Well, MAGIX is what I used years ago, when I made a couple of movies with a PC Game called "The Movies", I don't know if you have heard of it. I learned to use it well so I thought I would continue with it.

But now I am trying Sony Vegas Pro and I think I am going to switch over, it's a really cool program.

As for the sound effects, I just googled what was needed. I think I posted the SFX sites in the video description. Everything I found was free! :)

Can I ask a question too? How did you find the voice-overs? The barman and the cow boy are the only people who talk. Did their voices sound similar to you? And if so, how much? Be blunt and truthful please, I really want to know the truth so I would know what to work on..!! :P

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wow,, you use magix for editing?? that's what i used years ago,, i'm a mac now and i use final cut pro,, and adobe after effects,, 70 to 80 hours sounds about right,, my first dvd took every bit of that,, where did you find the really good sound effects??
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Thanks guys!!

Well, it's difficult to calculate, because I started it in September, then I left it, and picked it up again 3 weeks ago, but I didn't work everyday on it.

I would say that a total of 70-80 hours were spent on this project. That includes everything from the beginning inside Iclone, unto the editing in MAGIX.

It's just an estimated time, I could be wrong and it could be a little more :P


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i agree,, awesome work,, i'm curious as to how many hours from start to finish???

I enjoyed watching your video. Good job. I liked the suspense you built into your story.

Craig

To be honest, I will probably go with the camera cuts to sort out the limitations of animation, but then I do a lot of 'live' shooting with actual humans (I know, very unfashionable) and I find that in those situations I also need to use camera cuts to cover up the limitations of the location, so as no to break the illusion of being in a different era (for example).

Low budget film making is also a game of compromise

That's why i am thinking of purchasing the PN suit. I think it gives enough freedom in the animation process, and that it's worth it's money.

Have you thought of doing tutorials to show of your animation skills?

Well, i don't know how to respond to that. :P

To be honest, I consider my animation skills almost non-existent, so I don't know what could I offer by recording tutorials. I will think about this more carefully though, thanks for the suggestion!




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Great answers, thanks for letting us into our production process, always informative to know the limitations of the software.

To be honest, I will probably go with the camera cuts to sort out the limitations of animation, but then I do a lot of 'live' shooting with actual humans (I know, very unfashionable) and I find that in those situations I also need to use camera cuts to cover up the limitations of the location, so as no to break the illusion of being in a different era (for example).

Low budget film making is also a game of compromise :)

Have you thought of doing tutorials to show of your animation skills?

Peterblood

What you say does make sense. It's the logical thing to do.  However, my brain is stuck in a loophole. Let me explain: :P

I could easily think of 15-20 stories that are in my head, and that I would like to transfer to the screen sometime. Some of these stories have occurred to me when I was 9-10 years old. Since then (I am 25 now), I have been trying to find a way to make them into a screen play. With Iclone I finally have a way of doing it, and I am happy.

But I don't want these ideas to be limited. I don't want to transfer to the screen anything less than exactly what I have envisioned. Those stories have been stuck in my brain for 10-15 years, always playing in repeat, and I don't want to tell them with technical limitations, because I feel like I owe them to be told exactly as I imagined them when I was little.

I am not sure if I 'm making much sense, but that's the way I feel. If someone in here has the same stupid reservations, please talk to me and help me!! :P

Thanks for taking the time to watch the movie and for reading my loooong answers!! :)


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Lamias:

The deal is: You want the same thing we all want. The problem is making that into reality. Without spending thousands of dollars on animation software and hundreds of hours learning to use it correctly, it's just not going to happen. Iclone is a great animation tool for the amateur to bring his story to the screen, but it is not going to produce professional quality animations over the length of an entire story. Sometimes it does, and sometimes you can get surprising smoothness and accuracy from the software but, if you expect Pixar type quality you will have to buy a more expensive software and the machine to run it. In the meantime, we do it the old fashioned way. Get a movement that approximates what you're looking for and either tweak it on the timeline or change the camera angle so you "make it" look correct. Remember, that on the screen, it doesn't have to be what you want to see, only that it looks like what you want to see. Did that make sense?? Probably not but I said it anyway.:P  

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