the CG wasn't terrible, the lighting could have been better so the feet of the mechs didn't stand out when they came down onto the ground, and a couple of parts on the mechs shaking from momentum would have livened up the models. but this was a display piece, not a movie theatre final debut. I get that. Not bad. the ACTING. oh god the script reading xD like nails on a chalk board, i'm sorry, i cannot condone that. I don't think I could do better, but fuck, they read their lines like you read lines in a children's book to class, rather than acting out their lines as live conversation.
Why dont they make movies like these. BattleTech has such a rich and wonderful universe. It's history spans millenia and yet a good writer can make a good story during any one of the eras in this universe. The technology is here to make these mechs look good. It would be cool if someone made a feature movie about early clan invasion and when all seems lost (Battle of Luthrin) The mercinaries from House Davion come in and shows that when banded together the Inner Sphere can beat the Clans.
@obliviousfafnir01 You forget the Wolf Hunters aren't clan anymore. Anastasia herself goes out of her way to adopt inner sphere language and mannerisms in order to make herself more than just a clanner.
You know, if this was something in theaters, I would be unhappy, but it was a fan-made work, and I have to say it's well-done. Had a big-budget firm picked this up and put it in Hollywood, it would be worse than Dragonball: Evolution (yeah, I went there). So, bravo, guys. If a movie is ever done, it needs to be done by fans, not Hollywood big wigs. Also @born2fly145, it was better than most of the crap coming out of SyFy, as far as the "original movies."
@PaintingPointman yes it has, The female is Anastasia Kernsky, from Arc-Royal, so she is a former wolf in exile. the year the video take place is 3160-70. Clan wolf has mass migrate tot he border between Steiner and Free world league...think of the Commonwealth finally be sandwich by both wolf. Clan smoke jaguar is not annihilated, but secretly revive by Master Paul. petty much the dark age is nothing but the new 5th succession war.
Clanners speaking with contractions? Never happenned! .............. No, seriously, awesome. It's just too bad we can't convince anyone to make a feature length movie.
@VazzaPrime True, but some clans do not let freebirths hold rank above Star Captian, and others do not let them pass Mechwarrior. Khan Phelan Kell/Ward was an execption. Kerensky does not look like she is old enough to be Solhama, and she is a Galaxy Commander. Has the 32nd Centry changed so much?
I think the 3-D was overall good, not prefect but still good. My only critism would have to be the acting. The IS actors were good (except for the opening battle report), but the clanners were not. The clanners are normally very tense in battle. But they were all very laid back, like they just woke up. They wouldn't be sportting a 10 o'clock shadow either. Summery, keep up the good 3-D, work on your acting and better research your roles. That's the main thing holding you guys back.
I would like to thank the students of the Dave School for a great effort in representing the Battletech Universe. After the earlier critiques, I just know they can make a Film Festival candidate video the next time. Great Job!!!
@WolverinStudio I'm not a real fan of Dark Age because it feels too "rips off pretty much almost every Japanese giant robot anime series that isn't Neon Genesis or Gundam) in setting and "general" plot, I mean it feels like it's a rip off of everything else put into one but then placed in the Battletech Universe with some mech's from the 31st century. Just trust me on this, think about it and you would agree. It also happens to be a part of the Battletech Saga that is the least developed.
But in general there are just so many unpolished things in this from acting all the way though to it's graphics, effects and all sorts of things that just got me irritated. Only things that impress me in this video are the 3D models which mind you are not hard to make, the cockpit which like the 3D models again isn't hard to make and the graphical map display which too isn't hard to make in after effects either.
Some of the actors though, seriously... are just bad, I don't think they have ever done any training at all and are first timers, their body actions, tone of voice and disposition completely misses or doesn't even match with their lines. This is why in the industry they spend thousands of dollars hiring actors, acting is 50% of the method of eliminating disbelief and drawing in the audience.
I can see they went to a lot of effort to try and be cannon, this was in one of the Age of Destruction novels. However one should tell the actors that Wolf Hunters even though they are *not* clan wolf in any sense and are mercs, just like the wolves dragoons they are still clan wolf decent and are trueborn. And trueborns act and behave in a very strong and ambitious fashion as apposed to a audacious and elitist fashion, think Khan from Star Trek rather then Londo Mollari from Babylon 5.
The mechs, vehicles 3D models look way too clean, when texturing keep in mind the environment and the material, chipped paint etc even if it's stainless makes it more real. And there is a general lack of soft lighting shadows, shadows are *hard* to do realistically, especially when using soft lighting which is more realistic as apposed to ray-traced. Some scenes had perfect shadow contrasts but nasty inconsistencies during animation such as shadows just disappearing rather then shrinking.
