Mechanics Vs. Aliens episode 5 is totally finished.

Oooooiiiiii yyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaa!!!!! It's all done. Everything. All the music. All the sound effects. All the video. The credits. The "Hard Core." Mechanics Vs. Aliens episode 5 is, as I type this post, being rendered into a 1024x768 lossless quality .avi file with 5.1 surround sound.

So, the only remaining question is: who will watch it....... FIRST? The answer is: ME!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first!!!! Wooahahaha! EAT THAT, FOLKS! I saw it FIRST! Ef eYe ArE eS Teee!!!!!

Ok, you can obviously see that I am excited to have this project done. Now I'll give you some statistics on how long it took to make it. I started in about mid-October (close to when I started this blog) and went through November and December, so that means it took me about 2 1/2 months. Now that I think about it, that's not all that bad. Episode 4 took not quite twice as long to make (4 months), and it is not quite twice as long as episode five. (by the way, the final time for episode 5 is 9 minutes and 40 seconds).

I got Xfire around the time when I started filming, and it has on record 99 hours of me playing RCT3. All of that is filming, by the way. It might seem ironic, but I never technically "play" RCT3 anymore. I'm serious. If I'm in it, it means that I am filming something. I haven't used RCT3 for its intended purpose for.... gee, I can't remember the last time that I played it just for fun. The normal game just seemed to get boring after I started making videos.

Anyway, I'll get back on track. Here are the stats in a more organized fashion:

To make MVA episode 5:
2 1/2 months; October through December

99 hours in RCT3

10-30 hours editing (that includes making the music)

9+ times that I have been asked "When/will episode 5 come out?"

Alright, it's getting late, and I need to get to bed. The rendering is still only at 76%. I guess I'll watch it in the morning.

Possibly episode five's last update

Well, there is not much work to be done now. I have gotten the rest of the footage recorded, and added it to the video. I just need sound effects and music now, which shouldn't take long.

The only reason I'm telling you this is because now that I have the video portion done, I have a better idea of how long the video will be, and it's turned out longer than I expected. It will be over 9 min. long. It is 8:53 right now, and that is without the credits. So it will be snug up against the YouTube 10 minute limit.

Just 3 days until the release! (And Christmas! Woohoo!)

The best thing ever, and some screenshots.

First off, the best thing ever:

Pretty cool, eh? I think that the number of fan-made Mechanics Vs. Aliens videos is starting to approach the number of episodes made by me! I could never have imagined that people would like something that I made so much.

Now, for a couple of foreshadowing screenshots:

Those are both the same thing from a differente angle. But I guess you knew that without me telling you.

I have a release date

Alright, I have one more scene to shoot and edit for Mechanics Vs. Aliens episode 5. Everything else is edited and scored. Without the final scene (and the credits), the episode is 7:00 minutes long, so expect the final episode to be anywhere from 8:00 to 8:30 min.

Alright I guess you want to know when it is coming out, eh? Christmas day, Dec. 25. Yep, one week from this post.

The next thing that I am going to be doing is a live-action short film for the Highbridge Film Festival, at Asbury College (that is in Wilmore Kentucky, by the way). The due date is probably in somewhat early March, so I'll basically have 2 months to get it done. I'll post stuff about it as I make it (hopefully).

Some progress

Hello everyone, here's a quick snapshot.

The primary progress that you can see here is in the beachfront houses, but there is also plenty of detail added to the city: a park area, completed roads with working cars, and a tram system that transports peeps from one building to another throughout the city.

As for the episode itself, editing is going pretty well. I have edited about 5:30 of the episode, but there is more to go. I am thinking that the scene that has the city in it will be relatively short, but don't worry; I will be fleshing it out much more in later episodes.

Oh, yeah. I'll also be adding palm trees by the beach houses, and looking at this screen shot, I'm thinking that maybe I should make some of the skyscrapers taller, as they are pretty much all the same height. Let me know what you think about the buildings.