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My STO Video - Spectres

starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Ten Forward
The Horizon crew investigate the lower levels of Drozana Station, and discover an alien portal which leads back to the 23rd century.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdcBuuJL0A

Hope you enjoy it. :)
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    centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    You know, Cryptic should pay you and then use these to promote the game. Even if it's like $20. These make the game look really good without dev trickery. That goes so much further to making people impressed with the game. If I had seen your videos three years ago, I probably would have started playing the game sooner. :)

    That being said, I didn't see any Gein. He was my favorite part of those missions. :(
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    hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    This is awesome.
    You just made my favorite featured series look even cooler.
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    starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Thanks guys! :D
    centersolace wrote: »
    I didn't see any Gein. He was my favorite part of those missions. :(

    Mine too, but I had to cut a lot out to fit in what I did, and most of my Demo Record sessions with him in just crashed upon opening.

    When I first played the Dividian story arc, there wasn't any real voice work in STO. That, coupled with playing 'What Lies Beneath' in the dark, with my newly fitted surround sound, in the house on my own... I nearly died of fright when Gein first spoke. :eek:

    It's probably my favourite STO episode, and I considered doing the whole video on that episode alone.
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    hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Shameless plug.

    if you liked Spectres, give my winner of Foundry Challenge #5 a try.

    Spectres, Episode Six : Whatever Happened To The U.S.S. Reuben James?
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    starfish1701 wrote: »
    The Horizon crew investigate the lower levels of Drozana Station, and discover an alien portal which leads back to the 23rd century.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdcBuuJL0A

    Hope you enjoy it. :)


    I'm disappointed.. that I somehow managed to miss this thread.

    Like the camera moves and the timing with the music.
    + For getting rid of the fraps ad too.

    Very nice, please go make more! :)
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    tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited January 2013
    Nicely done! Sending it off to the team.
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    hravikhravik Member Posts: 1,203 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Nicely done! Sending it off to the team.

    The...A-Team?
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    gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Very nice video. :)

    Indeed, I could see Cryptic using this as advertising for this series--and I think it would be appropriate to use it when the next Featured Series rerun is done, given the way you show the fight against the Devidians and then your captain suddenly turns on them and starts getting back at them with the Ophidian Cane and triolic enhancers (a point nicely underscored by how you lined it up with the music).

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    lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Great work Starfish! I'm wondering what music you used in that?

    Edit, nevermind, it's in the end credits. :rolleyes:

    You can find/contact me in game as @PatricianVetinari. Playing STO since Feb 2010.
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    designationxr377designationxr377 Member Posts: 542 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I'm usually not one for this kind of thing, but... that was pretty cool.
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    jheinigjheinig Member Posts: 364 Cryptic Developer
    edited January 2013
    I especially liked the use of TOS uniforms.
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    gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Yeah, I did too...it makes sense from a story perspective that the crew would want to disguise themselves going into Drozana.

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    hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Music felt out of place, but other than that, great job as always! :)
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    lcdrmillerlcdrmiller Member Posts: 47 Cryptic Developer
    edited January 2013
    Awesome video!

    However.......I liked this one more! :cool:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ldLgu4E6iE
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    starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Like wow! :eek:

    Thanks for the compliments everyone. Very much appreciated.

    I'll keep on making them then! :D
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    Great work Starfish! I'm wondering what music you used in that?

    Someone did not watch the end credits me thinks. :P
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    linyivelinyive Member Posts: 1,086 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I love both videos. :)

    I also like this one as well: "Horizon" by starfish1701

    I love the music and avatar reveals.
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    lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    idrona wrote: »
    Someone did not watch the end credits me thinks. :P
    LOL silly me. I swear I did "stay through the credits", but apparently I failed on actually reading/comprehending the info.

    D'oh!

    :P

    Thanks for pointing that out.

    :D

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    toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    starfish1701 wrote: »
    I'll keep on making them then! :D

    I'm sure that will make a lot of people happy. You really create masterpieces. ;)
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    starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    toiva wrote: »
    I'm sure that will make a lot of people happy. You really create masterpieces. ;)

    Thank you, that's very kind. :)
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    hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Seriously, Starfish, you have to know how good your stuff is, right?

    Already linked previously, but this one

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wby_4vE7FA

    Is just brilliant.
    I hadn't seen the Winter Wonderland one until this thread.

    Also, simply amazing.
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    starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    hippiejon wrote: »
    Seriously, Starfish, you have to know how good your stuff is, right?

    Hmm...? Not really no.

    Obviously I'm pleased enough with them (at the time) to share them. ;)

    I think the soundtracks are good, and (for me at least) it's the music that makes them good, not the quality of my visuals. My footage is very jumpy in places (except the newest one), and the graphics on my PC are not so good either. I don't think they do the potential game graphics justice at all.

    I'm working on another one at the moment which will be over 5 minutes long, and more like a mini episode. So far, the graphics are much better as I've tweaked my settings, but I have a feeling people won't like it, because it's somewhat different to the others. It's more story driven, with some dialogue, and at a much slower pace. But when it's done, I'll share it to see what people think. :)
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    centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    starfish1701 wrote: »
    Hmm...? Not really no.

    Obviously I'm pleased enough with them (at the time) to share them. ;)

    I think the soundtracks are good, and (for me at least) it's the music that makes them good, not the quality of my visuals. My footage is very jumpy in places (except the newest one), and the graphics on my PC are not so good either. I don't think they do the potential game graphics justice at all.

    I'm working on another one at the moment which will be over 5 minutes long, and more like a mini episode. So far, the graphics are much better as I've tweaked my settings, but I have a feeling people won't like it, because it's somewhat different to the others. It's more story driven, with some dialogue, and at a much slower pace. But when it's done, I'll share it to see what people think. :)

    Well you're doing these for free! You have every right to experiment, and no one has any right to complain really. ;)
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    gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I definitely look forward to further videos from you. :)

    I am really in awe of people who have the technical ability to pull this kind of thing off. I can do a few things with the Foundry, but video-editing is WAY beyond my skill. Even today I was thinking of how I wish I could pull off a video of the last Literary Challenge story I wrote, and I could sort of "storyboard" it, but beyond that I am absolutely useless.

    And I agree with you about the music. That really brings life into a video, sets the tone, and ties the whole thing together. One example is what you did with the Devidians and their attacks in your Spectres video, and how you timed the "revenge" from your captain, using the music to underscore it. I thought that was awesome. :)

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    drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Very cool mate. I'm also a bit of a keen movie maker :0
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    *Waits patiently for next video.* :)


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    edited October 2013
    I have a proposition for you dude. I can't find a contact mail?

    I sent you a message in the game mail.
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