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Post by PJCzar on May 25, 2009 22:48:25 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] PROJECT PAUSED[/glow] I has to do stuff for myself for a while no worries pjczar.deviantart.com/art/Miki-Falls-Animated-Movie-Ad-123862016Back when I first joined this forum I noticed not very many of you had been submitting stuff that wasn't just a picture. So I had made a small short animation of miki standing with a scarf blowing in the wind. (most likly from the winter book) markcrilley.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=mikifalls3&action=display&thread=647Its been a while since then and my animation skills are MUCH better... And theres all this Hype about the possible Miki falls movie. So I've decided to turn the miki falls story into an animation on my own. The downside... I dont have the books... But I do have access to the internet... And that means I can look at fan art and the short "Miki falls Previews" on Mr. Crilley's deviant art galley. So those previews is what Ill be baseing this first Promotional movie on. Dont expect any art form me until Im done. Mabey by the time im done with it (about 35 days) Ill have funds to get the first volume of miki falls for real. Based on my rate of work thus far Ive come up with this prgress bar to show you all how close to finishing it I am... [glow=green,2,300]}[][][][-----------------{[/glow] 28% [glow=purple,2,300]ALL ROLLS BELOW CAN BE CHALLENGED IF YOU WANT TO BE THE VOICE INSTEAD JUST MESSAGE ME OR REPLY HERE STATING WHICH PART YOU CHALLENGE FOR[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]MIKI to be voiced by Jennifer Ortega (non member of forum)[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Hiro to be voiced by Yajiko[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Reika to be voiced by etheet (she has most lines)[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]CHALLENGES STILL ACCEPTED[/glow] pjczar.deviantart.com/art/Miki-falls-The-Animation-pic-123753171WANNA HELP ME? GOOD! I NEED VOICE ACTORS! you could be the voice of Hiro or Miki (taken) or Reika! We know you have a computer (you are reading this ...) So now all you need is a microphone! Follow this link and read EVERY SINGLE WORD As if you where the character (BE ALL CHARACTERS) markcrilley.deviantart.com/art/MIKI-FALLS-SAMPLE-part-1-69666758markcrilley.deviantart.com/art/MIKI-FALLS-SAMPLE-part-2-69666622markcrilley.deviantart.com/art/MIKI-FALLS-SAMPLE-part-3-69666484markcrilley.deviantart.com/art/MIKI-FALLS-SAMPLE-part-4-69666352You may be a dude but if you sound like a chick you'll be one xP Ill upload it to every site I can in every format I can when finished so the maximum exposure can ensue!
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 26, 2009 0:34:02 GMT -5
Just what I want would want to be known as ... The guy that did the chicks voice in that one movie. And XD believe it or not, I was already starting on a secret project that I hadn't fully planned on revealing, dealing with Miki falls as an animation. T_T Guess I just let that out of the bag though. Pretty much was planning on doing the first few pages of the first book. Also, I have very minimal experience past animated gifs and basic flash. Though, I do have Adobe CS3 pro (student discount is nice.) so I have a full video editing suite. (This goes towards Mark as well If you want any help trying to spiffy things up a bit, I can try. ^_^ I have been dabling in it, and while I may not be great, I'm all for learning new stuff like this. I already know 6 or 7 programming languages pretty thoroughly... so learning something on the visual aspect would be nice also.) Feel free to ask if you need any help.
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Post by PJCzar on May 26, 2009 0:40:42 GMT -5
lol great minds think alike
"And XD believe it or not, I was already starting on a secret project that I hadn't fully planned on revealing, dealing with Miki falls as an animation. T_T Guess I just let that out of the bag though. Pretty much was planning on doing the first few pages of the first book."
yeah i was thinking your programing skills would help with doing action scripting in flash do you already know that one?
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 26, 2009 0:46:55 GMT -5
Most of the animation in flash is similar to that of photoshop. Just it's a little easier to do animation in flash because that's what it was made for while photoshop was made for still images. (Oh, and actionscript 2.0 is one of the languages I know also. I had gotten decently far into a megaman clone... til my hard drive died. T_T Had gravity, movement, collision, and jumping too... T_T)
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Post by PJCzar on May 26, 2009 0:49:26 GMT -5
first i lol'd then i teared a lil x'( poor mega man
so how hard do you tink it would be for you to make a preloader and a menu?
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 26, 2009 1:21:14 GMT -5
Shouldn't be too hard. XD I do have issues with preloaders some times though as the tend to try and load the preloader last for some reason.... XD Menus are easy peasy though.
O-o I do think you're possibly underestimating how much effort it takes just to get a few seconds of animation done though. With the technical 24 frames per second minimum. (though something like the animation you posted, technically you would just need the 24 frames of the scarf flapping.)
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Post by PJCzar on May 26, 2009 1:45:49 GMT -5
24 0.0 ive always used 12 frames xP for flash 8 12 is the default should i use 24?
and no im not under estamating it (im working on it now) and i just put in more frames then id normally think neccessary to get the right flow
btw when was urs gunna be finished? cause i had an idea we could release on same day and see who gets more praise
a lil friendly compotition never hurt anyone x)
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 26, 2009 2:23:07 GMT -5
Well, 24 is what movie theater film runs at on non-digital projection. Most animations get away with closer to the 12 fps. I think of it as the more frames the more smooth it is... I don't like choppiness with animations. (you've got to remember also though, most animations loop different things (like running while talking, speaking, blinking, etc.) so you don't have to do nearly as many frames all total. Also, you don't have to redraw an image over and over if it doesn't move. That's why most animations don't move the head while they're speaking, so they just have to redraw the mouth. I've self studied animation for a while, back when I was getting into 3d stuff.)
