GPL Movies

Happy New Year!

2005-01-01T12:13:00.000Z

Hi everybody. I'd like to take away this little bit of webspace to whish you guys, your friends and family all the best for the upcoming year 2005. Let's all make it good one. You know, lot's of movies and stuff ;-)

Greetings from Holland,
Biek

GPL movies forum

2004-12-15T09:04:00.000Z

I've set up my own GPL/Nascar movies forum since RSC went belly up. Come join the chat over here GPL Movies forum

Movie comp at RSC

2004-12-05T04:13:00.000Z

Some of the GPL/Nascar movie makers have had a little comp for some fun. Movies had to use 'outrageous' music. More details here. Movies comp thread

Jimmibo's movies back online

2004-10-27T01:24:00.000Z

One time master movie maker Jimmibo has come out of hiding to announce his movies are back online. Even though the newest is almost 3 years old, they still hold up well, apart from not having all the new carsets. Totally entertaining and full of action. If your into 'crash' type movies, check them out. Jimmibo's GPL movies

Things in the works...

2004-09-22T11:05:00.000Z

September 22... its been almost a month since Josef released his latest movie, and just a little bit longer since the rest of us have put anything out.

It's the fall and everyone is getting back into the routine of work/school. (or for very few of us, work AND school! ;) ) So we can expect a little drought for the time being.

Had a small chat with Jason this morning; he cought me in my 8:00 am networking class which wasn't all the fun to begin with, (sorry for being half asleep Jason) but he did shed some light as to what some of you guys were working on - which at the moment seems to be nothing specific.

As for myself, im in the planning stages for a new movie, allthough some GPL purists may not be too happy with me: its going to be a NASCAR 2003 season movie.

I've already got some great clips from the offline championship i've been running since the beginning of summer, as well as some online footage as well. i've always been a little iffy on using online footage - mainly because of the warping and hopping effect the other cars have. I've used online clips in some of my other GPL movies, but I play GPL online far less then I do N2003, and when I did my GPL movies, i used the camera to hide some of the warps and hops - this technique works great in GPL because of the layout of the courses - NASCAR on the other hand is a little harder to cope with.

The majority of my footage is from oval racing. Its a little harder to use camera tricks and positions on the track to help alieveate the "online" syndrome. If i had to guess I would say around 1/3 is road racing. That should be more like the GPL movie making that im used to... but this leads me to another small dillema im working on now - How do I make oval racing look entertaining? For the fans in us, thats not a super difficult thing to achieve, but like i've always set out, I want my target audience to be varied. I'll have to work on this some more...

The next thing I have to figure out is music selection. I think I make movies a little differently then the rest. I know a few of you guys use a piece of music as the foundation of your projects. I on the other hand try to focus on a few select clips, then get a piece of music that fits what I want to achieve. By doing things this way I feel that I actually have a bit more freedom in the editing session later on because clips aren't put into positions based on where they "fit" the music, they are placed on where they "fit" my theme.

I usually have an idea of what I would like the intro and the extro to look like. they usually get planned and designed first. after that I find a piece of music that fits, and the middle clips just fall into place. "In a blur" was a perfect example of this method, yet "Name of the Game" and "Born too Slow" were not. both of those were a little more freeformed - which made the results a little more music videoish. Ironic? Maybe, as that was the theme I was trying to create from the beginning...

Ugh, Britney Spears just came on the radio - talk about ruining creativity...

Ok, thats fixed now.

As for the capturing process, I've been experimenting with MSXP and CCM. so far im getting similar results to a GPL movie, which is good. from all the horror stories I've heard about CCM and MSXP in the game i was expecting the worse. only downside i've found so far is the zoom control on CCM - it seems that when you zoom in to far, the ground below you renders farther and farther out. this results in "punching holes" in the polygons the closer they are as i zoom in. Its kind of hard to explain, but anyone of you who've tried CCM in nascar will know exactly what i mean.

Because of this I will have to be very careful with the zoom. Good thing is that I dont use it very often, but I had a great scene setup which required a very high zoom level, and I had polygons popping everywhere... no good. :( I have to work with this some more to get it right. im sure I can find a way around it, but I may need to borrow a third arm... ;)

Forgive the long entry, im just getting some planning down on paper so-to-speak. its also great to share my creative process with everyone. I've never made a movie the same way, so opening the doors to another way always intrests me.

Nothing else that I can really think of right now. Still sitting here planning, and I have a nice intro planned; haven't even touched the ending yet.

Im listening to a few CD's I have to get some creative ideas for music. Since its NASCAR im looking at the rock/bass catagory - maybe something a little harder than im used to, i dont know, but Im open to suggestions like always!

New 1965 Movie,YAOL Season by Joelkton

2004-08-24T06:50:00.000Z

Hi Guys,

Well after pestering you all with questions, I finally finished my first movie. It's based on my league racing. It's not a proper review of the season, but mostly some linked action sequences.

I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions here, you were all very helpful. This forum is invaluable to the first time movie-maker.

In case Lenny Trapp is reading, I gave special thanks in the credits for suggesting the music for the movie. Your lap of Sebring had such great music. When I found out where it was from, I went out and got a copy and really enjoy it.