The noticeable things I noticed that were inconsistent with this video, it's obvious they used a Blue screen, and there is *alot* of blue bleed on some of the actors, this is unfortunate and could of been avoided if they used a green-screen with better lighting set up.
@DroehnIng Often when it comes down to it at the end of the day, doesn't matter how good you are at 3D or After Effects or Final Cut. If your not good at art in general (understand the behavior of light, the colour table, etc) or have training in animation traditionally (claymation, cell-based etc) then your work will not look professional no matter how much time or effort is put into it. And by that it won't look realistic or look to follow a particular style.
Not bad. Good visuals, has the makings of a series I would like to see. Your Clansmen, with the exception of Kerensky sounded mostly like freeborn so I think your dialogue could have used some more research. I am not a fan of the Dark Age series or MechWarrior, but still this is not bad.
@gdiforeman In the novel "Call to Arm." she does piloted a modified Ryoko II with Jump jet pod, but switch to a new battlemech when she abandon the Steel Wolf to be a mercenary, Wolf Hunter. In the "Wolf Hunter" novel she switch to a medium, Mongrel, then switch to the Savage Wolf(4th generation timber wolf) which is shown on the video.
i love this great job to all apart of the class
Found this video doing research on MekTek. Awesome!
Coming back after 11 years, still a fun watch.
the CG wasn't terrible, the lighting could have been better so the feet of the mechs didn't stand out when they came down onto the ground, and a couple of parts on the mechs shaking from momentum would have livened up the models. but this was a display piece, not a movie theatre final debut. I get that. Not bad. the ACTING. oh god the script reading xD like nails on a chalk board, i'm sorry, i cannot condone that. I don't think I could do better, but fuck, they read their lines like you read lines in a children's book to class, rather than acting out their lines as live conversation.
I´ve seen this video many times. Congrats to the (former) students
See, if students could do this, why is there not a major Hollywood production company doing a Mechwarrior movie??? Imagine how it would go....
UAC20 is badass.
pretty dam good for a student project.
good job i liked it
amazing wow amazing i with they made this stuff for cinema
is this school really that good cuz im really intrested in it but I dont want to end up waisting my time & money for B.S.
Why dont they make movies like these. BattleTech has such a rich and wonderful universe. It's history spans millenia and yet a good writer can make a good story during any one of the eras in this universe. The technology is here to make these mechs look good. It would be cool if someone made a feature movie about early clan invasion and when all seems lost (Battle of Luthrin) The mercinaries from House Davion come in and shows that when banded together the Inner Sphere can beat the Clans.
Excellent use of music and voice-over.
Darn good job. Just to give us fans something to look at. Thank you.
This is still better than Uwe Boll.
Damn! Great job!
@obliviousfafnir01 You forget the Wolf Hunters aren't clan anymore. Anastasia herself goes out of her way to adopt inner sphere language and mannerisms in order to make herself more than just a clanner.
Definitely would go to the theater for a full length movie based on this
@DroehnIng uummmmm....... this isn't even animation, this is live action.......its good, but your wrong to think it's animated
This was made by a class 4 years ago. Comparing to what we're capable of doing in 2011 isn't fair.
You know, if this was something in theaters, I would be unhappy, but it was a fan-made work, and I have to say it's well-done. Had a big-budget firm picked this up and put it in Hollywood, it would be worse than Dragonball: Evolution (yeah, I went there). So, bravo, guys. If a movie is ever done, it needs to be done by fans, not Hollywood big wigs. Also @born2fly145, it was better than most of the crap coming out of SyFy, as far as the "original movies."
Respect from a fellow mech fan
@PaintingPointman yes it has, The female is Anastasia Kernsky, from Arc-Royal, so she is a former wolf in exile. the year the video take place is 3160-70. Clan wolf has mass migrate tot he border between Steiner and Free world league...think of the Commonwealth finally be sandwich by both wolf. Clan smoke jaguar is not annihilated, but secretly revive by Master Paul. petty much the dark age is nothing but the new 5th succession war.
Not too bad. Better than most of the SciFi channel crap. Hehe.
Clanners speaking with contractions? Never happenned! .............. No, seriously, awesome. It's just too bad we can't convince anyone to make a feature length movie.
