My World of Warcraft Video
// June 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // My Videos
I just did a quick portfolio update to include the World of Warcraft video/movie I did. It won 6th place in the Comedy category of the very first World of Warcraft / Xfire movie contest. I ended up getting a PCMCIA sound card as a prize. Woohoo? I still have the thing in a drawer somewhere, unopened.
I had actually forgotten all about this movie until today. Luckily I recently put Windows 7 on my old Alienware laptop, so I was able to get the original video file off of there with no problems. I even found some old pictures of the setup I used when recording the in-game “footage”, so I threw them in the portfolio as well.
I had a lot of fun writing the script, blocking out all the shots and editing everything together. I definitely learned a lot about the whole process as well. The biggest lesson was: don’t try to do it in a weekend. I had planned on doing it for so long, gave up on the idea right as the contest started, and finally said “screw it, I’m doing it” 4 days before it was due. I had so much footage to go through, and not enough time to really tighten everything up. Overall I think it was decent, although I can’t stand watching it anymore. All I see are the problems and the areas I wasn’t satisfied with. I always meant to do a sequel, or at least another movie, but school has taken up most of my time until recently (when I graduated).
I’m embedding a version that was uploaded to Google Video below. I didn’t actually do the upload, some random person decided to download it from the official movie site and upload it. Fair enough. Looks like they uploaded it on March 14th, 2006. Crazy. For a higher quality version, take a look at my portfolio.
Also, just as a quick comment: I usually refrain from using the word “machinima”. This is mostly because I think it’s a terrible term, just awful. Also, no one seems to know how to pronounce it correctly.
-Chris
