Killing Beauty

[Faneca]

Killing Beauty | Beautytage by Fang.HD *New Version* - YouTube

Old Version :
Killing Beauty | Beautytage by Fang.HD *Old Version* - YouTube

A few days ago Fang.HD posted yet another YoutTube video, this time featuring the athmosphere of Killing Floor.
Seeing how many people complain on the graphicl aspect of the game this made me smile and gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling of sitting down by the fire and drinking some hot cofee.

And that is all. Since this is such a good video I think it is worthy of becoming a official trailer for KF (as soon as the copyright stuff is worked out with the song).


Edit : Why do you make such good KF videos Fang :IS2:

 

[C_Gibby]

Great vid! I think it'd be good for TWI to show to a lot of people, but not as a trailer... See, while it DOES show off a game aspect, it's not really making me feel like I actually want to play the game, it doesn't tell me anything about the game in any way. But I like to just look at it. o:

 

[Undedd Jester]

Glad Fang made this really, its hard to appreciate the skill going into the map design when oversized meat grinders and walking air sickness travel bags are trying to chew your face off.


Excellent work Fang, its actually a rather heart warming video really... even when looking at that half devoured corpse on Icebreaker at 1.40

 

[HuNteR-]

As a director myself, I have some other thoughts about the video.

Its not mind blowing, but its not poor either, its average.

Although the shots are great, the angles and the lighting are great, its not something you want to watch for 2 minutes plus.

The music is what helps it flow, but you can't rely on the music alone, and I feel that is what this video is doing, it's some scenic shots with some nice music.

Another issue is the fact that the shots are all static, when your putting together static only shots of one area, you have to think about different camera angles in different locations to give the video that dynamic edge. One scene requires 4+ static exposure shots, a single exposure shot isn't suffice unfortunately.

The way the scenes alternate, you have a light scene followed by a dark scene, then another dark scene back to light scene, there is no structure to the project, start with all the light shots, get some really nice angles, then build to the darker shots, let them gradually change from light to dark.

Its a nice video without a shadow of a doubt, to answer the topic, no it shouldn't be a trailer.

EDIT: He also has his contrast cranked up way to high to make the dark shots work.

Please remember, this is my opinion on the matter and is not fact.

Hunter-

EDIT - lol A dislike for this post, the truth hurts.

 

[zYnthetic]

It's put together well but in an official capacity it needs to be something that can represent the context of the game. It's a nice video for people familiar with the game already but for those that aren't it sends a completely different message.

fun fact: sync & master use is something you're looking for being that you mentioned copyright. That it's currently being disregarded might make pursuing them complicated.

 

[teemu92]

I did not really see any point in this sorry, it is just camera shots of the maps but nice try anyway.

 

[horzineplumpudding]

I find it's more a collection of nice pictures than a real video, more like a souvenir. I'll watch it again twenty years later and think "haaaaa, good time". Oh wait, maybe it will be still here heh

 

[Undedd Jester]

I find it's more a collection of nice pictures than a real video, more like a souvenir. I'll watch it again twenty years later and think "haaaaa, good time". Oh wait, maybe it will be still here heh

To be honest it already brings a sad little smile to my face.

I can imagine myself coming back to this video in 20 years after seeing KF fade into distant memory after the gaming world has fallen firmly under the iron booted heel of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare XIII and Team Fortress 2's 25 year anniversary... I will probably just quietly weep into my mousemat.

 

[C_Gibby]

after the gaming world has fallen firmly under the iron booted heel of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare XIII

In other news, MW3 has been on Top Sellers for two days in preorders on steam, but RO2 has been there since its own release day. :IS2:

 

[Fang]

It makes me happy to see you guys like my work!

Anyways, in all honesty... This video is definitely not 'official trailer' material, but I'm sure I could look into making something really nice down the road.

Oh, and Faneca... I decided to remake most of this video, so if you could update it with my latest version, it would be much appreciated!

 

[Blockbot]

if it was made right. it could be like something cozy with nice music and looks kinda neat like that new RO2 trailer with that grandpa guy. and then turn up some real nasty music and pump up your shotgun and see a huge explosion of gore. then go back to that cozy thing and then gore allover. and then 1 could make that cozy place beeing overrunned by specimens and all the dlc guys comes in and try to fight em of from the cozy spot. or something like that. :O

god im blabbering again.


hey nice movie btw ^^ but I do not think its trailer meterial since it's not showing what the game is made of. but if you might let someone try the game and then maybe show them few of these... then maybe like on a gamecon. could be running on a bigscreen in the background or something.

 

[HaTeMe]

Its a very... heart warming video, at least for everyone who appreciates the effort put into the maps to make them look good.

But wether its official trailer material... no. A game trailer should include something that makes you want to buy the game and it should tell you what the game is about, but this vid is just a compilation of maps which - like I said - is well made and all but just not something a trailer needs to be.

 

[HuNteR-]

Killing Beauty | Beautytage by Fang.HD *New Version* - YouTube

I like how you've built upon the last version, how the shots are now grouped from the same scene, giving you different angles of one location, giving you a more indepth look at the environment in that one level.

I would def say that it is moving closer to a trailer style video, the trailer you'd be aiming at from this type of video is a map pack trailer.

New map pack, nice scenic images of all the maps showing the lighting and shadows.

Yes I like the new version, keep up the brilliant work mate.

Hunter-

 

[bogospawn]

Notice the lack of farm and suburbia?

 

[brick_top1982]

This is SOOOOOO GGGGUUUUUHHHDD!!!!!! its NOT BAAAAAHHHDDDDD!!! xD

 

[Blockbot]

if you see close you can see that the tripwire team has gotten better at both detailing and whatever its called. the new abusement park looks so much better then the previous maps. just sad I dont like it ^^

but yeah. dont think that kf farm should be in. since the map is jsut huge and foggy. you are a nasty techowicko guy if u make that map look good

 

[Fang]

but yeah. dont think that kf farm should be in. since the map is jsut huge and foggy. you are a nasty techowicko guy if u make that map look good

The reason I didn't include some maps (like Farm) was because, some just didn't have the lighting and atmosphere I wanted for the video.

 

[Faneca]

I noticed a lack of Bedlam in the newer version.
Fang, I am dissapoint.

Killing Beauty | Beautytage by Fang.HD *New Version* - YouTubethe trailer you'd be aiming at from this type of video is a map pack trailer.

Exactly what I meant when I made this thread.
This looked like a good trailer to show the maps of KF.
A better version, I would say, would feature all maps currently available as stock maps (Core, Grindhouse, Summer, etc.) with it's name and update name (Level Up, Heavy Metal, etc.) and awards it has gotten (Winner of the Grindhouse Mapping Contest,for example) and stating that it was made by TWI or the community.