Comments for "TF2: Meet the Red Team" Video at VideoSift.com

By qruel

qruel (http://www.videosift.com/member/qruel) — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:25:10 -0700

FUCK that was well done.awesome job...about time this machinima stuff got looking and sounding professional

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:43:39 -0700

A big huge 'MEH' for me.

The whole thing may look kinda slick, and sound pretty good, but that's ENTITELY using in game assets, it's all the in game voices, sounds and graphics as is.

The flow of it all was a bit... eh
The clarity of what each bit was supposed to show was also... meh
This really is a fanboi style thing, assume everyone already knows what you're on about.

Certainly could have benefited from some intro cards for each player at the start of their bit, and perhaps an actual narrative would have been nice also.

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:03:01 -0700

Visually good, but boring plot.

By FNORDcinco

FNORDcinco (http://www.videosift.com/member/FNORDcinco) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:53:59 -0700

Nice reference to Ignus Solis at the end there...

By shuac

shuac (http://www.videosift.com/member/shuac) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:52:25 -0700

Yes, these Machinima productions are getting better but the video description ("better yet, no bad voiceovers") reveals one of it's weaknesses. For these kinds of productions to take the next step, they're going to have to find a way of adding GOOD voiceovers & dialogue, because these are tried and true storytelling tools.

For instance, that bit in the basement where a medic-heavy duo convince the entire Blue team to retreat was weird at best. If you're going to task your audience to suspend that kind of disbelief, then you're going to need more than stock voice commands.

I mean, this is a nice post-production exercise: to be able to arrange and edit all the raw footage in a professional way. THAT part has been deftly handled by advanced software and solid creativity. But I feel more pre-production time (story, plot, acting, pro voice recording, sound mastering, etc.) will reap greater rewards.

By legacy0100

legacy0100 (http://www.videosift.com/member/legacy0100) — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:44 -0700

Bad script but good directing and camera work!!!!!!!!!!

By Kevlar

Kevlar (http://www.videosift.com/member/Kevlar) — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:11:44 -0700

Hi folks,
I think the points above are all extremely well made. At first, (I wrote the video description right after seeing the video for the first time) I was impressed with the creativity required to sculpt entire dialogue sequences around many TF2 voice snippets I haven't yet heard. That element of using game assets (instead of soundalikes or just kids doing bad voiceovers) really kept me in the movie. However, the terrible pacing and stretched sequences definitely took me out of it as well.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:28:58 -0700

This was awesome - thought the heavy would totally go uber in that confrontation though.

I was impressed by how they DIDN'T overplay their hand though.

In a way, it was minimalist *art. *shortfilms too.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:28:59 -0700

Adding video to channels (Art, Shortfilms) - requested by Krupo.