WoW Moviewatch: 1 Minute Machinima Entry
by Michael Gray 
Mar 23rd 2010 at 12:00PM
Frozen's video soars, in my opinion, in terms of his voice acting. His voice work is smooth and interesting, and the language is very crisp and clear. That might sound like lame feedback, but a lot of machinima's voice-work can be very difficult to actually hear and understand. Frozen's soundtrack stands out in that regard.
The video is a quick bit of fun. It's light-hearted, moves fast, and is worth every second you spend watching it. Sure, there's no blood elves rapping, but you have to take what you can get. Given Frozen's ability to frame a skit in such little time, I'm very interested to see what he might be doing next.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shane Mar 23rd 2010 12:35PM
Sounds exactly like this guy to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE
Vehx Mar 23rd 2010 12:36PM
Ummm....?
nonentity Mar 23rd 2010 12:39PM
hehe, like it
the laugh at the end "heh heh" :D
Jiffah Mar 23rd 2010 12:54PM
He obviously doesn't know the basics of editing which is a shame. I for one cannot stand «jump cuts» so, frozen Death Knight if you ever read this, here's a tip: when cutting from one shot to the other, make sure the camera angles between the two shots are different enough (I'd say 25-30degrees at least).
Ideally, when «filming» you want to do your scene from more than one angle, but these angles need to be different enough without crossing your axis. if they are too similar, it gives a glitchy feel for your cut, which is called a «jump cut» and these are considered bad editing...try that in your next movie...but nice work and keep going!
Zs_Multiplayer Mar 23rd 2010 1:37PM
Thank you for a well structured and thought out reply, Jiffah.
Well, to put this whole thing in perspective, I only did this in a few hours of work over 3 days, starting Friday evening. I wrote the script, voice acted it, mixed the whole thing and redid some lines, to make sure it fit the time limit, and then started editing the movie. I recorded all the clips in like less than an hour in total just to spare time. Also, my friend Erunno helped me filming a few scenes, since we play on the same realm.
Also, bear in mind, it was the first time I ever recorded anything with a recording program, in my life, so I made a lot of mistakes and many shots got very rushed and didn't really mix that well with what I wanted to show, so I had to do something to make it stand out from the normal first time Machinimas that are made. Besides, when I was close at finishing most of the editing, I started to ran out of clips, and since it was in the early afternoon and the gaming photage was recorded during midnight, I just thought, "Eh, whatever, let's just wrap this up.".
Plus, Windows Movie Maker is the worst piece of crap you can ever use when doing anything that has to do with video editing. There should be a "Do not try this at home, it will give you an Angry German Kid tantrum"-sign on it.
So, anyway, I will keep your words in mind next time I do something like this, but only if I will do it again, that is. ;-P
I mean, I am pretty much a member of Blind Man Studios, so I have the chance to give my talents to my dear friend, Erunno, and by so making entertainment for you to watch. I trust his editing skills and visual ideas enough to make myself not to worry about anything. =P
Also, thanks for adding it to the watch, WoW.com, although I blame Baron Soosdon for it. ;-P Curse him, that bastard! ^^
Jiffah Mar 23rd 2010 2:06PM
hehe, no problem friend. I understood the timeframe in which you did this and that it was also your first one. As a video editor in real-life I just had to comment, but I'm glad you understood I did it to help, not to make fun or put down. If you ever make another one, here,s what I would suggest ( let's say it's a rushed one, like the one above) is to separate one scene in 4 shots.
1) a wide shot ( full character(s) and a lot of background)
2) medium shot (belt and up, small headroom (or none) and if you say two characters, then a «two-shot» in which it's important to establish which one will be framed left side, the other will be right side THIS SHOULD NOT CHANGE unless there's a camera move.
3) medium shot of another angle (ideally not the same camera-target distance as #2 OR if you had a «two-shot» then one medium shot for each character (FRAMED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SIDE)
4) Close-up, this can either be a facial close-up or on sometihing relevant to your story.
You'll realise that if you did the entire scene in these 4 shots, you can cut back and forth between these with ease, and the viewer will almost never notice you had only 4 shots...hope that helps. XD
wellsfsu Mar 23rd 2010 2:13PM
test
Jiffah Mar 23rd 2010 1:01PM
oh and by the way, cinematography is a language, make sure you know what you're saying with it. Doing a little research on camera angles and their meaning would give you a good understanding of the do's and don'ts of editing (because in this one, it's apparent you don't know) but no biggie, gotta start somewhere right?
(this should've been in my previous post)
csarcops Mar 23rd 2010 1:19PM
That was crisp and clear? I didn't understand half of what he was saying.
Siorra Mar 23rd 2010 4:28PM
StarCraft II machinima key? Sweet.