The Core - Halo 3 Machinima - Episode 1 : Awakening

[fatasslanayahoul]

hey is this like the movie core but in halo 3?????

[stupidjeloinc]

One thing the army told me was to BLOW SHIT UP

[shadowodd]

was this captured by a black magic

[FireDragon04]

@shadowodd It was.

[VesHeil]

Dude. Fucking. Awsome.

[FearTheBeans]

Grif and caboose. but not really.

[jstowe96]

fire i know my stuff =] oh and fire do you think i can be part of your machinima crew?

[nart866]

dear fire,

this is not a letter but u should make more ep of the machinima series i see that u have other things to do right now but i just think that this series is very promising epsclly the effect but u dont have to read the whole thing but let me get strait to the point (PLZ MAKE MORE OF THIS) when get the chance answer me back and a stait NO or YES and PLZ PLZ answer back if u could.

[jstowe96]

guys those boxes that came from the hornet they werent really on the hornet he jsut took a vid of the hornets wing flying and then he probably was in forge mode and made the boxes drop and etc.

[FireDragon04]

@jstowe96 You are right, the boxes were added in with After Effects and the dropping...etc was done in forge mode.

[sharpshooter231]

@jstowe96 well no shit

[arrazolaj]

yes how did you stuff under the hornets

(:

[Dougary2112]

bring on more episodes!

[520canon]

i had the code

well why dident you say something

i tryed -.-

[NoobSnoopy]

those secutiry cameras remins me Jurassic park

[Darkdragon560]

:one thing the army told us to do was to blow shit up: lmfao hes fuckin cool

[DeanNickChase]

what is C.G.I.?

[regalreptile612]

whens the next episode comin out?

[Kingcounty11]

its good continue the series and HURRY i like it

[LosTimeProductions]

This is a good video. You should advertise it more!

I found this on accident really.

[Dudlyducky]

this is a good video whens the next one

[Titleification]

lol that looked funny how the yello guy was looking at the sky at the beginning ,, it made him look like he had a short neck or something lol

[MrErt567]

Finally someone that makes serious halo vids :)

[JJO117]

nice vid how do u or wher do u edit and record wat softwhare did u use and how did u do the voices cuz i want to make a halo music thingy thats funny but kinda copy right

[XBOXnerd99]

very very good but the voices are kinda have echo 2 it but 5/5

[minnieskater]

did you create the securety camera effect yourself or did u use a tutorial

[bennobelly]

how did u do all the lights and doors and everything else when u turned on the power

[FireDragon04]

i used after effects.

[questinator123]

0_0 wow im watching this!!!!

[macandfriends]

how did the hornets carry the things? did you use forge or did you glitch the stuff onto them? I've been trying to do that for a while

[iscream565]

you can't get hornets on that map in forge. they used some kind of special effects to do that.

[macandfriends]

ah. I know you can't use hornets on last resort but I didn't know if they did some merge glitch or something

[iscream565]

i know a glitch to do that. it is kind of trick though

[macandfriends]

I have tried to glitch it. I've tried to spawn radio antennas on a hornet and spawn a box that's held up by the antennas... it failed horribly =p

[TheSpartanCannon]

Just good editing.

[FireDragon04]

it was just 'good editing' i used after effects.

[lordgluzman]

@FireDragon04

So when is the new episode?

[HemisphereMachinima]

hey firedragon what made you stop with this series ?

[MasterGame12]

Nicely done.

[Vilunkilol]

(As a video editor) I really liked the camera turning away from the yellow guy at 5:17 - 23 or so. That is a part worth mentioning for the timing was perfect. Good job!

[Derkade1]

lol awsome! i subscribe right now :)

[surfgoat]

Make more!!

[Pieman134Productions]

That was great, I have to say, I wasn't expecting much and boy, was I wrong! Make more dude!

[TheSpartans500]

Awsome man. One of the best Machinimas

[R0KaN]

pretty good, dont move ur heads as much and the music was playing too much. the rest was awsome though.

