hit.
It goes without saying that I accepted this challenge.
It was an insane week of filming with Cranius at night and editing the scenes at daytime; sleep had to wait because we wanted to have it done before the actual Ulduar patch was here.
We filmed on several servers, including the PTR for Ulduar scenes, transfered and leveled chars and Summergale recruited guildmembers to help. Although it was hellishly stressful, I had a great time making that video.
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