Final Encounter, THE MOVIE ! :D

[The Groovy Dark Angel]

Hey all, thought I'd post the link to one of our previous films, No plot, just killing LOL

Low quality: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.adams4/fe.wmv

Medium quality: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.adams4/fe_med.wmv

Enjoy

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What you feel is what you are, and what you are is beautiful

[FuckerMatic]

Them movies are soooooooo cool

Do you make many?

[The Groovy Dark Angel]

It took 6 hours to shoot !

[marti-c]

This piece is competent enough as an exercise in continuity and editing but it does highlight the need for plot, character development and storyline.

I just hope you never spent more than 1 day shooting this!!!!!

[Avenging Angel]

Having helped work on a project like this is very inspiring. For ametures using one camera and a lot of imagination I for one was very pleased with the results of this piece of work.

Sure enough there are faults in the project but it was increadibly fun to make which is all worth while.

marti-c have you done any work of your own?

[marti-c]

hi there

I hope you dont take any offence to my comment above. It is merely stating that this is a run-of-the mill, single camera,overlap the action and change camera position affair.

It is a great learning experience doing short scenes like this and depending on how far along the film-making process you are, then it can be enjoyable to do. The only problem is that when you reach a certain stage of studying this then it becomes to look simplistic. So it just really depends on how long you've been shooting stuff.

If you are quite new to shooting then the next step in the ladder brings even more joy and excitement. Get real actors, a great scipt and something that will keep peoples attention for more than a few seconds and you have cracked it.

I understand your attidude of "well lets see what you have done Mr big-shot " but the fact is that i have a full tape of stuff just like your short shoot-out scene. I have been studying television operations for 2 years now and basically shoot everything from dramas to evening news stories on a day to day basis.
In order for me to post any material onto this board ,it will have to get passed my biggest critic...........ME.
Maybe i am being too serious about it, but i believe in this industry you have to have certain standards and i just chose to set mine high.

Hope you stick at it and become a long-time member of the exposure forum.

marti

[Avenging Angel]

Hey marti-c, your absolutly right. The work that we have been doing so far is what I would consider just for fun. Our plan for th new year is to push forward a longer and more thought out production.

Sorry if I sounded a bit defensive earlier by asking if you've done any work, but you seem like someone who knows that they are talking about and a good person to learn from. Personally this is only a thing I do as a hobby as I'm both a student at university and self employed in other areas of work.

Anyway, thanks for the constructive criticism.

[marti-c]

Hi angel

I'm glad you didn't take any comments personally as they were'nt meant to be taken as such. You only way you learn in this game is to look at whats wrong and try to not do it again.

On a positive note, if this was one of your first projects then in a few years you will be geniuses.
Out of curiousity what sort of things are you going to try and get into if filmmaking isnt your first love?

marti

[Avenging Angel]

I guess you could say that I'm a born programmer. Personally, if its computer related I'll most likely take an interest in it.

My desired career will be to run my own software and web development business. That's what I have at the moment at the age of 18, but the real work wont come until 3 years time when I get released from uni.

Personally I love programming and web development using VB, Dreamweaver, Flash ... yadda, yadda, yadda and all the others. But I do like getting into Adobe Premier and stringing together some raw footage into something more entertaining.

I've just got into a 3D animation package called Blender (okay so maybe it's not the 3D Studio Max of things but it's simple and free). Hopefully I'll be able to make a computer generated movie sometime .

[decaf mirth]

Hi! Another member of the Century Team just dropping by to add my thoughts...

I wasn't around for Final Encounter so it's best I don't comment on that. One thing I can say is that the current projects have a top screenwriter working on them... me!

Acting talent is hard to find when you have no budget and we have found that recently casting for our next production - Built Not Born. We have had to rely on wannabes who study at the local drama college. They are talented, desperate and don't require paying.

Hopefully once our work has won a few competitions this year we will begin to get some sponsorship. All I can say is we are on the up. Watch out big boys! Hee hee...

I'd be interested to know more about the kind of stuff you guys do. You say you work on all kinds of programmes every day. Are you freelance or do you work for one of the media production companies.

Oh, and as AA and the other computer bods in our little team learn more about comps, sfx and similar you'll find a lot more original and creative ideas appearing in our films.

Keep an eye out...