@VazzaPrime True, but some clans do not let freebirths hold rank above Star Captian, and others do not let them pass Mechwarrior. Khan Phelan Kell/Ward was an execption. Kerensky does not look like she is old enough to be Solhama, and she is a Galaxy Commander. Has the 32nd Centry changed so much?
Just let hollywood take over and let a big-shot movie director like Roland Emmerich take control of the film. Maybe then fans will be happy.
Nice movie, despict some little animation error or sfx, i's really great for an amateur movie and more than that, a student project! Great Job!
barely 240 pp? it still looks awesome :D
@MrJdog82 not only that, but some times the clanners used contractions, they hate contractions. They view them as vulgar.
Grats on the work done. Personal opinions would suggest make it Classic Battletech, but the graphics were great!
This was awesome! was there any more? Would be an awesome series i think with a little refinement!
WOW KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the 3-D was overall good, not prefect but still good. My only critism would have to be the acting. The IS actors were good (except for the opening battle report), but the clanners were not. The clanners are normally very tense in battle. But they were all very laid back, like they just woke up. They wouldn't be sportting a 10 o'clock shadow either. Summery, keep up the good 3-D, work on your acting and better research your roles. That's the main thing holding you guys back.
I would like to thank the students of the Dave School for a great effort in representing the Battletech Universe. After the earlier critiques, I just know they can make a Film Festival candidate video the next time. Great Job!!!
@WolverinStudio I'm not a real fan of Dark Age because it feels too "rips off pretty much almost every Japanese giant robot anime series that isn't Neon Genesis or Gundam) in setting and "general" plot, I mean it feels like it's a rip off of everything else put into one but then placed in the Battletech Universe with some mech's from the 31st century. Just trust me on this, think about it and you would agree. It also happens to be a part of the Battletech Saga that is the least developed.
But in general there are just so many unpolished things in this from acting all the way though to it's graphics, effects and all sorts of things that just got me irritated. Only things that impress me in this video are the 3D models which mind you are not hard to make, the cockpit which like the 3D models again isn't hard to make and the graphical map display which too isn't hard to make in after effects either.
Some of the actors though, seriously... are just bad, I don't think they have ever done any training at all and are first timers, their body actions, tone of voice and disposition completely misses or doesn't even match with their lines. This is why in the industry they spend thousands of dollars hiring actors, acting is 50% of the method of eliminating disbelief and drawing in the audience.
I can see they went to a lot of effort to try and be cannon, this was in one of the Age of Destruction novels. However one should tell the actors that Wolf Hunters even though they are *not* clan wolf in any sense and are mercs, just like the wolves dragoons they are still clan wolf decent and are trueborn. And trueborns act and behave in a very strong and ambitious fashion as apposed to a audacious and elitist fashion, think Khan from Star Trek rather then Londo Mollari from Babylon 5.
The mechs, vehicles 3D models look way too clean, when texturing keep in mind the environment and the material, chipped paint etc even if it's stainless makes it more real. And there is a general lack of soft lighting shadows, shadows are *hard* to do realistically, especially when using soft lighting which is more realistic as apposed to ray-traced. Some scenes had perfect shadow contrasts but nasty inconsistencies during animation such as shadows just disappearing rather then shrinking.
The noticeable things I noticed that were inconsistent with this video, it's obvious they used a Blue screen, and there is *alot* of blue bleed on some of the actors, this is unfortunate and could of been avoided if they used a green-screen with better lighting set up.
@DroehnIng Often when it comes down to it at the end of the day, doesn't matter how good you are at 3D or After Effects or Final Cut. If your not good at art in general (understand the behavior of light, the colour table, etc) or have training in animation traditionally (claymation, cell-based etc) then your work will not look professional no matter how much time or effort is put into it. And by that it won't look realistic or look to follow a particular style.
@Naenphus, so we are in agreement then? excellent.
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Not bad. Good visuals, has the makings of a series I would like to see. Your Clansmen, with the exception of Kerensky sounded mostly like freeborn so I think your dialogue could have used some more research. I am not a fan of the Dark Age series or MechWarrior, but still this is not bad.
The actor playing the part of Kerensky actually pulls off the part quite well.
Now That is seriously great work. Dave's School hit's it out of the park again.
@gdiforeman In the novel "Call to Arm." she does piloted a modified Ryoko II with Jump jet pod, but switch to a new battlemech when she abandon the Steel Wolf to be a mercenary, Wolf Hunter. In the "Wolf Hunter" novel she switch to a medium, Mongrel, then switch to the Savage Wolf(4th generation timber wolf) which is shown on the video.
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