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Post by PJCzar on May 26, 2009 2:32:54 GMT -5
yup sounds like me and you are on the same page dude ;D heres a quick snapshot preview of the 3rd scene in what ive made tonight. pjczar.deviantart.com/art/Miki-falls-The-Animation-pic-123753171I have to go to sleep though im waking up in 2 hours for school c ya for now Holy MOLY I forgot her bangs... ---5 minutes later--- .... All better now she has bangs now
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 26, 2009 2:35:41 GMT -5
Looking good so far. Definitely has what I call the "Flash look" which it seems all animations made in flash have.
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Post by PJCzar on May 26, 2009 14:06:45 GMT -5
hmm I was thinking about the way id have to put it together while at school and realized Id have to change around some of the frames to get a more cinamatic look ~.-
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Post by Crombie on May 27, 2009 0:26:27 GMT -5
i guess i could do Hiro's voice lol. i gotta an mp3 recorder though it sucks. but it can catch voices pretty well.
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Post by PJCzar on May 27, 2009 1:04:07 GMT -5
i guess i could do Hiro's voice lol. i gotta an mp3 recorder though it sucks. but it can catch voices pretty well. Ok cool dude record all the lines from that linnked comic and ill hook u up if you make the cut so far ur competing with no one so your winning already xD good job! (Not sarcasim)
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 27, 2009 2:03:11 GMT -5
Audacity is a good free sound recorder... just an fyi. You can also mix tracks together with it pretty easy. (AKA music with a voice on top of it.) Also, if your wanting some good free background music... www.jamendo.com/en/It's a creative commons based website, so as long as you don't sell anything made with the music, they won't come after you and get it taken off of youtube, as long as you give them credit.
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Post by PJCzar on May 27, 2009 2:15:18 GMT -5
Cool Ill check it out I thinki got audacity already im not sure though but yeah ill definatly check that site out. thanks
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Post by Crombie on May 27, 2009 16:18:48 GMT -5
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 27, 2009 17:18:41 GMT -5
While those may be free to download, they aren't royalty free, meaning that the original creator could come after you. (And being that these all say OST meaning Original Sound Track, they aren't even remix's, meaning major companies own the rights to them, also meaning it's probably illegal to actually download those from there.)
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Post by Crombie on May 27, 2009 17:32:41 GMT -5
DUH!! its obviously illegal well to an extent but the maximum they do is erase your intire computer's memory. thats at max. mostly they'll just take the songs off and disable audio of it.
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 27, 2009 17:35:00 GMT -5
I think the goal is to still be legal with it.
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Post by PJCzar on May 27, 2009 19:43:04 GMT -5
im going completely legal , but thanks for the options x)
newgrounds.com has alot of free to download and completely legal to download/use songs as long as credit to artist is given cause they are made by people like us
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Post by Crombie on May 27, 2009 22:58:33 GMT -5
true so is this going on new grounds after its done?
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Post by PJCzar on May 27, 2009 23:10:45 GMT -5
true so is this going on new grounds after its done? Yes absolutly and If I can figure out how to convert the format Ill also put it on Youtube As a response to the video where mark reads the pages that this animation is based on xP And my website and hopefull if you guys have your oun sites feel free to put it on there also Ive found my 3 music tracks needed for the video, Ill be doing some small edits to 2 of them but here they are: Menu music: www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/130647This song had a nice classical sound and coincedentally is named Autumn walk... It was the winner of my menu music search. During the film itself Ill have this song playing quietly in the backround, Voice will be clearly audible over this soft (and soon softer) classical track: www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/162711And the Credit music: www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/241425I heard this while on my search and Liked it alot, I dont know why but i do. =) So thansk again guys for the music site suggestions but Im all set now x)
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Post by Crombie on May 27, 2009 23:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by PJCzar on May 28, 2009 0:01:45 GMT -5
lol u know whats funny is its clear our differant tastes in music personally I dont like the one you suggested either so we'll just look for a completely new song =) Classical is best just as long as theers little to no vocals
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Post by Crombie on May 28, 2009 0:08:37 GMT -5
lol i like punk, emo, rock alternative, and similar stuff. so we gotta make sure it fits that. how bout cheap trick, ramones, or beatles? lol.
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Post by PJCzar on May 28, 2009 0:17:17 GMT -5
so we gotta make sure it fits that. . since when? no offence dude but this animation isnt targeted at Just us on the forum its supposed ot be for every one. Appeal to the masses and classical is the most commonly liked music form, because at one point thast the only music humans had. how about this Id change the text in the credits every noticable piano key hit www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/241813
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Post by Crombie on May 28, 2009 0:19:36 GMT -5
i guess so i gotta friend whose a pianist so it'll do.
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Post by PJCzar on May 29, 2009 21:52:12 GMT -5
Im pausing production for about 2 weeks due to school and work related stuff i need to do. I will finish this movie though and when i get the chances ill still work on it =)
More Info at top post Updated Progress bar
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Post by Caliber Mengsk on May 29, 2009 23:07:28 GMT -5
If your still looking for a voice, Post a youtube video explaining the situation, telling them to leave a video response, and I'm sure you'll get quite a few people to submit stuff. I've seen people do that before, and their images are much lower quality then yours and they still got quite a few people to respond. (then their projects tend to fail... But that's also cause they are trying to do something out of their scope. Your thing is a little less then a full 20 mins of an episode.)
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Post by etheet on Jun 7, 2009 22:10:39 GMT -5
So i just skimmed over most of the replies...but... Who is playing miki? and I might volunteer for the part of reika. I'm an actor so my skills aren't horrible, I still can't stand the sound of my own voice though and Also I think this is a GREAT idea =)
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