Well, enough talk. Please download and come back with advice, etc. Now that I'm through with it, there are a hundred things I would do differently, but I'll save those for my next one!

http://www.yaol.us/Movies/Yaol_WC65_Review.wmv

Thanks again,

JPW
aka Josef Paul Ward

New movie from Kinst VonSterga

2004-07-27T06:56:00.000Z

Hi guys,

Kinst VonSterga has released what I think is a very nice movie. Get it here.

Summary:

Featuring some of GPL's finest head-to-head racing online, WTDA recaps Mybroga's Season 9 finalé at historic SPA‘67.

New movie from Barchetta

2004-07-23T08:54:00.000Z

Barchetta has released another high quality video. This time it's full of funky music and his first video with the 65 cars. Grab it here. Download here

OK guys I need some advice

2004-07-15T02:32:00.000Z

I seem to have broken GPL. Either XP SP2 or the new ATI 4.7 drivers won't allow GPL to run anymore. Maybe with the knowledge here and at RSC (when the forums are fixed) I can get it running again. What is happening is I see the splash screen for a split second and then nothing, back to the desktop. Until I get this worked out, Blue Harvest is on hold.

Comet

Brief intro

2004-07-12T05:18:00.000Z

Hi all. It's me Biek ;-) I thought it was appropriate to give you guys a heads-up on who I am and what I'm doing here as I don't suspect anyone knows me or my alter ego Otto Verstear.

I'm a fellow Blogger & GPL driver and came across this GPL Movie Blogger. Now my first impression was 'wow cool, great idea' the one that followed was 'man, they can use a bit of spice on this Blogger'.

So I contacted Jason, explained to him that I'm one of the biggest fans of all GPL movies around and offered my help in making this Blogger look a bit more GPL-ish. He gladly accepted so here I am. As I will only be messing with the way things look, all data will at any time be available to everyone. It may just look a little different from time to time when I try things out.

Please feel free to send me any comments or suggestions you might have at Overstear@gmail.com. Together we'll make it a nice one I'm sure.

I need help :(

2004-07-07T20:20:00.000Z

Hi guys...

So...I have 2 small problems. I've mentioned them already in rsc, but if this is a GPL Movie Blog I think I should make use of it. So the first problem concerns my movie.

Some scenes are extremely stuttering, especially during some slow cam movements. I don't know whether this is normal or not.

Here are my Settings:

Direct Capture 36 fps

Avi Compression:
XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Encoding Mode: 1 Pass - CBR
Bitrate: 8000 kbps

Transcode Settings:
Max Kbps: 2693
Frame Rate: 30 fps
Encoding Passes: ONE
Bitrate Mode: Constant

Gfx Card: Geforce 4 MX 460
P4 2000 Mhz 256 DDR RAM

Next problem deals with my www server. Since the release more than 100 people downloaded my movie. If the traffic rate will rise above 10 gb the server will stop the traffic completely. I won't have any email access til the next month. I will wait and watch cause right now I can't calculate the total downloads. If neccessary I will have to put the movie offline if no one can put it on it's server temporary.

Thx for your help in advance and sorry because of my weak english...I'm an 18 year old school englisch s**** :)

greets
arek

New movie 'Living Legends' by Mr Arek

2004-07-06T11:48:00.000Z

Mr Arek released his first movie. A really nice blend of graceful music and camera work to match. I definite must see.
Download here

Blue Harvest, Something different I think

2004-07-01T13:03:00.000Z

Just wanting to start my entries on the Blog for the movie I am working on. Its slow going, but I will update as I do more and learn more on how to make this one.

Comet

Steven on a BLOG? What's a BLOG anyways?

2004-06-21T15:55:00.000Z

Things are looking good so far. Jason sent me the request an I've added myself to the list. This is really just a test message to see if I can actually post an update and it seems to be working.

Johnny, If I can figure it out, man i know you can! :)

As for the rest of you, get signed up! This actually looks like an interesting way of keeping updated on GPL work that everyone is doing outside the forum.

I feel like some teen girl on AOL... - "L1k3, C1ndy, OMG 1m BL0GG1ng!!!1111oneone"

Let's see if i can do something simple, most likely not.

2004-06-19T12:03:00.000Z

Step 2 in my quest for global domination, see if i can add more people to the posting list for this blog. So far Johhny X wasn't able to, whether that's his fault or mine, i'm not sure. So brilliant me add's myself as another member. How sad am i. Let's see what this button does.........

Johnny X making movie number 2

2004-06-19T07:24:00.000Z

After a superb first crack at making a GPL movie, Johnny X has applied everything he learned during movie #1 to his new movie. Currently untitled, almost 2 mins is complete and looks sensational. Very much like GXTrackers style of movie making but with that Johnny X flair. Lots of fast paced action and supreme synching of the clips to the music will make this movie a 'must watch'. Now we sit and wait :)

GXTrackers new movie

2004-06-19T06:54:00.000Z

Steve 'GXTracker' Wilton has once again made another master piece. Here's what he had to say when he released it.

The movie is based on my "learning process" of the Isle of Man Track by Jim Pearson. Consider this my tribute to such a wonderful track - one that shows off how far GPL can really go in terms of image quality.

The movie is filled with mainly AI driving, but there are online clips as well. One reason I stay away from online clips is that the warp effect really distracts from the goal of my projects IMHO.

Don't expect any fancy special effects, or engaging storyline - you can look at the other movie gurus for that kind of inspiration.

Enjoy, and like always - questions/comments/thoughts/opinions are always welcome.

Get the movie here http://jason.speedgeezers.com/btsgpl.zip