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dinsdag 23 juli 2013

Minecraft First Blood! (Live Action)




Pre-Production

We did a lot of research on the characters costumes. Searched on YouTube for DIY Minecraft Costumes. And came a cross a lady making Minecraft costumes for her kids.

Here is a short video of us working on the costumes (a bit shaky)


Most gear she made was built from foam-board. The equipment we were making were two guns. One AK47 and an MP5. We found out that foam-board would not be strong enough to act with these guns so we decided to choose for wood.

We got some gun pictures from Google and hotoshopped it to be printed later.

AK-47
AK-47 Gun from Google
Using the Pixelate effect in Photoshop


M4 Assault Rifle
M4-Assault Rifle from Google
Using the Pixelate effect in Photoshop

After printing the guns we cut it out and outlined it on a piece of wood. We saw the wood and glued the paper print on it. This is the result:




On the Set

We've had a great time on the set. Although it was very hot outside it was fun. The location we filmed is Bourtange an old village in The Netherlands. A great place for our film.  We had a famous dutch Youtuber named  DusDavidGames working with us. It was a nice collab and there will folow more collabs anytime soon.



Post-Production

Time for some Post-Production! We start with spotting the footage. Selecting only the usable stuff.
Next we make a Task List and decide wich tasks will be best for each person. Most of the time Camera Tracking is the first one on our list followed by Rotoscoping. Then the 3D modeling and animation begins.

Using some basic models to block out the scene.

After the modeling and animation the rendering begins. We use our own Renderfarm for this. There will be a post about our Renderfarm soon. Finally we throw everything in the Compositing program and put all the renders and footage together.

Before and After:




If you have any questions leave them in the comments below!


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donderdag 9 mei 2013

CFX Squad Giveaway Challenge



Time for a giveaway

Our youtube channel is growing thanks to you guys! Entertaining you is our goal. And seeing that you like our videos really gives us a power boost to keep going on and keep improving our productions. 

We are doing this giveaway to thank you for watching but most importantly to let you decide what you would like to see in the future. Listening to our viewers is very important for us and our channel. 

The Challenge

We have the four prices to giveaway provided by City Interactive. 3 Ghost Warrior Games (Xbox360,PS3 and PC) and the number One price a LED 24inch Special Ghost Warrior Edition Gaming Monitor. The only thing you have to do is Post a your best idea for a next video in the comment section below this video: CFX Squad Giveaway Video

24 inch LED Gaming Monitor

Ghost Warrior 2 PC, PS3, Xbox360



Keep posting Ideas

There are already a lot of great ideas posted in the comments section and it keeps growing. We read every comment and talk about it at the studio. Keep posting!

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zondag 28 april 2013

City Interactive Ghost Warrior 2

Ghost Warrior Video


A few months ago we created a fan video for the game Ghost Warrior 2 and Sniper Elite V2. It was a fun project and one of our first game related videos. It did not score a lot of views but it scored a right viewer.



CFX Squad and City Interactive

City Interactive contacted us after watching our fan video on Youtube. They were very excited about the video. They contacted us a few months before their new game released. They wanted a sequel but with a different ending. After some negotiation we got to a deal and the next week we began to shoot.

City Interactive

City Interactive is a Polish game studio located in Warsaw. They are the creators of the Ghost Warrior games. They create games for consoles and pc. ....





Shooting Day - Behind The Scenes

Check out our great film day!





Final Video - Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 Live Action 

The final result of our production.



Presents

City Interactive was so excited about the new video we created for them that they wanted to give us something extra. And a day later we received this in the mail.







































Conclusion

It was a very fun project to work. We learned a lot of new things on the set like planning, set dressing and to stay calm. Also it was a great experience to work with a Game Studio.  We hope you enjoy the video!