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click here to view my very first cinematic. Please give me comments on how to change it and stuff, there will be a title at the start (fade filter) with the title. Just need to think of a name for the campaign.

Jig...

your cinematic needs tons of work...

1. the camera angles sucked.... you couldnt even see most of the units during the whole cinematic
2. script was horrible... you used the blackest language in the corniest way i hve ever heard..
3. commercial was.....decent. at least the camera was on it!!!!!
4. set a damn sky man... no one wants to see a dark background in the horizon..
5. this is for me personally... i didnt like the whole medieval terminology... are you learning it in history or something??
6. you can come up with better names man... what was is? super duper king? yea...


overall..
improve it man..then repost...
1.25/5

I never thought someone would ever comment on that cin again... I posted it ~4 months ago!

Well, it was my FIRST attempt at something in WE EVER!!!
I had never used WE before for making maps/cinematics except for a simple 32x32 map trying to figure out how to do camera movement.

My skills have increased since then, and I think I could make this cin a lot better if I updated it, but I never went back to it after I posted it ...



Now, to your questions:



1. Yes, I do have some knowledge of Tolkien/LotR. I wanted to do the blindfolding accident but I didn't really know how to do it without it being very boring



2. It's one of my favorite poems too, along with Namárië! What do you mean by 'playing it in the backgorund briefly'? Having a recorded version of it play in the background? Back then, I didn't know how to do custom music. Besides, I don't have a recorded version 8)



3. As I said, it was my first map ever, and I was still experimentating in WE. I discovered the importance of having many different doodads later. But I'm still having trouble with good waterfalls.



4. I agree it could use some height variations! Also, I would like to change the texture on the mountians in the beginning, cause they don't look really rocky... but I didn't know how to do custom tilesets then :ggani: I already had the max number of doodads in the map! I didn't know about NoLimit back then



5. I didn't really mind the clipping. But you're right, it would be better if I changed it!



6. As I've mentioned before, I was a REAL n00b at eveything related to editing Wc3 back then! I didn't know how to skin or model so I just used normal Wc3 units and I thought this one looked fine for Legolas. I've seen some male archer models aorund here, so if I ever make another LotR cin I'll use a male model for Legolas!



Yes, it gave me some new ideas



Not at all! That's why I posted it, to get to know what others would think of it so I'd know what to improve!



Nope, I can't see it...


~ Nuladion

jig, you really gotta change the angles....sheesh

good for first though

EDIT BY INSANITEUS: Don't double post, esspecially not 1 sentence comments with little meat to them.

necromandude try not to spam, um, don't try maybe just DONT!



Nuladion you sould have seen MY skill 4 months ago, they were not nearly as good as yours, I have yet to finish one of my cinimatics :( but I hope to soon... so I fully understand put off and unfinished projects;)

BladeBezerker, your cinimatic is very good for a first, but there are a few things to fix, some of the terran ramps are messed up, this generaly happens when you make angeled ramps, your sounds are out of place, ether everything sould be voice acted or nothing (in my opinoin) it is just stataling to be reading away and then some unit calls out in wav... and were did you get that custom unit I'm sure I've never seen it in my map editor.. also try not to make the camera fly though trees, it bugs me so, I hope that helps

Yeah, I only have unfinished projects lol :ggani:



I believe I read it's the Warden Hero from TFT. But I'm not sure cause I haven't seen the cin yet

Ya, its the Warden. My cin will have voice acting for Furion and Myranda, but that comes last. Its for a campaign im working on.
Which terrain ramps are messed? and how do I fix them? I'm doing an update, just need to post it.

When the warden is on the mountain top there is a ramp that has an edge messed up, like instead of texture you see black.

I just played the map and to tell you the truth its VERY short, also your quest icon does not work, if you get Wc3 Image Extractor II you can find the paths for all icons, and other textures in the war.mpq file hope that helps keep up the good work:D

Hey this is my new cinematic, dont worry it is way way way better then my last cinematic, plz watchj it and tell me what you think it isnt near done yet and i will keep you posted when i get more done... plz give me ur thoughts/praise and critisism! :) and this map is gonna be a saga like thing... any way here it the map d/l and have fun watching...

THIS, was a good cinematic. Although I found four spelling errors and one grammar error, your language was... "white"; and the cameras were used skillfully. 'Twas worth my time. 8.5/10 But I'm a harsh judge. The only thing I'd ever give a 10/10 to is episode 3 of CotN. Nice job Mr. Jig.
Spelling errors:
Corrupt has two "r"s.
...I forget the other three...but I counted throughtout the movie :ggani:
Grammar error:
"I" was lowercase at one point...

Well thank you, b4 i finish i am gonna go through it w/ a dictionary and there is more to come, better review then my last one and precululuar and will were spelled funny my mistake

Hey, this is the updated version of my cinematic tell me what you think i added 2 new parts.. well enjoy the movie...
cuz if ya' guys think it's fine then i am gonna start working on part 2... so please tell me what is bad and if u could plz give it a rating 1-10 10 being best 1 being worst i was just wondering, ok that is it, thanks!
~*Jig*~

umm.. jig... just click on edit for the posts and check the delete box so its not so spammy...(hate to burst your bubble if you were trying to get some more posts..lol)

Mr.Jig, I was very pleased when I watched your newest film, primarily because you didn't use ghetto speech, thank you very much. Also your camera movement was better then your first, and the updated first, I liked the way the raven would fly across the screen in the intro, however there is still LOTS of work to be done. First find someone to check your spelling, it is still pretty bad, you need to avoid using internet lingo like u instead of you (its only a three letter work so it should not be that hard to type out) furthermore you need to have more camera movement when characters speak with different types of angles (an upward looking angle can look pretty cool, just remember to reset the camera when your done or it will get stuck underground) and when the elder counsel member speaks you should have the camera looking at him. The heal SFX was annoying it got old real fast. The trees in your intro had only 2 variations, use the Lordaeron Summer trees or something different, because that forest looked like someone's paper farm. Also give your movie a victory condition, I should not have to use Alt-F4 to get out of your map.

PS I have not DLed the update so some of these might be fixed -LSP-

Hey sweet- I'm a Headhunter!

ok, thanks i'll work on it...