Rise of The Venerator - The Movie

[Stanneman Cyclone]

As many of you probably know, I was the creater of the Venerator mech concept.

I spend a day designing it, another two full days building it, and the fourth day, textuuring the Venerator.

Right after finishing the build of The Venerator, I thought it would be cool to create an awesome video, showing the strength of the warmachine.

Back then, the mech was not scripted or animated yet. I recently returned from an absense to Secondlife, and found out that my precious was finally fully functional (while still being tweaked)

So I decided to take up my plans for making a movie again.

The idea of the video is not what SL Combat nessecarily looks like when playing, for example, the movie will feature weather- and weaponeffects, wich are normally not used with the mech to reduce lag etcetera.

But what I want, is to make a great movie featuring the Venerator, and show the concept.

The movie will NOT be a large scale or long video, It will all together probably be less than five minutes in length, similar to the Ordo promotion video on youtube.

I already have some great ideas for scenes, for example, Somewhere in the Ordo war factory/garage (Doesn't nessecarily have to be in Titan, when builded somewhere else like a sandbox)

You'll actually see engineers putting the mech together, welding etcetera.(with epic music :D)

Another scene will be a march of the mechs, (3, one veteran (the one I modded, and you can view on my avatar) and two regular Venerators) They'll be marching towards the enemy lands, probably the same kind of landscape the battle scenes are held, So they're on the same planet as the enemy.

These are just some short scenes I dreamt of in real life. Ofcourse there will also be combat scenes where the venerators assault an enemy base, ofcourse will people actually die, as in Fall death, instead of TPing home, and bulletholes in the walls behind them + blood = epic win :D.

I don't want to use the base of one of our enemies for combat scenes, simply because we can create a much cooler and realistic scene when we are playing the hostiles ourselve, when we can build up a hostile base somewhere. So we actually have actors, instead of our SL enemies.

So we need some third-party space.. terrain we can build on, play scenes on.

I will write down the storyboard of the video soon. But in meanwhile I have to think about my resources, for making this video, and sadly, I don't have everything I require:

I do have a PS2 Controller, with converter, wich can somehow help in controlling a camera quite realistic in SL (not sure how yet, but I've seen it somewhere.)

And I do happen to have a father, who owns a TV production company, with a video studio right here wich I can use. So the editing should not be a problem (no ugly Windows Movie Maker shit :D)

I will try doing most of the special effects in SL though, because Avid After Effects is probably to advanced for me to handle, since I am not a professional 8D. I am hereby speaking of.. Bulletholes appearing on a wall when the venerator is fireing a barrage of bullets, a lightning flash in the dark effect (wich reveals the venerator for one second, while its just being finished, standing outside in the dark, in a storm.) Stuff like that basicly.

There are a few things I'd need help with though! And since this community is full of super-intelligent people. I bet you guys are able to help.

1. I am looking for a program for ATI cards, wich can Anti-Alias SL enough to make quite a nice video. (I tried Rivatuner but I cant find anything like Anti-Aliasing or... getting rid of sharp pixely edges.

2. Also I need recording software, without any TRIAL logo stuff or limited recording.

3. I still need to find out how I can use my controller to manouvre the camera quite smooth, wich I have seen in a youtube vid about SL a few months ago, this enables realistic camera movement instead of the mouse-alt-cam dragging way of filming in SL.

4. I need MUSIC! That's right, one of the main elements that decide the athmosphere in a movie is the dramatic or.. happy music. I need something like Hell's March (from the game Red Alert) For the marching scene, some great song with a stomping/marching beat.

I'm not sure about the other music just yet, because I have not completed the storyboard yet xD. But I will keep you guys up-to date in what I have aquired, and what I still need.

5. One of the most important things are the actors, I need people with the Venerator atleast with proper walking animations and working gattlingguns. But also people who are willing to play the opposing forces, I'm not sure what kind of armour they should wear though.