[Arbiter617]

God I want Adobe After Effects! This was really good. Great job!

[xXBrotherOmarXx]

you know we are serious... make another! please.

[Blazincarbine]

Yeah realy you have to make more! Great intro by the way!

[dragoonhydra132]

Hilarity ensues. Make more.

[betocool]

did u use componet or hdmi cables to record this?

[xXBrotherOmarXx]

come on like everybody else, I want to watch the second one.

[xXBrotherOmarXx]

sweet filming, when is the next coming out?

[Gowler12]

Pretty good you should keep on making them

[nWo85]

tht waz funny, i like my hole, namedem holie haha, u shud def make another episode!

[jamescook2222]

amazing. can't wait for episode 2. you don't need any work.

[SuperBabyStudios]

Magnificently done, the editing was impeccable and the audio suited everything perfectly except the opening but the grenade explosion was mostly due to me playing Halo 3 and being accustom to the noise. It just sounded weird to me, anyway. Disregard anything that may offend you!

[DoubleMoonz]

I named it holey :D

[randompieproductions]

i like my hole named him holey lol

[Jynx8o8]

Doors are fake for all you who thought it was real.nice animation

[olatimer]

lol i named him holey good episode

[LOKItheJUICEboxNINJA]

namedem holie lol that was awesome

[supermouse96]

howed you get the doors to open

[ShadowFrost09]

I wanted to ask but how did you make the voices seems like there coming out of the helmet? I have always been wanting to know, plus what program do you use?

[DarkNep]

In my opinion, the voice characters' voices are a little "Masked out" so you may want to work on that. And on some scenes maybe the "head" of the characters should be moving a little less "Up and Down" because their speech does not suit the way they talk, unless they are agitated.

[SuperBabyStudios]

They ARE wearing helmets so it only makes sense for their voices to be "Masked out".

[xF3ARXSniperX]

these people have a wispring eye lolololo

[F1NJP]

Awesome editing! I don't know how you did that but that's really cool.

[OlgaBoys08]

How did the hornets hold those boxes?

[FireDragon04]

All CGI edits with After effects, not actually real in the game.

[wardex91]

WTF Fire its not fair, how come Brute and you are in a Machinema but i do not see a single caracter called Alex, *Sigh* and i agree with what the people say before, the jokes could be funnier if you kinda lousen the mood and voice them in a proper convo, rather than one person speaking after the other constantly.

[o69snipe69o]

Insert a comma before and after fire. Then, Fit another comma before the word, but. Another comma before the word and voice. One more comma before constantly.

[OlgaBoys08]

Dude! I do that too! I correct people in their spelling and puncuation and shit.

[xiphas7]

You don't really need a comma before constantly.

[wardex91]

Lol ok, English wasn't my strong point, but to be fair half the people don't even attempt to use grammar

[jennaprak]

1000/100 :D asome

[ZJLZack]

i was wondering if i could join this machinima and be in it

[FireDragon04]

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

My favourite part of creating this can be seen at 3:41

Something i imagined in my head from conception that turned out perfect in editing.

Thanks agin.

[SplinterCell37]

My pleasure, hope to see more from you soon!

[Steeveness]

Hi, are you using an HD capture card? I have a HD capture card though it does give me the HD option though, it doesn't go completely fullscreen.

I was wondering if I could help out with your machinima, I could help you capture footage + act etc.

I have a brilliant PC mic and video editing software.

Can you please get back to me through PM on youtube?

Thanks,

Steve

[toonimp]

what was with the huge door?how did u do it

[FireDragon04]

I took a screenshot of the the door from the single player level 'The Storm' and edited it in After Effects to fit into the environment and animate.

[Kuze12]

So far so good, the only problems for me were that most of the jokes did'nt make laugh (probably just me), plus the voices like others have said. Everything else I find to be pretty much perfect from the effects to the camera movement. 5/5.

