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Subject: Massive Halo War Machinima (Epic)

Proud director of Black Plasma Studios. Check us out on Youtube!

The 4th of July has come, and War makes its way into the world of YouTube.

War: Attack on Arcadia (Official Trailer)
War: Attack on Arcadia (A Halo 3 Machinima) [Part 1 of 3]
War: Attack on Arcadia (A Halo 3 Machinima) [Part 2 of 3]
War: Attack on Arcadia (A Halo 3 Machinima) [Part 3 of 3]


Zealot (Teaser Trailer)
Zealot (A Halo Reach Machinima)[Part 1 of 2]
Zealot (A Halo Reach Machinima)[Part 2 of 2]


I call it massive, because it took six months and 20 days to complete, consisted for 467 clips, 61 actors, and the combined total footage for the movie is 5 hours 43 minutes and 33 seconds long.

I should also thank everyone on the gallery for being supportive with my trailer.

[Edited on 11.21.2010 9:14 AM PST]

  • 06.27.2010 6:13 PM PDT
Subject: Massive Halo War Machinima Trailer

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Pretty epic, too bad there wasn't a map that looked more like Arcadia. Isolation is the closest, but it has all that flood and forerunner stuff, and is not half as customizable. So yeah, I guess you were stuck to sandbox with that one.

  • 06.27.2010 6:42 PM PDT

GOOD JOB man! That was epic

  • 06.27.2010 10:58 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

I'll admit, I was expecting some generic mediocre montage of a few people killing each other.

How wrong I was...

That was a fantastic trailer, some of the camera angles were brilliant and the action was well made. I love how there was a story to the trailer itself, Spartans trying to get to the evac Hornets but they get blown up.

Very good job, you have my subscription and I'll be watching the machinima when it's out.

EDIT: Oh, and how did you get that Phantom in there? o_0

DOUBLE EDIT: Ah, I see now. Very clever. ;)

[Edited on 06.28.2010 2:57 AM PDT]

  • 06.28.2010 2:51 AM PDT

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Thanks for the subscription, and double thanks for watching!

The final movie is going to be about 29 minutes along, and trust me when I say I utilized some unique new ways of making a machinima.

Now that's it's getting down to crunch time I'm really going to try and finish things up, Part 3 (of 3) still needs another two scenes.

  • 06.28.2010 5:49 AM PDT

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I also subscribed, but had an idea that had to do with Reach. You know how you can have ODST helmets and shoulder pads? That with CQC is pretty close to an actual ODST BDU. So, now you can have actual ODSTs in machinima! Just saying, it would be pretty cool. Maybe another movie?

  • 06.28.2010 5:54 AM PDT

That's just the trailer, I can't wait to see how amazing the full product will be. Great Job!

  • 06.28.2010 6:16 AM PDT

Going to be the best machinima ever.

  • 06.28.2010 9:13 AM PDT

This is going to be pretty amazing. I can't beleive I was able to be a part of this actually. The phantom is flawless, and everything looks perfect.

  • 06.28.2010 11:45 AM PDT

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Idiot can be a hard language to learn, but once you get it down, everything becomes so clear! The whole world will make sense to you.

Insane.

My only gripe: too many Spartans.

You gotta get those ODSTs and Marines in there man. And some more colorful elites. But other than that it has the potential to be the best Machinima I have ever seen.

  • 06.28.2010 12:24 PM PDT

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Insane.

My only gripe: too many Spartans.

You gotta get those ODSTs and Marines in there man. And some more colorful elites. But other than that it has the potential to be the best Machinima I have ever seen.


That's what I thought. It would be easier to do in Reach because of the ability to make your Spartan more closely resemble an ODST, but filming's done, so what can they do?

  • 06.28.2010 12:30 PM PDT

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I didn't want them all to be ODSTs though. So you just have to pretend the mark 5 and 6 are the marines. That's the best I can do really.

About the colors, trust me when I say this is the best I can do.

I will go to elaborate length to explain why there were only two colors, so that cannot be a negative in the movie.
I could have filmed the game in FFA slayer, in which custom colors allow all sorts of colors. In that way, it is impossible to ride the transport hornet side seat, instead you will board the hornet.
I was forced to use team slayer, making each team a forced color. Each team actually will spawn with the correct weapons in the correct place, a very interesting gametype.

  • 06.28.2010 1:14 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

The colours won't bother me, sometimes you just gotta make sacrifices for better quality.

  • 06.28.2010 1:16 PM PDT

I cant remember, partially because I was a Spartan the last couple times we filmed, but did the Elites spawn with the plasma rifles?

  • 06.28.2010 1:19 PM PDT

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It's impossible to spawn with plasma rifles. We had needlers and plasma pistols.

Also: Do you guys think I should submit this to the Bungie Blog?

[Edited on 06.29.2010 6:30 AM PDT]

  • 06.29.2010 6:06 AM PDT

And ... Boom goes the Dynamite.

That was a great trailer. I know that there's only so much that can be done with Halo 3, but you definitely made the most of it. I was particularly impressed with the Banshee segments.

I can't wait until the final cut.

  • 06.29.2010 6:43 AM PDT
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I love the complainers that complain about the complainers complaining.

The least cheesy trailer I have seen thus far. Great job! BTW how did you manage to get a Phantom on Sandbox?

  • 06.29.2010 7:10 AM PDT

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A lot of people have asked about the phantom. =D That was only a segment of it. Here's the whole thing.

War: Attack on Arcadia: Phantom Dropoff Sequence

  • 06.29.2010 7:23 AM PDT

Mike Lowery: [singing] Bad boys, bad boys what ya gonna do? What ya gonna do when we come for you?
[Marcus starts ad-libbing the first verse]
Mike Lowery: Dude, you gotta learn the words.
Marcus Burnett: We usually only do the chorus

WOW!!!!!!

  • 06.30.2010 12:35 AM PDT
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That's an amazing trailer.

  • 06.30.2010 1:27 AM PDT

Long live the Last Refuge!

Great trailer, I just hope your voice actors are just as good.

  • 06.30.2010 4:01 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Definately have this posted to the Bungie Blog, it's a new and innovative machinima that's got massive potential. I'd rather see this than half a dozen montages on the front page.

  • 06.30.2010 4:22 AM PDT

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I don't know about the trailer though...

I don't want 15000 people to watch this, then all be disappointed if I have to delay the release.

I'll definitely post War to the blog.

  • 06.30.2010 1:02 PM PDT

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Dude, I'm sorry, but this is epic. You NEED to post this to the bungie blog, it's so awesome.

  • 06.30.2010 1:06 PM PDT