YouTube video leads to Hollywood contract

Dano · 17 Dec 2009 at 13:58

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm

Pretty impressive video but it's not really anything we haven't seen before from Hollywood, just makes me sad for the future of films when copycat stuff gets rewarded

Maybe he'll come up with something original when he has some funding

Fenris · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:01

Dano said:
Maybe he'll come up with something original when he has some funding

Who cares about original, whats not awesome about giant robots?!

Gerard · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:02

Some really nice effects in that video he made.

bledd · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:06

Although it suits it, using different music instead of the 28 * music might have worked better for me!

arknor · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:08

Gerard said:
Some really nice effects in that video he made.

ive seen better on youtube much better , the explosions dont even interfact with anything

Russinating · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:10

I thought I'd be sensible and post it in the already existing topic in Box Office:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18076120

I guess that was foolish

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Fenris · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:11

arknor said:
ive seen better on youtube much better , the explosions dont even interfact with anything

The difference being they probably didn't have an actual "movie" behind them, many people can do animation but it takes a hell of a lot more talent to make that into a story and this guy wasn't given the cash for his animating skills, he was given a contract to make a film.

Oh and did you not notice the budget of $300?

ScarySquirrel · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:15

Dano said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm

Pretty impressive video but it's not really anything we haven't seen before from Hollywood, just makes me sad for the future of films when copycat stuff gets rewarded

Maybe he'll come up with something original when he has some funding

It may be copycat, but he did it for £186, whereas most Hollywood Studios would spend millions!

Very impressive, I wonder what he'll do with the massive funding!

qqg3 · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:18

Is this a story though really, there is narrative of sorts, but a story? Mindless violence if you ask me. The effects are very well done but I don't get why this warrants Hollywood attention.

He said he was contact within a week, thats impressive. But there is a lot of high quality stuff on Youtube that has never been rewarded so ludicrously.

I don't get what is special about this video, relative to the heaps of other stuff up on Youtube.

Dano · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:18

ScarySquirrel said:
It may be copycat, but he did it for £186, whereas most Hollywood Studios would spend millions!

Very impressive, I wonder what he'll do with the massive funding!

No, he spent that much, if you added in the costs of his time and rendering at hollywood prices then it'd be substantially more, take that further to paying any helpers standard hollywood rates and you're looking at a significant sum of money.

Russinating · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:20

ScarySquirrel said:
Very impressive, I wonder what he'll do with the massive funding!

Pay himself and everyone else involved?

It sounds amazing that something so impressive has been made for so little, but in reality you could build a house for £5k if everyone worked for free. And with anything involving computers (ie CGI) the cost drops dramatically seeing as software costs near to nothing, if it's not pirated.

At the end of the day he and everyone else just put a LOT of man hours in for free.

apatia77 · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:22

I watched it and I really liked it. Well done to him.

Red and White · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:23

amazing special effects for £186. great vid too.

Psycho Sonny · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:29

Russinating said:
Pay himself and everyone else involved?

It sounds amazing that something so impressive has been made for so little, but in reality you could build a house for £5k if everyone worked for free. And with anything involving computers (ie CGI) the cost drops dramatically seeing as software costs near to nothing, if it's not pirated.

At the end of the day he and everyone else just put a LOT of man hours in for free.

you could build a house for 5K? if everyone worked for free

maybe if it was a 1 room house and an extremely small room at that

otherwise im pretty sure builders would be building their own homes for 5K then selling them on for 200K

arknor · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:31

Fenris said:
The difference being they probably didn't have an actual "movie" behind them, many people can do animation but it takes a hell of a lot more talent to make that into a story and this guy wasn't given the cash for his animating skills, he was given a contract to make a film.

Oh and did you not notice the budget of $300?

what movie? its just things moving about that dont even interact with the buildings.

go search youtube for the names of various special effects software packages and you can find loads of better movies from people doing stuff for uni/college courses.

most of which have interfaction with the enviroment unlike his video.

oneale90 · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:32

Very cool video! Does anybody know the name of the song that is played? Its the same as the 28 weeks later music IIRC, but I have never found out the name/composer

Fenris · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:34

arknor said:
what movie? its just things moving about that dont even interact with the buildings.

go search youtube for the names of various special effects software packages and you can find loads of better movies from people doing stuff for uni/college courses.

most of which have interfaction with the enviroment unlike his video.

Uh, if you don't like it then don't watch it, the point is someone thinks he has talent, they don't care what you think, luckily.

Russinating · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:35

Psycho Sonny said:
you could build a house for 5K? if everyone worked for free

maybe if it was a 1 room house and an extremely small room at that

otherwise im pretty sure builders would be building their own homes for 5K then selling them on for 200K

It's called an example. I'm not a builder. Don't act stupid. :rolleyes:

Ziggy · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:37

Um not to sound like a jealous ****, but I don't get it.

Stompy robots?

That's it?

Hollywood can do those special effects easily, which just leaves the concept, plot, style and so on, and they are as routine as it gets. What they should be looking for in a writer/director is originality, which that has none of. Seems they are just looking for a pre-made Michael Bay clone.

Don't hire the producer, hire the people that did the special effects, as I'm kind of assuming he didn't do them single-handedly.

Also reading around the guy is no amateur in a bedroom hoping to make the big time, he's already done commercials for Pepsi.

Psycho Sonny said:
you could build a house for 5K? if everyone worked for free

maybe if it was a 1 room house and an extremely small room at that

otherwise im pretty sure builders would be building their own homes for 5K then selling them on for 200K

Yeah I'm sure the guy's worked out how to make million dollar movies for peanuts. Better tell Pixar what they've been doing wrong all these years.

Fenris said:
Uh, if you don't like it then don't watch it

Ah, that old chestnut.

Dave85 · 17 Dec 2009 at 14:55

I thought it was awesome the explosions in particular. The filming was awesome and felt real and gave a sense of panic from the people on screeen. All for under 200 quid is epic.