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Author Topic: [Community] RUN HARD 2014 Remake [help wanted!]  (Read 2464 times)

WIP shot showing comparison of old and new


Original video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2OJ_6W5ZKQ

Okay, so for a while now i've been really wanting to remake Run Hard, mainly because not only is it a cool little video, but also because it's practically a classic; i remember going to blockland.us and on the media page watching run hard and jeeo sumo endlessly when i was a kid. Now that it's been 7 years, and a lot has changed, i think we could make a nice looking homage to the original, just for fun

 However, i can't do it alone.
FILMING/EDITING:
This is important. If we're going to make a rebooted blockland video, it oughta look good- real good. I think that, especially now, there are a ton of new players coming onto the scene of blockland movies, which could really make this have some potential

The benefit of this video is that, it's not an incredibly intensive vid- beta city is only about 7,000 bricks, so i think the potential of having multiple cameramen is entirely possible. that might seem a tad overkill for a blockland video, but the more filmers, the more film. If you do want to help film, you need
-A good computer, enough that you can run shaders at high and film with a good framerate (+40)
-Good recording software, full fraps or whatever, it just needs to be able to capture high quality footage without a watermark

I myself used to make incredibly high quality masterpieces, but even so, i am not very adept in using camera events and such, but i'm aiming for a product that is Eksi/Filipe/Blockeye quality, so prior experience is appreciated

EDITING:
This is tricky. It might end up that a filmer will edit, considering the large filesize, but editing is real important, so if it's possible to outsource it to someone who knows a thing or two about sony vegas or premiere, that would be awesome. If anyone does edit, you need to at the least be able to recreate Run Hard with the clips, but knowledge of the software is needed.


ACTORS:

obviously, we're going to need some actors for this production. It's mainly first come first serve, the only specifications are that you can follow directions.
  • Black Guy
  • Cop 1
  • Cop 2
  • Bystander
  • Bankteller
I'm thinking of maybe having some more actors on the streets or in the bank itself, but that's not entirely important

BUILD:
Okay, so in the original video(as far as i can tell), the build is Beta City , but with an added bank build from USSR, which is most likely lost to the ages, so a new bank will have to be built. It's not a huge problem considering it's one building, and there's not too many shots needed for it, but if you really want to contribute a bank that would be good. If so, it should in some ways follow the original stylistically

MUSIC:
If you'll notice, Run Hard is devoid of any music only adding to it's extreme gritty representation of the crimes of blockland
considering there is some music in the credits, i would assume either there was a creative difference or it was stylistic?
in any case, i'm not going for a shot for shot here, so i've been compiling some interesting tunes to use, feel free to suggest your own
Chase music:
GTAV: Agency Heist
Hot Fuzz- Here come the fuzz
Heist music:
RJD2- The Horror
Payday 2- Heist



So that's my proposal. If you want to help, post here or message me. I've got this week off, but i doubt this'll get done that fast, so this is more of a longish term project, though i don't want this to be something that sorta crawls and piddles out like a lot of ambitious ideas. Please give your opinions/ discuss, i'd like to know if you think this could be cool and etc.

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« Last Edit: February 18, 2014, 06:19:11 PM by Camel »



How did the original video cut the mustard in the first place? It's such bad quality, lol.

How did the original video cut the mustard in the first place? It's such bad quality, lol.
cut the mustard?

to me, it's less about the quality and more about the impact, but this is 2007, most people didn't have dxtory back then.

Oh goodness. Run Hard was the first Blockland fan video I ever saw.
I would love to help, I have the next week off. Mainly interested in the acting/building section.

Uh I feel like someone who knows at least a little bit about video production should be running this project :P

Uh I feel like someone who knows at least a little bit about video production should be running this project :P
i'm just putting forth an idea and gathering some people who would like to help- i don't think i need to be a master cinematographer to put forth a blockland video project

I can edit the footage (I have attended a film school for 7 years so I'd say im decent).


I can edit the footage (I have attended a film school for 7 years so I'd say im decent).
cool, i can contact you later

editing is more of a post thing, so i can't say much about it right now, but it's gonna be important

I can act and edit, my filming quality isn't too good.

awesome

looking over the video, it seems that USSR made some additions to beta city, so right now i'm just adding in some other buildings for the map. i'll post pics later

I think the pace of the video should be better in the remake, since the first one is pretty flat in terms of that. wouldn't hurt to change some camera angles up to add some tension and make it flow more natural, instead of going for a shot for shot remake. I'd also say that the environment surrounding beta city should be some nice terrain surrounding it, seeing as we dont have the bedroom walls anymore.

I think the pace of the video should be better in the remake, since the first one is pretty flat in terms of that. wouldn't hurt to change some camera angles up to add some tension and make it flow more natural, instead of going for a shot for shot remake. I'd also say that the environment surrounding beta city should be some nice terrain surrounding it, seeing as we dont have the bedroom walls anymore.
yeah, i think that there are two solutions to the slowpacing

A: add in some additional scenes
B: shorten the video a lot