Chance and I have spent more time in front of a blue screen and a computer monitor than we have sleeping this last week but we have successfully matched all 82 shots in live action and composited them together with our captured footage from Halo: Reach.
And if I may say so myself...it looks darn good.
It wasn't easy looking at a laptop screen in the blue studio while trying to recreate the correct angles that we took in Halo. We surprised ourselves during the editing process at how many times we lucked out with precise (yet accidental) head turns and body movements that synced flawlessly with the game footage.
Not to mention the climactic fun of seeing the clips come into fruition after hours and hours of hoping that they would work.
The length of the final film is looking like it will be shorter than expected. Due to our awesome (not really) dialog we have shorter shots that move quickly and yet cover the story adequately. In hindsight we are glad we aren't looking at a 7-10 minute film for the sake of editing time and for the sake of the audience's attention span...thanks YouTube.
At this point in the editing process all live action is merged into the game footage leaving color correction and sound editing for rest of the weekend. Color correction is crucial for getting that 'in game' look to apply to our live footage. There will always be that look of virtuality that we will not be able to get with live action; two separate worlds indeed. Thankfully though, both Halo: Reach and the Canon 5D mII film in 24 frames/second.
Sound is huge. Watching the clips without sound backing them up is very boring and leaves little to be desired but that may be due to me watching the clips over and over and...over again.
From the few people who have seen our progress, we are getting smiles and good jobs all around. We hope the internet (specifically the internet gaming) community will pick right up on the idea of live action meeting their favorite game. Who knows, with enough posts we may get this thing to go viral.
It's amazing how much the internet community eats up Halo machinima vids. We have our fingers crossed in hopes that Bungie (the people who made the Halo franchise) pick up on our film and re-posts it on their website where millions of users/players visit daily!
Until next week,
~Alan
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