Confessions. [Werner-Lara Video] And a Request =P

[mau3genius]

Hi http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

I had the idea of a video about Werner & Lara, a while ago, and now I could complete it http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
I hope you like it. The video's called Confessions.

>>Confessions. (http://rapidshare.de/files/7584853/Confessions..wmv.html)


Let me see what you think ;)

[ 21. November 2005, 03:22: Message edited by: mau3genius ]

[Tomb Raider Master]

Downloading... http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

[Tomb Raider Master]

Your video is outstanding, mau3genius! http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif You chose the right video clips and very nice song. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif It's touching.

[mau3genius]

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif Thanks TR Master ;)
Glad you like it, http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Originally posted by Tomb Raider Master:
... http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif It's touching.

That's the way I wanted my video to be. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[ 13. November 2005, 20:58: Message edited by: mau3genius ]

[nomedo]

downloading

[mau3genius]

Thankies Nomedo http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

[Winston_the_butler]

REALLY cool. i loved it. That's about as good as user-created videos get. nice job mau3genius!
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-Winston

300th post!!! YAY!

[ 14. November 2005, 22:40: Message edited by: Winston the butler ]

[nomedo]

i didnt have time to post any connemt last night so i do now instead.
its a really good video mau3. the cuts are made in the right places so one dont even notice them. thats the way it should be. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif
at first i didnt like the song, but in the end i learn to like it and that saves it. its very tricky to choose song, cause u dont know what other people feel when they here it, but after watchin it a second time i really like it.
and i think its great that you didnt use and clips from legend. cause those we have, have been used over and over agian by everyone now, so its hard to come up with anything new.
great work mau3genius http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

[mau3genius]

Originally posted by nomedo:

...and I think its great that you didn't use and clips from legend. cause those we have, have been used over and over again by everyone now, so its hard to come up with anything new.
great work mau3genius http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif The way I made my video, I tried to get some "unknown" clips, to make it seem new, and even If I wanted, I wouldn't find an excuse to put Legend clips, because, of course, Confessions. is about Werner-Lara relationship, but there are some few clips already seen, like Lara & Gunderson, as an example...

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif Thank you for the comments Nomedo, and Winston http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Janny]

Great video Mau! http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif Esp that I like Von Croy.

[mau3genius]

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif Glad you liked it J http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

It's strange to find someone who likes Von Croy, after the part he played in TR 4. Still, I don't "like" the character too much, but when I saw him dying in AoD, I was so sad :(

[mau3genius]

Damn it! I want to upload the video to FF and I can't! And it's not my computer, cause I tried to upload others and it works ¬¬ Does anybody has the same freaking problem? ¬¬

[mau3genius]

Finally I could upload Confessions http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
I wont tell the reason why I couldn't cause it is too stupid :D
Well... The new link:

Confessions. (http://files.filefront.com/Confessions/;4359868;;/fileinfo.html)


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[xMyrax]

*wipes tears* LOVELY! *applauses*

[Mona Sax]

Fantastic video! http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

[TheEveningStar]

outstanding! very good work http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[mau3genius]

Thanks Mona,
xMyrax &
TheEveningStar

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif Glad you liked it.

[Spitfire]

EXCELENT, i really liked it, one the song, and 2 mainly the perfect pieces of footage u chose to use. Great vid!

[mau3genius]

Thank you very very much Spitfire ;)
The vid is officially accepted http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
You were the one who first knew I was going to do a Werner-Lara video, if I remember well http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[ 17. November 2005, 04:01: Message edited by: mau3genius ]

[Spitfire]

yeah, from the Confessions thread :D
And i have to say it turned out great :D

[mau3genius]

:D Thanks again :D

[mau3genius]

You may want to use this linkie
>>Confessions. (http://rapidshare.de/files/7584853/Confessions..wmv.html)
Since FileFront has long waiting times again ¬¬

[ 17. November 2005, 19:02: Message edited by: mau3genius ]

[mau3genius]

Can I ask for something? n_n

I want to do a kind of logo, or something for this video. I've tried to do it, but I suck, and I realized I can't change that. Now, I'll better stay with WMM, cause Photoshop is not my thing xD So, May I ask if someone can do a logo? This is specially for experienced guys, as Nomedo, Amlai, Spitfire, Apofiss, etc :D

That's all :D :D http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

[Spitfire]

Well with WMM i dont know even what that is lol, with Photoshop its merely as simple as sketching a design, a button a sword w/e and working with it against a trans background i guess. U can go simple or take notes from tutorials for 3d looking.

