WoW Moviewatch: Riot by Sylverbkwolf
by Michael Gray 
Feb 23rd 2009 at 12:00PM
Warning: There's a tiny bit of cussing in this music video, listen with care.
Zeb, otherwise known as Sylverbkwolf, created this music video because he was feeling a little bored of the game itself. It's his first video longer than 20 seconds or so, representing his first attempt at editing, framing, and other similar concepts. It took him about a week or two to finish it, and thus was born Sylverbkwolf's WoW music video for Three Days Grace - Riot.
In terms of music videos, it didn't reach out and grab me. That being said, considering it's Zeb's first time out, he did a good job of creating smooth animation and a logical follow-through in the video. It made sense, and nothing really struck me as being out of place. The scenes, the requisite use of musical models, and the "story" worked together just fine for a rock and roll video.
What I did particularly like, however, is the use of Wintergrasp footage. I've not seen a lot of videos -- music videos or story films -- using this new gameplay feature, and I thought it was keen Zeb included it. I think all the siege engines, in particular, fit a good metal music theme, so it was a good call to include it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gnosh Feb 23rd 2009 12:34PM
"Three Days Grace"
...
"Metal"
Swing and a miss
Gnosh Feb 23rd 2009 12:34PM
COPY AND PASTE IF
/b&
SBKT Feb 23rd 2009 12:43PM
It's a good video anyways.
K8 Feb 23rd 2009 1:50PM
Didn't love it - but I thought it was very decent...
Aidan8et Feb 23rd 2009 1:41PM
I thought that was actually a very well made video. You can see he has the basic skills & timing down pat. I'm going to be looking forward to more by Sylverbkwolf. Hopefully now he'll start trying more advanced things.
TheOne Feb 23rd 2009 2:53PM
I agree with everyone else... But with another little addition of my own
Since when did the Lich King sound like a b*tch when he sings?
That is all
Kajira Feb 23rd 2009 3:24PM
I don't like that kind of music, but i like the premise of the video showing the futility of the horde and alliance squabbles in the face of the Lich King's true threat. He's totally behind the increased hostilities up there, and so i liked him being superimposed over all that pointless fighting.
Also, people posting macros to show they don't like a video? Go back to Digg, please. It's more helpful to the people making these vids if you explain things like "I didn't like the music" "I didn't like the story".
MightyMuffin Feb 23rd 2009 4:09PM
This was actually one of my favorite songs of all time. So I actually enjoyed it more because I haven't listened to this song in forever.
It was an alright video, although the movements of Arthas weren't really the greatest movements. And the guitar/bass section where they just have the two people playing and not moving around too much wasn't...exciting. If there was maybe some small battles in the background, it would've been better. Overall, I'd give it a B just because I love the music. If it were a song that wasn't my favorite, probably a C+ or B-.
And @ Evisu
-If this was a waste of your time, why'd you keep watching it and then decide to post something like that? Don't like something...pause the video, close the web browser and take deep breaths. Or are you a forum troll that only posted that because you had nothing better to do? That might be a better answer...
Odolb Feb 23rd 2009 6:23PM
i liked this video, i liked the wintergrasp scenes that was the best part of the video as well as the scense with the band members in it, that was planned very well but i still prefer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NElEJwSr0Gk&eurl=http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wow-moviewatch/
that i believe was posted up on Wowinsder a long time ago before wraith even was launched. i liked the other video because it had more of a plot, if i was a pvp junkie though i probably would have liked the other one =)