In my opinion your up there alongside: Kokobear and Genetic Spartan out of the Independent Halo machinimators. (Roosterteeth do'nt count since their a company)

[killerZred]

U mentioned Genetic Spartan? I've played with him and Kameokaclan. Not on my friends list, but they just love to sit it pregame lobbies and talk about machinima.

[SplinterCell37]

Since you've surpassed the lines of average, good and great, I'll adjust constructive feedback accordingly. So far, VERY good. Voice acting needs a tad more practice. I didn't quite understand the need for a transitional fade at 2:00 when the scene carries on straight afterward. And the one at 3:01 was a bit jarring too. Electronic voiceovers need work (or just use MS Sam) and the lighting at 4:18 could have been better with a moving shadow. Needless to say, I loved it! 5/5. Keep improving!

[FireDragon04]

Thanks.

The original edit actually finished at 2:00 and was extended from then, i have a 'pack' of 8-10 people who watch my videos at different periods and they all agreed that that should stay because of the line that was included there. I agree with 3:01 which was because of a filming glitch between shoots, i usually follow the 30-40degree angle change rule between most shots however. 4:18 again i agree with.

Great analysis, thanks.

[brutealmighty]

lol i think u called them matt and philip cos u think we r such gd m8s we should go on an adventure together! :P (btw i am on firedragon's friends list and i know the guy so this isn't a random fan gone a-wall) keep it up m8, let me know when u need me to help.

[FireDragon04]

haha, it was just fitting.

[Archangel990]

Did you ever consider joining Machinima? They will distribute all your sweet vids and make sure a LOT of people see them. This is just too awesome to pass by.

[dranzer608]

if i was this good i wouldnt join machinima, they do have good videos but there are alot of usless n short videos too. best to just sub to FirDragon himself... nice vid BTW 10/5 just for amazing efects :D

[beserksock]

this is really good! congrats on makin a serious machinima that doesn't sound funny or anything

[SpartanEpicon]

Very Good. Continue it please :D

[jtdoepke]

Excellent. Nice to see some FX work that isn't just color correcting. It does need de-interlacing, though.

[SeedOfDaveed]

Amazing quality :)

Storyline seems engaging so far. I like the character of Matt but don't really associate much with Philip, perhaps make his personality show through a bit more.

Also the talking head bob thing is a little too much.

[FireDragon04]

Yea i agree with the comments about the head movement, if i continue the series i will 'tone' it down; along with developing Philip's character.

[b1i1l1l1y]

looks good but, when the guys talk, there heads move up and down a little too much, other than than its really good

[overlordjebus]

Good use of effects, I liked the camera angles.

A few things. Firstly, I don't like the voices, they both sound very similar, and theres barely any emotion. The jokes could be funny but I found them a bit dry, the overall tone seemed a bit too serious for jokes, cut back on the music, it'll lower the tone of the machinima as a whole and make the jokes not seem like just some guy whose annoying.

[FireDragon04]

Thanks for the feedback that's really helpful.

All the voices are done by me, so that's why they sound similar and the dryness is just because I'm 1. not a funny guy and 2. British, lol. But I'll defiantly listen to everything you said there!

[overlordjebus]

The Britishness isn't a problem, I'm british too :P

If you need aditional voices, I'd love to help.

[zeroflame2000]

funny but um...? no fence y didn't you use the effects on the boxes

[OmegaHunter24]

I thought this was serious at first, until the orange guy started talking, lol.

[darkenedauthor]

lolz, thanks for that :D

[catmon007]

Great effects and concept! I'd love to see the next part when it comes out.

Lots of creative uses of objects, and map features.

You could set up some great jokes between the two spartans.

[dranzer608]

pretty good, i look foward to this series :D

[saratogablack]

cool

[Zebedee67]

That was cool

[HALOFAN804]

Second yey

[CombatFailz]

FIRST :D