Jerb41 (29th Nov 2007 19:56)

Alright, yes like what was said in The Gun Wielding Freak, these movies were inspired by Room and Room 2. Those were some of the first movies we saw here on fxhome.com a long time ago. We really enjoyed them, and wanted to try it out for ourselves. Now, let me explain the first bit. First off, this is a continuation of the first movie. The opening scenes are all supposed to be flash-backs. It is why I overlapped them with white. It was supposed to give a feel of remembrance. It was also giving you a reminder of what was going on at the time. That way, when the newer portions of the movie started, you knew exactly what was going on, rather than sitting there wondering what the crap was happening. Opening up with me suddenly standing and creating copies of myself wouldn't have flown very well, in my honest opinion. Again, as far as the camera goes, I have no clue what I used as I am at college, but the camera was much newer and more professional. This was my first experience with Adobe Premier. All of the other movies were created using Pinnacle Studios, which I REALLY hate. I DO NOT recommend it to anybody. It is why the previous movies look so bad in the first place. Anyway, back on topic. If you look, you'll notice the clones bobbing about a bit. This is because when we filmed the shots, the camera would shake a bit after pressing the record button. So you can see a bit of tearing and bobbing. We were real disappointed when we discovered this. We couldn't re-film it because we were running out of time. As for the ending, I wanted the movie to end exactly like the previous movie. If you remember in the first movie, the Computer Nerd throws a CD at the Gun Wielding Freak. The CD hits the Freak, he falls, and the credits roll. In this movie, the Nerd smacks the Freak with a frying pan, he falls, and the credits rolls just like the previous movie, leaving an opening for another continuation if we ever felt like making one. As far as this film goes, this was my first experience with Adobe products, and I really wanted to see the power in the new tools I had. Hehe I was real impressed with what came out in the end. This was our first experience with cloning and true video editing. I personally think GWF2 is far too dark. I used an Effects Lab Lite filter to try and make it a bit darker than the original, and also bring out the darker colors. The AVI of the movie looks a million times better, of course, since this is an MPEG. The original footage was real bland, and the coloration was bright, almost as though there was a gray tint. Hope this helps! Also, keep the suggestions rolling!

Mattex Films (29th Nov 2007 16:29)

Wow! Loved it! How did you do the cloning bit!!!

nightbringer (28th Nov 2007 17:51)

wow, definatly your best yet. No general plot, but cool. Don't take offense from this, but it seemed a bit like room and room2. (correction, having just seen gun welding freak, it makes sense) The brightness was a little too much in the opening minute or so, but i liked the way you used the muzzle flash and brightness filter. The cloning was also really interesting. and the camera you used was much better than one you used in another one......forgot the name. good use of blur grading also. A suggestion would be not to try and make the brightness to room level, but try experimenting with it slightly darker to make it seem a little more 'dangerous'. 4/5 a good film, as i said before, only problem with it was that the brightness was too high in the opening, and the ending a little too....sudden. its kinda like bang bang bang.....bang bang...bang bang...*slap*...ending credits.