The coolness of messing around on Saturday

At first I thought that I would try to start another Crysis Machinima today, so I got up at 6:00 am and tried to work on something. But nothing would come to me, so I gave up and just messed around today. 

A small portion of this "messing around" was making some ToD art using the CryENGINE 2. (apparently I was up to the task of snapping pictures, but not filmmaking).

So, here is what I came up with:

37 Seconds of Cinematic Win

Well, this morning I uploaded my most recent project: a short, cinematic clip with no plot made with the epic CryENGINE 2. I was not expecting a huge response, and I know videos usually get a whole bunch of views upon release and then taper out, but I have been unusually pleased with the response to my short Crysis clip, entitled "37 Seconds of Cinematic Win."

As of 8:45 pm, it has 187 views and 8 comments on Youtube. Even more astonishing than that is a thread that I started on the Crymod forums. It has gotten 8 replies and 140 views!! I am just not used to getting that many views on a thread in a few hours. The thread can be found here:

http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=47897

And the video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJmlDdY15PA

The video is in High Definition, as every Crysis video should be.

Finally the Finale of the Film Festival Fiasco

Alright! The big news is in! Actually it has been for a week, but I was too lazy to post about it until now. I did not win the High school category of the Highbridge Film Festival. The aggravating thing to me is that I do not know who did win. If it is the film I think it is, then I am kinda annoyed, but if it is a better film that I have never heard of before, then I am happy.

Anyway, I am still happy I was able to enter, and I think next year I might even try to rock some socks by entering a Machinima, *gasp* instead of traditional live action (which I found out that I suck at). If you are curious, the engine that I think I might use to cause such a ruckus is the CryEngine 2 (or Crysis, whichever term you prefer). I think that I would be taken more seriously if I used it, seeing as how it looks much more realistic, and I think it might have a tad more potential than RCT3.

But anyway, that is a long way off. Exactly one year, in fact, because today is the day of the Film Festival!! And even though my film didn't make it, my sister is in one of the college films that did!! So I do have something to look forward to after all. Now I just need....

"HardCore7777777 continued to make films for the rest of his life, and lived happily ever after. The End."

Wow. That would make one twisted childrens' book.

Poster

Hey people! I have gotten to make a movie-poster for the film that I am submitting for the Highbridge Film Festival!!!!

I always thought that this would be one of the funnest aspects of submitting a film, and I was right! Here's the poster: 

Let me know what you think!

Stinking on ice

Well, my live-action film that I was working on for the Highbridge Film Festival is pretty much screwed.... So I'll just be entering a different video that I have already made. I'm entering "The Destruction of the Beach Family Sand Castle." And, if you want, you can be doubtful, skeptical, think it's weird, and say "And you expect to be competitive with this?" (That's what my Dad just said to me when I told him I what I was entering).

But, to be totally honest, I don't give a flying flip what you think. And, for the record, I never have. I'm doing this as a hobby, which means I can do whatever darn well pleases me, for my own amusement, with no obligations or consequences in any form what-so-ever.

SO FRAK ON THAT, PEOPLE. (I've started saying "Frak" lately)