Summarized, this is basicly what I wanted to announce, I am planning on making a video promoting our great new warmachine, The Venerator. And I need people to help me with the production, I need animators, people who can make graphic effects (bulletholes etcetera), scripters, and last but not least, Actors.

I think I will record the video in my May holidays, wich are in the beginning of May. But I will need lots of time to prepare, animations.. actor armour.. preparing the camera system.. getting special effect textures, etcetera.

If you have read any aspect in this note, you think you can help with, and you feel like helping. Reply on this post :D.

Also, I'd like some feedback on my idea.

If I get too much negative feedback, I can still cancel the project. But I think it's something great to spend some of my time in. And a token of my loyalty and respect for The Ordo.

Oh, and I attached an image, of the Modified Venerator, the veteran edition, wich will play a role as squad leader in the movie. (However, somehow are the feet No mod, So I can't get rid of the blue glow, wich is suposed to be shiny dark red in this version >:| )

So all kind of feedback is welcome, but BE SERIOUS. (And no replies like: Why so Serious? :| )

EDIT: I'm writing down all of your names, and what you want to help with, thanks!

Participants so far:

- Agares Tretiak: Music

- Dascede Aluveaux: ?

- Zrazor Rozenstraugh: ?

- ribena Homewood: ?

- SirNick Alonzo: ?

Available tasks:

- I need music for one of the first scenes, Wich will be de development of the mech.

I will build some kind of lab interior in the basement of Titan, or elsewhere. Scientists will be

working on the development of the mech, also, a shot of the minigun, being tested on some armoured plates. If you have any suggestions for music that fits this, let me know.

- The actors participating in the video as scientists, will need white cloaks, preferrably with the Ordo logo on it, but not nessecary. If anyone has something like this, and trans. Let me know (If not, I'll try making one myself, but I suck with clothing.

- For the actual construction scenes, I want to use the some kind of garage/construction yard Ordo themed, people will be welding the mech together and stuff. For this, I need some serious welding equipment. I have seen it before.. But I can't find it on XstreetSL :< So if you can find any welding equipment the actors could use, or you feel like making any. Let me know.

- I need someone to think of the hostiles in the movie, the armour they are going to wear. Since we will not use our actual SL opponents in the video, we need our own actors dressed as our enemies. If you have an idea on what these actors should wear and it happens to be full perms, let me know please :) Also, they'll need weapons with nice muzzleflashes :D

Edited April 8, 2009 by Stanneman Cyclone

[Agares Tretiak]

I can help with music.

[Dascede]

If there's anything I can do to help for acting, I'll be here. Lemme know about it.

Edit.. I can either be a hostile on the other team, or I can be a mech.. because I'm Antesig. I do not have a Venerator, however, at this time.

[RazorFox]

I'd help out with something like that.

[ribena Homewood]

I could help out, too.

[Scientific Waffle]

And my axe!

[Aryte]

That'd be awesome! :D

[Stanneman Cyclone]

And my axe!

Your axe D:?

[Lupus Mielziner]

i offer my help too if its needed

[Agares Tretiak]

Scientific. Go take your Lord of the Rings LARPing Dwarf Pastry butt to a different thread D:<

[SirNick Alonzo]

Rawr...that sound's like a epic movie in the making ill help if yah want

[Agares Tretiak]

MY only problem with the red on the mech is that it starts looking like the bastardized Chaos Venerator that they will occasionally deploy.

[Stanneman Cyclone]

MY only problem with the red on the mech is that it starts looking like the bastardized Chaos Venerator that they will occasionally deploy.

Actually, I talked to PADI and he told me he was not planning on bastardizing the venerator for their own use. But someone did see him rezzing the thing by co

Edited April 8, 2009 by Stanneman Cyclone

[Agares Tretiak]

They aren't rumors. I saw him stomping around with one in New jessie. he's part of Chaos. They regularly lie about things like this.

[Stanneman Cyclone]

He purged the Venerator, after a two hours during conversation. I can not be sure, of this. But I believe him. Now let's drop the subject and make a kickass movie, also I updated the tasks currently available.