In case anyone reads our blog I wanted to add a note. When this video is played on Youtube it's out of synch. It is best to download it from machinima.com. Next time we will give them a Youtube ready version. Lesson learned.
Confessions of a Security Guard was our first machinima as well as a steep learning curve. We had never used Hammer, Faceposer or Garry's Mod. We had fun creating and experimenting with the game engine and it was a great stepping stone to our most recent machinima: Real Heroes of Half-Life 2.
If you're intersted you can find a link to the Hi-Res and Low-Res version of Confessions of a Security Guard to the right under Our Machinima in the menu.
The music is by U2 and Van Morrison. Most people ask what the U2 song is....it's Elevation. We didn't intend to use this song for the video. Actually I happened to have it on my computer and decided to use it to learn lip syncing in Faceposer. After investing so much time in it we decided to go ahead and use it. One of the most disappointing scenes in our video was the graveyard scene with the zombies. It looked great in the engine but once it was compressed the darkness just made it look flat. My favorite scene is Barney in the rowboat. That scene was originally shot on the crane but we decided to put him in a rowboat with Mossman so that it looked like he was wooing both Alyx and Judith.
I think it was a good first start but we are hoping to keep building our skills with each successive video.
Confessions of a Security Guard was our first machinima as well as a steep learning curve. We had never used Hammer, Faceposer or Garry's Mod. We had fun creating and experimenting with the game engine and it was a great stepping stone to our most recent machinima: Real Heroes of Half-Life 2.
If you're intersted you can find a link to the Hi-Res and Low-Res version of Confessions of a Security Guard to the right under Our Machinima in the menu.
The music is by U2 and Van Morrison. Most people ask what the U2 song is....it's Elevation. We didn't intend to use this song for the video. Actually I happened to have it on my computer and decided to use it to learn lip syncing in Faceposer. After investing so much time in it we decided to go ahead and use it. One of the most disappointing scenes in our video was the graveyard scene with the zombies. It looked great in the engine but once it was compressed the darkness just made it look flat. My favorite scene is Barney in the rowboat. That scene was originally shot on the crane but we decided to put him in a rowboat with Mossman so that it looked like he was wooing both Alyx and Judith.
I think it was a good first start but we are hoping to keep building our skills with each successive video.
