Octopus by Jonathan Coulton - WoW Machinima by Sabaska

Scavenging creatures from below the surface are granted the ability to fly by their master, only to realize that the master himself is in great peril!

Note: This music is 'Octopus' by Jonothan Coulton, and is under the Creative Commons license, which means that I am allowed to use this music in any publishing acts with the exception that I give credit to the makers - Thanks Mr. Coulton!

EDIT - Copied from http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/wow-moviewatch-octopus-by-jonathan-coulton

Just for the people who don't understand my idea:
Rather than creating a usual, straightforward video 100% related to the music, I chose to add my own creativity and inspirations to the machinima aswell, for most of you this will be very unusual and you probably wouldn't understand the plot I was trying to create.

Basically, the singer (the blood elf was chosen as he fitted the 'singer' role well, I mean, most of his animations could work greatly with the plot) is the master, who had given the deadly octopuses the ability to fly. He then starts playing god, commanding his creations to attack civilians. But he begins to lose power over his creation as they see they don't need him anymore. This is projected by the way he is looking at his reflection (as a sort of "what have i done!") and the monsters dismiss themselves from their master.

The master then resigns to entertain the world as a 'enjoy your last moments' or maybe an apology for what he had unleashed, but in a sudden assassination, the octopuses murder their leader. The video ends with the master staring into the eyes of his killer!


After 4 months of casual work, the 3 minute music video has finished!
To the help of the EchelonedWoW private servers in which I have taken backgrounds from, and the WoW Machinima Tool made by Mads Lund (visit his channel, Malu05a), and also some encouragement and advice from the #machinima channel in Quakenet, I managed to accomplish this broad video in which I used many stunning effects!

Horray! I wont have to worry about this music video and finally get on with my life (and also some more, story based, machinimas)!

The tools I used are:
Sony Vegas 9 Pro - The main video compositor
WoW - Obviously I had to work ingame to get all of the background footage (I used the CameraPlus addon which comes in handy)
WoW Machinima Tool - A tool dedicated for machinimators, does alot of useful work that saves a heck lot of time
WoW Model Viewer - The glory of it all, the place where you can model a character, make it do emotions, and other things you wouldn't see it do in-game.
Fraps - My video recorder, works like a charm!
And thats all! Sadly as I didn't have alot of experience with After effects (CS3) I just did this all in Vegas, and the outcome wasn't that bad!

Now I want your feedback! I want to know what you thought of this machinima, dont bother with the star ratings as it doesnt tell much, but comments, speech, text, is the stuff that I enjoy reading! So go ahead, give me a few tips on what to do next, tell me a few things you liked about this video, and express your opinions freely (with the exception that it doesnt abuse or cause offense, ofcourse!).

Also, if you want to know how I did something in the video, like one of the effects, then feel free to ask in the comments section, make sure that you include the time it was in, and be specific on the effect it was! I will always read comments, and 99% of the time, I will answer them!

Thanks for watching/reading!
Sabaska

Oh, and if you want more machinima, do subscribe! Im planning on a whole storyline adventure if I have time!

P.S, Join the #machinima IRC on the Quakenet server if you want to directly talk with advanced machinimators and also have a lot of fun!

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[runescapeitachi]

you keep saying you screwd up but i know i could never do this... great editing!

[SabaskaTheNoob]

@runescapeitachi Thanks dude that means alot to meh :D

[runescapeitachi]

beutiful vid i like the song and a little softer than what lvl80 etc. usually play. but a BE is perfect for singing this

[SabaskaTheNoob]

@runescapeitachi Cool, I usually dont like those over-the-top rock videos with the camera just on the lvl80, i experimented around abit to see what looks more cooler and this was the result! Yeah be is great for singing it, thanks! :)

[ArktiqStorm]

Fantastic, just absolutely fantastic job. 

[Dreadraider96]

MAKE MORE!!!!!!! :D

[lovieplays101]

i love blood elves! awsome vid!

[ZarrionProductions]

Ammagah, lad, you got dem skill ;D

[runescapeitachi]

cool man

[scampman]

Very nice editing! I liked reading the annotations very interesting!