[Crafting Lara Croft]

The video: Wonderful!!!

[ 22. November 2005, 18:37: Message edited by: Crafting Lara Croft ]

[mau3genius]

Thank you very much CLC http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif

SpitFire, when I said WMM, I was meaning Windows Movie Maker. The sense of the sentence is the next: I suck with S of STUPID :D in every single Photoshop, so, I better keep with WMM (doing videos) and let someone do Confessions Logo.
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[ 22. November 2005, 22:37: Message edited by: mau3genius ]

[GodOfLight]

wow! that actually brought tears to my eyes! very impressive mau3genius!
damn.. crystal dynamics should see this .it should force them to continue AOD for us. i loved the whole father/daughter relationship between lara and werner. you really did a great job in expressing that here! :D

[mau3genius]

GodOfLight :) Glad you liked my video. I wish CD would see my video. I doubt very much they could continue AoD. But it would give them a message. I hope I didn't sound egocentric.
I'm seing, and I'm very happy for this, that my video capted the emotional part of Werner*Lara relationship, and some people can take it the way I originally made it for.
That tells me I'm not that bad making videos :)

Again, thanks GoL :wve:

[mau3genius]

My first two trial logos :D (If I don't smile, I'll cut my veins, cause these two images suck http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif )

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6070/con13jd.jpg


http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/9918/con26ty.jpg

[GodOfLight]

the quality of the images maybe isn't the best, but they look great i think! especially love the first one ;)

just a tip: if you ever think of maybe re-editing some of your film maybe add a bit from the werner and young lara cutscenes? this way youd add even more to the daughter/father symbolism/relationship your bringing up since young lara looks a lot like a daughter. also, that part started theyre fights with her running out and leaving him behind. the only problem is that cutscense just dont look so good. i guess you could take some of the clips though from chronicles of the ireland fmvs.. there we see young lara in better quailty, and you colud weave thosei mages with fmv images of werner to show how it all started when she was 16 ;) see what you think.

[mau3genius]

Thanks GodOfLight :) Yes, the quality is the worst thing in these images :D . I had to save them as jpeg, because of the large limit in all the imagehosting websites.
About Confessions, I don't know If I'll re-edit it some time, but you have good ideas. But the only problem is that young Lara is a little too ugly :p
I don't know why Core did her like that, but she has a "stupid-teenage" face xD Anyways, I could add some clips of that. There were more ideas I wanted to add to my video, for example, I wanted, as an introduction, show in little attenuated clips, the murder of Werner, with a music box background song, and then, the movie starts. I also wanted to add the dialogue between young Lara and Werner, when both reach the Iris. But, I couldn't find any of those archives ¬¬. I left the video like that, but I think it's ok as it is now, or not? I don't know, I don't want to guide miself only by my own opinion :D

[GodOfLight]

i aggree totally with you that younglara is ugly. she looks sweet i think in-game with the pigtails and everything, but her fmv quality is terrible. her eyes are totallly unproportioned and huge lol. so yeah, i think it's fine to leave it the way you have it ;)

[mau3genius]

Totally agree with you ;) Young Lara looks awesome in game, even her face is pretty, but, in FMVs, just ewch http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Whenever I have the time, maybe I'll do another version of Confessions with some of your advices ;)

[SpongeBob Lover]

the video was awsome and I like the music, you chose a perfect song. I loved it.

[ 27. November 2005, 01:31: Message edited by: SpongeBob Lover ]

[mau3genius]

Thank you SpongeBob Lover ;)
Appreciate it. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif