Odyssey: Episode 3 by Killian

ODYSSEY: EPISODE THREE

"Sins of Blood, Bonds of Honour"

The Odyssey is called to the frontier station of Argus, where they face a challenge and Harper comes face to face with a ghost from the past.

Note: There are a couple of small gfx glitches near the beginning and the sound didn't come out very well (please note that at around 35 minutes, the volume leaps up considerably for some reason, so please be aware).

Do stay tuned after the credits for an additional bonus.

(EDIT: Bonus points to anyone who spots the slightly extended reference to a certain skit video...)

What are people saying?

"Each episode is so epic in scope it takes a lot outa me to watch. Very nice writing. some slick camera work and editing. Great stuff."

"WOW! BRAVO! What a great episode! Killian, cast & crew - you rule the storytelling Universe! 5 stars! and a Standing Ovation! Whoever did the sets - That engineering section was vast and awesome! Again - BRAVO!! What a treat to watch! Thank you!"


"Killian...... today your new name is Quasimoto for you no doubt are locked inside a bell tower and have nothing more to do than to write script after script after script. Hollywoood beckons for you! omg!"

Comedy in 30 Seconds or Less

Can You Make a Comedy in 30 Seconds or Less?

A message from BenTuttle....


I've been thinking of a contest for some time now and this idea came to me. How about a comedy competition, but not just a ordinary comedy competition...a 30 seconds or less competition.

Yes! This is a competition where you have to deliver the punchline in 30 seconds or less.

Some Rules

1) Obviously comedy has to be the genre.
2) It has to be 30 Seconds or Less (Duh)
3) All forms of Machinima are allowed.
4) You can submit as much entries as you wish.
5) All Entries must be in by Friday June 12th 11:59 PM Central Time.
6)Have fun!

Here's something I made, just for ideas.

I will need judges for this, if you are interested, feel free to contact me. As for the prizes, still deciding...

Who wants to take on the challenge?


For more info, click here.

TMU Weekly Top Ten - May 29, 2009

Movies Released Week of May 23-29, 2009

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Moviewood-E! Issue 60 Released

A message from the editor....

Yes, fresh from the oven comes Isssue 60 of Moviewood-E! Magazine. Sorry it's a day late but the web site builder I use was shut down for a while. That, however, does not detract from the heaping steaming batch of entertainment you have in store for you in this month's issue. How about:

*Dulci and Wolf discussing iClone and their radio show while sitting in the same seat!

*The very latest from Moviestorm and Machinima.com!

*An exclusive in-depth interview with D. L. Watson, the genius behind The Grey People!

*An on-going tutorial blog learning how to use the very latest in modding tools!

*Reviews, previews, movies and cartoons and much much more!

It's all available right now at our exclusive website:

Moviewood-E

By the way, that sound you hear when you first go to the site is one of the preview trailers which for some mysterious reason begins playing by itself. Just try to ignore it -- better yet, read my editorial introduction while it's playing -- that way you won't be missing much!

Enjoy yourselves, everybody, and have a good read! And remember, as always, we treasure your feedback -- so tell us what we're doing right, tell us what we're doing wrong, or just tell us how you're feeling today.

Blender Competition - DCMF

A message from the Directors Cut Modding Forum:

OK to celebrate the return of DCMF, we are going to revamp the site, and here's the twist: the team isn't going to do it - YOU ARE. Now listen carefully.

The site is going to have the ability to use animated gif and swf files, which we would like you to decorate for us. We will do this through a competition, no not a movie competition, or a modding competition: a Blender competition.

The categories are

1. particles
2. animated ocean
3. raised shields
4. creating a tyre
5. using curves

We will give you a month to learn the categories of your choice. Don't worry - we will provide a link to a tutorial that will get you started. The rest is up to you

The tutorials will be provided once you the contestants have applied. We will also give you your own thread in our competition forum that no one can see except the team and yourself. This is where you will post weekly updates of :

Week
1. design stage with an 3 images of your design
2. creation update- 2 renders using f12
3. creation update- 3 renders using f12
4. deadline day open to public vote final animation render

This is so that we can follow what you are doing and allow you 2 question each to us for advice during the competition period. During this time the public and other contestants will not be able to see the thread until the deadline day when the comp is open for public voting.

We have 1 set criteria though for the render, and that is 475Lx100H.

The judges (team members) will make 1 final judgement at the end on which of the winning renders goes on our front page.

YOU NOW HAVE 2 WEEKS TO SIGN UP, BY POSTING YOUR NAME here

TheMovies software is not dead!

The INCREDIBLE modding team at DCMF is still working behind the scenes to deliver exceptional content to users of The Movies software, and they aren't done yet!

If you have an old copy of The Movies sitting around or have been curious about using it but wonder what it's limitations are....well, limitations seems to be missing from the DCMF vocabulary.

Just one taste of what they've been working on:



Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing more of what has been made possible by the modding community.

But - The Movies is definitely still alive & kicking.

Winner of the Mefune Akira Trailer Competition

The winner of the
Mefune Akira Trailer Competition
is...






Congratulations Jorge!





Wear them proud!

Thank you again to Dulci, act3scene24, Asaoleary123, BenTuttle90, Allpoint, EthanRunt, TehPoptartKid, Overman, Rik Vargard, Jakechief, Timothy_Richmond_3, FallenThomas, BricksFilms, RavensFan_09, Afro-Dude, Marine101 and Nahton for taking part in this fun project.
I hope you all had a little fun!

Thank you to the panel of secret judges, I know it wasn't easy.

Until next time!

TMU Weekly Top Ten - May 22, 2009

Movies Released Week of May 16-22, 2009

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Mefune Akira Trailer Competition Finalists

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THE
MEFUNE AKIRA TRAILER COMPETITION
FINALISTS

Thank you to Dulci, act3scene24, Asaoleary123, BenTuttle90, Allpoint, EthanRunt, TehPoptartKid, Overman, Rik Vargard, Jakechief, Timothy_Richmond_3, FallenThomas, BricksFilms, RavensFan_09, Afro-Dude, Marine101 and Nahton for taking part in this fun project.

ALL of your entries are very entertaining and believe me when I say picking the final five was very difficult.

You all rock and you all deserve a big round of applause for you trailers.

The winner of the
Mefune Akira Trailer Competition
will be announced
Sunday May 24th

The Expedition by Anima Technica

The Expedition

Father Corrigan disappeared in the jungles of Burma while researching ancient sanskrit texts. The renowned explorer James Cooper and a hero of the Zulu Wars, Captain Powell, embarked on a journey to find Father Corrigan. The expedition takes them from London to the dust and grime of Kolkata and the impenetrable jungles of Burma.

The Expedition by Anima Technica (click to watch in HD) has been released, and was well worth the wait.


"Some unbelievably beautiful establishing shots that shows off the full potential of iClone. Coupled to the fact you have a powerful story and great casting, this movie is a must see.

You are always one who inspires me and you always set the bar for everyone to follow.

Brilliant, fantastic, epic"

Weekly Top 10 - TMUnderground

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The Grey People - Chapter II

Moonlight Pictures has released the much anticipated second chapter to their The Grey People series.


The Grey People - Chapter II Remants of The Past


The Pathopens Project has begun and the world has changed...

Nick Stratum awakens from cryo-sleep to find everything that he knew and loved is gone. He must now survive the harsh environment while searching for any traces of intelligent life. Are there other survivors or is he the last man on earth...

Starring Nathan Allen Pinard, Faires Rivers, and Simone Schleu. Written and Directed by D.L. Watson; adapted from the short story written by Nick Blacketer.


"Terrific work D.L.! Captivating sequel with state of the art visuals, and mods."



"Great work with the use of this engine, mixed with some dedicated use of outside editting to provide a polished look and feel. The story was engrossing and the atmosphere was absorbing."

The Last Close-Up Released by MGMKid1

Imperium International proudly presents part one of "The Last Close-up. Staring Robert Holden, Susan Wayward and Mamie VanVoren. Featuring the voiceacting talents of K4 and JetCityWoman.


Click here to view.

"Beautiful MGM. For a moment there I forgot it was made this year with a computer program and found myself taken back to the days of Cary Grant and Orsen Welles! Tres bien indeed!"


"Whenever I watch an MGMkid movie I always feel like I'm back in the glory days of old hollywood, when the producers ran the town like gangsters and the stars were fodder for their intrigues. And this movie is just more proof, MGM gets it. Watch it, you'll be transported, and isn't that the reason for movies in the first place?"


"Nobody captures the Golden Age of movies like you, and you're at the top of the game in this one - a solid script, great casting (and performances by your cast), beautiful set dressing and ambiance, and a perfect choice of music."

Weekly Top Ten - May 8, 2009

Movies Released Week of May 2-8, 2009

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TMOA Radio Show Downloads - May 3rd

The May 3rd Roger & Ken Show, featuring special guest host theMonk, and guests Steven Dyson, MikeDBoing, Ethan Runt, Ben Tuttle, and Ellie, can be downloaded here.

The Industry 101 Show from the same day, with the entertaining banter & tips from Jase180 and AnotherNewDawn, can be downloaded here.

Rik Vargard's Captain leBorgne Recognized

A huge congratulations to TMU's Rik Vargard on having his movie Captain leBorgne listed as one of the top 10 MMO Machinima Movies of 2008 as rated by IGN.

The machinima was made used Pirates of the Burning Sea, and is a delightful watch!

TMUnderground Weekly Top Ten- 05/01/09

Movies Released Week of April 25 -
May 1, 2009

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JosephKW Talks About The Shadow Over Innsmouth

JosephKW recently released his adapation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

We were able to catch up with Joseph and get his thoughts on the movie.


"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is one of my three favorite Lovecraft tales (the others being "the Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness"). Yet I never before attempted to adapt any of his tales to film since I prefer to write and film my own original stories.

However, last year I created a prequel to "SOI", roughly based upon "SOI"'s background story, but it was still an original tale overall. "Dark Tides of Innsmouth" was well-received, and I decided to make the sequel this year. My goal was to tell these two tales from two opposite points of view.

At the end of "Dark Tides" you see that it is a Deep One who is telling the story to the young lad. In this film the humans were the monsters, and the monsters the humane ones.

Here in "SOI", the tale is told by the grocery boy (an outsider to Innsmouth), and by Zadok Allen, the old man whose father was killed in the battle with the Deep Ones. Thus the story is stilted against the aquatic monsters and in favor of the normal, "untainted" humans.

What mostly sets "SOI" apart from my previous films is the incorporation of extensive outside editing and post production programs. I've been watching other TMU filmmakers crafting their movies with ever more versatile and powerful software, and figured it was time for me to do the same.

My goal was to simply film the movies the way I envision them in my mind when I'm scripting them. "SOI" was the first film which actually closely resembles what I imagined all the scenes should look like.

I knew the major hurdle was to learn the new softwares' in's and out's. "SOI" became the laboratory where I experimented with my newfound techniques. I deliberately designed scenes which would be challenging for me to create, just to see if they were doable. Some worked out well, and others...not so well, but my goal was to probe the limits of the software or, as usually was the case, the limits of my effects skills.

An example of a challenging shot is the opening scene where the bus drives away down the seaside road. It would've been simpler to just have it go straight, and then cut away before it turns. Howevr, I wanted to see if I could animate it to turn, and even start to disappear behind the hill. It took me five nights to complete that shot (including the time it took to add the animated waves, swirling clouds, smoke, and the bus' shadow). That was my first major effects shot for the film, created in November of last year. Looking back now, I know I could improve upon it today, but if I started down that road, this film would've never been completed, and I still think it's darn good as is (by my standards at least).

Another experimental shot was the extreme close up of half the priest's face, as his eye reflects the ocean shore. The camera proceeds to zoom in until the eye fills the frame, revealing a horde of Deep Ones shambling out of the water, then it slowly cross fades to the actual beach scene. Unfortunatly the zoomed-in footage of the shore lost resolution during the zooming process (even though I shot the sequence in hi-definition). So this is an example of a shot which didn't work out as envisioned, and I'll avoid such shots in future projects.

One innovation I tried in "SOI" was not mentioned in any of the film's reviews, so I'm not sure if it was noticed or not. I tried, what I term "dynamic widescreen" shots; throughout the movie I cut between widescreen and full screen shots. I used full screen for the "beauty shots" such as the opening seaside road, and the climax to the chase sequence. I used widescreen shots for dialogue and most other scenes. I hoped, if done properly, this wouldn't be noticed by the viewers, but still have a subtle, subconscious impact on the viewing experience. The final shot mirrors the first shot of the bus driving down the same road. The opening shot is a full screen shot to pull the audience into the action, however at the final shot, this is done as a widescreen shot--to pull the audience back away from the film in preparation for the final end credits.