PaulMD Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Edited February 13, 2015 by PaulMD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Black and white, subtitles, Wagnerian soundtrack: Big thumbs up. Shakey camera motion-sickness inducing, at the very end "A Bridge To Far" should be "A Bridge Too Far": thumbs sideways/slightly downward. Thanks Paul! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Pretty cool, man. Nice job. Now Ted Turner needs to colorize it. Mord. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Nice video, though you can tell a lot of those films clips were posed reenactments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Black and white, subtitles, Wagnerian soundtrack: Big thumbs up. Shakey camera motion-sickness inducing, at the very end "A Bridge To Far" should be "A Bridge Too Far": thumbs sideways/slightly downward. Thanks Paul! The first version said 'A Bridge Too Fart' so I got off lightly with my spelling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Nice video, though you can tell a lot of those films clips were posed reenactments. And I found the script on the back of a cornflakes packet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Pretty cool, man. Nice job. Now Ted Turner needs to colorize it. Mord. I tried colouring it in myself but my crayons kept breaking on the moniter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1966 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Holst's Mars isn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Excellent job!!! "The Twilight of the Gods" as background in the beginning was a nice touch. Edited February 14, 2015 by Nidan1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Holst's Mars isn't it? Yes. So it is. oddly enough I usually don't like music in a war movie but seeing how powerful it can be in rousing a response in the viewer and engaging them with the story, even in something as low key as this little movie, I can really understand why they do it. I'm not sure what it is I object to in war movies with music. I think maybe it seems like the equivalent of canned laughter in a comedy if that makes sense? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Excellent job!!! "The Twilight of the Gods" as background in the beginning was a nice touch. It is. Thank you for watching. Very gratifying to have a comment left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I really enjoyed this. It is one of the best Combat Mission movies I've seen. I think that Darling Dickie would have loved Combat Mission, no irritating Hollywood agents to deal with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnart Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Very nice Paul. You should post this in the "CMBN Theater" thread too to add it to our movie collection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Watching that I'm wincing as he hasn't split his teams..could be asking for a bog casualty list if ambushed. I never used to split teams and now it's one of the first things I do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball-47 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 For those of you who don't ordinarily hit the "Mods and Scenarios" area of the forums, Paul posted up another gem; "Here Come The Tigers". http://community.battlefront.com/topic/118214-combat-mission-movie-here-come-the-tigers/ I highly suggest hittin' the "watch it on YouTube" link. I'm about to dive into the Market Garden one now. Paul, if you've not done it yet, I agree with Vin that you ought to post the links to these two films in the "CM Theater" thread. And again, my thanks for working these up. They're first rate and VERY enjoyable to watch! Best regards, Odd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 I really enjoyed this. It is one of the best Combat Mission movies I've seen. I think that Darling Dickie would have loved Combat Mission, no irritating Hollywood agents to deal with. Ahhh... Darling Dickie! I like to think he would have had a word with his friend Sir John Mills, to play a cameo roll in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Very nice Paul. You should post this in the "CMBN Theater" thread too to add it to our movie collection. Hmmm... didn't even know there was one. Will have a look in a few minutes. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Watching that I'm wincing as he hasn't split his teams..could be asking for a bog casualty list if ambushed. I never used to split teams and now it's one of the first things I do. I knew it was a mistake not to read the manual. Usually it's the german who split my teams... with gunfire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 For those of you who don't ordinarily hit the "Mods and Scenarios" area of the forums, Paul posted up another gem; "Here Come The Tigers". http://community.battlefront.com/topic/118214-combat-mission-movie-here-come-the-tigers/ I highly suggest hittin' the "watch it on YouTube" link. I'm about to dive into the Market Garden one now. Paul, if you've not done it yet, I agree with Vin that you ought to post the links to these two films in the "CM Theater" thread. And again, my thanks for working these up. They're first rate and VERY enjoyable to watch! Best regards, Odd I'm having a look at doing it now mate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Okay... I surrender....can anyone send me the link to the theatre? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnart Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Okay... I surrender....can anyone send me the link to the theatre? There is one for each CM game in their perspective forum. Here is the CMBN one. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117335-the-cmbn-theater-is-open-post-cinematic-cmbn-vids-here/ Edited February 15, 2015 by Vinnart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnart Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 There is one for each CM game in their perspective forum. Here is the CMBN one. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117335-the-cmbn-theater-is-open-post-cinematic-cmbn-vids-here/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnart Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Opps double post by accident, but can't delete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1966 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yes. So it is. oddly enough I usually don't like music in a war movie but seeing how powerful it can be in rousing a response in the viewer and engaging them with the story, even in something as low key as this little movie, I can really understand why they do it. I'm not sure what it is I object to in war movies with music. I think maybe it seems like the equivalent of canned laughter in a comedy if that makes sense? Yes, use of non-diegetic music in filmmaking is actually a bit controversial to me (no, really). In fact, it was hardly used in early talkies because filmmakers assumed (incorrectly) that an audience wouldn't accept music in a film if they couldn't see where it was coming from. That's partly why there were so many songs in films of that era that you wouldn't expect to have songs in (early Marx Brothers, for example) . I suppose it comes down to what you're trying to achieve. In a way, providing non-diegetic music to a battle scene is, sort of, selling a lie because when a soldier was surrounded by death and destruction he didn't usually hear a 40-piece orchestra while he was witnessing it. He just saw what he saw. Adding music adds all sorts of feelings or emotions that may not actually be there (or perhaps amplifies those that are). But then again, it is now readily accepted as a part of filmmaking so we're just used to it. Like I say, depends what you're trying to achieve: realism or heightened drama. Although in this case you have made rather a good movie (and kept the camera a ground level - funny how many of these films try to look like newsreel with cameras ten-foot off the ground) out of what is, at the end of the day, a computer game. So as it's unlikely to feature any Oscar-winning acting performances, I'd say use of music to add to the drama is pretty legitimate and, dare I say, quite cool. This is a film forum, right? IMDB? Oh... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMD Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 There is one for each CM game in their perspective forum. Here is the CMBN one. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117335-the-cmbn-theater-is-open-post-cinematic-cmbn-vids-here/ Thanks Vinnart. Going there now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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