=Ideality Release= (Effects Commentary pg. 5)

[Mrdodobird]

Well. At long last (started when I was 16, now I'm almost 19) Ideality is being released.

I'm hoping that for a fresh audience it's an enjoyable as it was to me back in the beginning.

My thanks to everyone involved (and there are many! So many that I've forgotten quite a few.) Feel free to give yourselves a shoutout!


But why do I post this here? Because all (with two exceptions) of the 3d CG was done in Blender! Yeaho! It's intense.

So yeah, I know it has many faults, I know the audio can be difficult to understand, but it's still the result of 2 years effort, so not all bad.

My 16 year old self would be proud.

The story's cool, if you understand it, I think.

But hey, it's got blimps!

Click to go to download page

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And hey, if you like this, feel free to check out SBFP!

[Yoeri]

No Replies?? Oh well, downloading now, can't wait to see this! (hope it works=/)

[henrymop]

Woah, finally done.

[Yoeri]

watched 8 minutes of it, have to go to bed to.. The computer made stuff is really amazing!! It looks very proffesional, if only the quality of the movie was a bit higher. Gonna see the rest tomorrow

[henrymop]

I liked it, and I was also surprized how you have a very important moral to this story.

EDIT: Now if only movies I had to pay for were this good.

[tumtidum]

Wow! a 40 minutes movie, that's been quite some work I can imagine! I feel the need to give you (and your team) some feedback on this, but I'd rather not take all of it into detail, because that would probably make this reply way too long. I'll just make a short list of positives and negatives in my opinion. Though, let me first mention I did see it from start to end and I've been enjoyed.

Positives
* Mainly good camerawork and compositions. Actually some shots are just eyecandy!
* Edit seems smooth.
* Contains impressive Computer Graphics, models and animations, also well blended at certain sequences with video images!
* Music is ok and suits with what you see.

Negatives
* Overall the acting is quite bad to be honest, specially the voice acting.
* Too many lyrics which say nothing, are not convincing or are too long dreaded (indeed).
* A bit too long, the main cause for this are the lyrics mentioned above.
* Story is funny, though I find it a bit weak and predictable.
* Audio needs work, but you are aware already.

Conclusion
I see a lot of talent (and hard work) on several levels and I am certain you will be able to really impress audiences in the future when you finetune your crafts and keep your mind open to learn and grow! Some suggestions from my side to achieve that are: take acting lessons (workshops), take lessons on how to write a scenario and lyrics, and most important keep making more movies!

[henrymop]

Yeah, I pretty much agree with what tumtidum said. The acting does need work, but anything that's worth a dang takes practice and work.

[Mrdodobird]

Hey, glad you liked it, Henrymop!

Heh, I agree with most of that, Tumtidum, the only part that makes me say, "Hey wait a second!" is when you say, "though I find it a bit weak and predictable."

Weak? That's too generic for me to really get anything from anyways, but predictable? How so? What parts were you able to predict? And if so, I've only really found predictability to be really harmful in a "mystery" type movie. Take romance, Most times you KNOW they're going to end up together, but you watch it to see HOW. You don't walk out going, "That was lame. I knew they were going to end up together the whole time".

Glad you enjoyed the CG and music, though. That music blew my mind. Greg and Wilbert rock

And glad you enjoyed the overall movie, too. As I've said other places, I don't really make these movies to impress anyone, more to entertain. I talked to one guy and he said almost that, "Well, I saw it, and it was really fun to watch, but I wasn't impressed," "Okay!".

Have a good one, thanks again!.

[henrymop]

Well, I saw it, and it was really fun to watch, but I wasn't impressed

If he knew how much work was needed to make even a ten-minute short he would be.

Take romance, Most times you KNOW they're going to end up together, but you watch it to see HOW. You don't walk out going, "That was lame. I knew they were going to end up together the whole time".

Then you really need to watch some non-American movies. The main character doesn't always win.

[Mrdodobird]

Whaugh! Wrote a response and I accidentially deleted it!

Oh, I've seen plenty of non-american movies, and I think they can have their own set of problems But you know what I'm talking about. There are plenty of romance movies where you know they're gonna end up together at the end, but that doesn't ruin it. At least, not for me. Cause it's how it gets there.

I have to try that rock making tip

[Anthony]

I cant download it because of our monthly data cap

Can you post a large version of that still in you first post PLEASE?

[Mrdodobird]

For you, anything.

[Blenderist]

Magnificent movie. A great combination of computer graphycs and real videos.
5 stars from me

He he, "Stunts : US" , "Natural lighting : GOD"

[Claws]

Congratulations on finishing it! downloading now..

[Trichter]

Saw your trailer some time ago that was really good. Glad you finished the movie. Downloading now.

EDIT: Just saw it now and it's awesome. Think I have to watch it later again to get the complete story, but the music, the effects and the jokes in between are totally great.
5 stars from me.

[lindamus]

well done! loved the theme and ideas behind it. Brush it up a bit and make it a portfolio peice.

you did it at the age of 19.... The kids these days!

[Obiwan_C]

Glad to see you finally finished it, downloading now. . .



-Obiwan

[afrosk8er88]

YES!

Dude, I've been watching this thing's progress for the last couple years, And I'ts so awesome to see this movie in completion.

The effects are crazy. Screw the so-called "flaws". I'd like to see someone else your age try this.

As a dude the same age as you, you've inspired me to make some awesome stuff, too. I took a few keys from your work.

I've gotta say, too, that SBFP is a great series. I even added its Myspace to my friend's list. (I'm Adeolu, by the way) You gouys up there in Washington have some skills.

Well, that's all i've gotta say.

Keep up the amazing work, Ian.

[dgebel]

Well, I'm VERY glad to see that its finally here!

Even without considering that it was started when you were 16, you have all done an amazing job. Congratulations to everyone involved.

I still have to finish viewing the whole thing, but so far... the effects have been incredible, the dialog... as un-natural I guess would be the most correct term... as I remembered from the trailer (but I can excuse that), and an unbelievable amount of work.

The mech beast was good, though not a surprise by now, but the airport scene near the begining was fantastic!

The one thing that is very unfortunate, but probably unavoidable, is the low resolution for the download. Having seen the SBFP first, I was disappointed until I realized Id. is over 40 minutes long. Hopefully not letting any cats out of ye olde bags, I noticed on BRB that there were request for a DVD version of SBFP at least - you must have a DVD version of this one planned as well?

[Hippie]

I didn't yet watch the whole of it, so i won't comment about the plot it self. I did how ever skim it through, so I'll comment what I saw.

The CGI looks pretty good in some places, in others it is clearly not as good as the best effects of the film. If you take the film fully for what it clearly is, an amateur film, it is quite impressive.

I have to admit here, that I didn't like the action scenes. They felt a) too Matrix and b) poorly constrcuted. There also was this surprisingly static feel in them, a lack of fluidity.

I'll comment more after I've watched the film fully.