SYNC ARENA (MQ x264) The movie IS NOT about frags (even used 4-5 bot frag sequences).I dont consider it a fragmovie nor was my intention to make it one.For uber-ultra-mega-hardcore-frag fans there are plenty of other movies out there which surpass this one in that department.Although none (maybe:) of the frags is utter crap,there are no triple air roxxzors and such either The movie IS all about editing.It's for people who notice the "small details" like audio/video synchronizations,some custom effects&transitions,flow & variety The concept was to make an enjoyable video built on DA COOLEST Japanese [anime] song EVAR with an insane amount of syncs ; like... everytime a weapon goes off/every hit/every beat/matching the player's movement/following the flow of the music etc. Well...it kinda worked So here it is; more than one types of audio-video synchronization /519 syncs in 5.15 minutes which is the actual movie runtime (yes thats 100 syncs per minute on average) /21 maps [only 3 frags in the overseen dm6 map] /different config throughout the movie /and maybe a few eye candies. No AfterEffects was used [not familiar with it yet:( ] so the editing didnt turn out as wacky as i wanted it to be but it's the best i could do. After all i'm still a newbie movie makie (this is my 2nd movie) Turn off the lights,pump up the volume and have fun Contrary to what you 'll possibly think the most difficult part of the movie was not the effects/transitions or syncs. The hard part was to find the right frag sequence for the specific timeline mark. Having to go through over 300+ frags each time just to find a frag where the hits match the beat/base/vocals/ (so that no intensive fastForwarding/rewinding was needed) was more than a painful experience and that's one of the reason why the editing process lasted 9 months [March to December]. Another reason is that i learned almost everything from zero while making the movie (i had only covered the basics during my previous-1st movie).I had already started a few months before that, gathering&viewing demos but of course neither were a full-time job and i was generally very lazy too;) I hope u'll find the replay value of the movie higher than the average video since there are many details which are impossible to notice at 1st glance (...and maybe impossible in general) ### Technical info ### === Playback === The movie is encoded with x264 and the playback drains more cpu power than other codecs.The minimum requirements for the x264 is a processor around 2GHz or so.Though i used some conservative settings and i'm confident the movie can play to less powerful PCs.Use VideoLanClient for the playback as it has built in x264 support.Alternately u can install the latest version of ffdshow and play the movie with media player classic.During the installation check decoding of x264,uncheck the rest and be sure to uncheck post processing If everything fails,you can download the Xvid version of the movie Samuraigamer's |SYNC ARENA| © All rights reserved... and stuff Releashed Christmas 2k6 (may baby Jesus protect the zip file) Size 148.437.293 bytes - 21MB/minute Framerate 30.00 Length total 6min 45sec , main movie 5min 9sec Resolution 640x480 (newb-stye) Video x264 2800kbps Audio FAAC 128kbps Soundtrack Knights of Fire by Nico Programs Adobe Premiere,q3mme ...and a Dreamcast for the opening scene DiskSpace 220GB+ TimeSpent too much Sponsors mom & dad === extras === - some of the screenshots were taken for 'screenshoting' purposes but most of them were meant to be good enough (a matter of taste) to be used as wallpapers.thats why no logos and junk where added that would negate that role - toggle fast between the last two screenshots and after a while the model looks like it is seperate from the background and a little off screen.fascinating isn't it... -.- - in case you were wondering: the "special screenshot" was made directly from adobe premier and not photoshop - you can find the song on the internet searching for "Knights of fire" or "Night of fire" there are tons of remixes.you will find many results searching in youtube (check "iCAFl_tqw1w" on that site.DAMN those Japanese,they are EONS ahead of the rest of humanity!! ) but if you want to find the version that was used here your best bet is to find it in "Initial D" anime soundtrack === Known issues of the movie === intro is stupid.outro is stupid Well,the intro is very close to what i visioned so i dont have any excuses for making it lame:D .I just wanted to give a humorous tone to the movie.as far as the outro goes,i simply dont like long credits listing (usually useless) info and giving shoutouts to people that the viewer doesnt know/doesnt care and boring him to death.i just found that 'frag' which i thought it was kinda funny, glued it in with a smurfs song and voila! Credits go Nephthys for the outro About the "Street fighter" scene all I want to say is : It's a game movie,anything goes as far as I am concerned! got any questions/suggestions/flames/threatening notes/or credit card number you want to share? email samuraigamer@gmail.com skype samuraigamer === Syncs === 001 1:08:00 - start/beat 002 1:08:12 - beat 003 1:08:24 - beat 004 1:09:06 - beat 005 1:09:18 - rhythm change 006 1:11:04 - rhythm change 007 1:12:21 - beat 008 1:16:17 - crowd 009 1:17:22 - beat 010 1:18:04 - crowd 011 1:19:07 - beat 012 1:19:23 - crowd 013 1:20:01 - beat 014 1:20:15 - crowd 015 1:20:25 - beat 016 1:21:00 - vocals 017 1:21:11 - vocals 018 1:21:23 - vocals 019 1:22:10 - vocals 020 1:22:19 - vocals 021 1:22:28 - vocals 022 1:23:27 - beat 023 1:24:10 - crowd 024 1:25:14 - beat 025 1:25:27 - crowd 026 1:26:07 - beat 027 1:26:21 - crowd 028 1:27:05 - vocals 029 1:27:17 - vocals 030 1:27:29 - vocals 031 1:28:18 - vocals 032 1:28:26 - vocals 033 1:29:05 - vocals 034 1:29:13 - 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