Closing up shop (here anyway)

Man, It's been a year since I posted anything here. I've had some new videos go up since I posted here last, with more on the way. I've decided to close up this blog and mainly focus on my Youtube page. If you want to keep up on what I release you can go to my Youtube

YouTube

Or follow me on twitter

@CrazedOne1988

What else can I say. It's been fun!

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Noble Team Unlimited

I thought of this video while listening to the Justice League Unlimited intro theme. Six founding members of the justice league, six members of noble team, it just fit! I got some good practice in After Effects with this project, and hope you all enjoy it!

YouTube: Noble Team Unlimited

-CrazedOne1988

VIDEO: Halo Kart 64

This is the next installment of my Nintendo/Halo Crossover series. This time we take a look at how the "Race" gametype looks with a little mario flair.

YouTube: Halo Kart 64

You can download the map used in this video here:
Banshee Boardwalk

-CrazedOne1988

VOTE: HaloFest Machinima Contest

The past week I have been working on a video. I entered it at a machinima contest over at Halo Waypoint. My vid is now up and ready for voting. Do me a solid and vote will ya? Tell your friends and your family! )

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Vote Here!

I havent heard on how non-facebook people view and vote, but hopefully that will change. I'll update this post when more details surface.

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Catch Me If You Can

A few weeks back, i journeyed into Team Snipers with a full party of eight. This is a little montage of attempts at assassinating each other, more specifically me trying to assassinate Avateur, and his ability to evade me (or my ability to fail).

Catch Me If You Can
YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

VIdeo: HaloCraft

I had this idea over spring break, while I was watching This. I mainly did this for some practice with After Effects and Premiere, but also for fun! :)

HaloCraft:

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Halo Showcase

In honor of the 10th anniversary of Halo, I put together a video showcasing one of the greatest game franchises in history.

Special thanks to HBO for the awesome cutscene library that provided all the cutscenes. And of course Bungie for the games!

Halo Showcase

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Spartan Support Unit 254

This one probably should have been out a few months ago, but I took some time getting around to it. But here it is!

Spartan Support Unit 254

YouTube: Link

this video is based on an Article I read over at Dorkly.com. I loved the writing so much, and instantly thought of how it could be portrayed into a video. Big thanks to Dorkly.com. If you love comedy and video games, you should go check it out.

In other news, I have a new Halo/Nintendo mix video coming up. It has been filmed and recorded, just gotta put it through After Effects and cut it together. Can't really give an ETA, as I mainly work on these things when i'm feeling up to it. But it should be out before June (Hopefully)

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Red vs Blue Kinetic Typography

The other day I received a tweet on twitter notifying me of a little contest over at RoosterTeeth.com. The challenge was to make a "Kinetic Typography" video using quotes from Red vs Blue. After 4 days of work, this is what I came up with:

Red vs Blue Kinetic Typography

YouTube: Link

This is my first attempt at one of these vids, and I probably didnt do it in the most efficient way, but I like how it turned out. There were a few other things I could have done, but didnt have the resources to pull it off.

-CrazedOne1988

News: What's next.....

Alright winter break is coming up, with christmas right around the corner. I have "Halo Kart" currently in production, with the video filmed and post production standing by. Unfortunately as I am heading to my parents place for the holidays, I wont have the equipment i need to continue work on it. So Halo Kart will be set aside until the New Year. I've also got a few "shorts" in mind, but those will come around later.

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Fighting with Fairfax

The Spirits of Fire (my video game clan) are hosting a Halo Reach tournament. This is to raise money to help stop a condition known as infantile spasms. I was tasked with creating a promotional video for the tournament. This is what I came up with:

Fighting with Fairfax

YouTube: Link

In the planning process, I also came up with a different version. It ended up not being used, but I liked it so much I decided to keep it as a separate unrelated video:

Halo: Reach WTF BOOM

YouTube: Link

So if your a gamer, play lots of Halo, or just want to help a good cause, click the promo vid link, get the info, and sign up for the tournament!

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Containment Breach

Another film created for a 48 hour film contest, the genre being horror. Unfortunately this one didn't make the deadline, but was fun to make anyway!

"When contact is lost with a high level biological research facility, a team of spartans are sent to investigate the cause and to re-establish contact. But the mission may not be that simple..."

Containment Breach

YouTube:Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: The Rifle in the Rock

There is a legend. A legend of a weapon that held such power, it is said no one man could wield it. But this myth will not stop those brave enough, or greedy enough, from trying.

This is the result of my work over the weekend for the 48 hour machinima contest. Special thanks to GW, DeepCee and Xerone for all the work and acting you provided, and Apollo for the kickass music and sound fx.

The Rifle in the Rock

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Team Slayer

This short story I just thought of while driving home the other day. Filmed it yesterday, edited today. Thanks to the folks over at Hawty McBloggy forums for helping me out with this.

Team Slayer

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: What I'm Made of

As Halo 3's run draws to a close, I decided to put together a montage of some of my best moments in Halo 3. Making a "skill" montage isn't something I normally do, but this isn't even really a skill montage itself. It's more of a highlight reel showcasing some of my better or luckier moments throughout my Halo 3 career. I know the gameplay isn't MLG good or anything, but I'm not an MLG player. Thanks for the years Halo 3, now we welcome in Reach.

What I'm Made of

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

News: Back in Action

I was in Vegas a bit longer than I expected (about 2.5 months longer), but I'm back home and ready to get back on the videos. I also recently got the Adobe Production Premium CS5, which seems to take care of the "glitchyness" that has been in a few of my later videos (using footage that I captured from xbox). There are a few projects I need to wrap up and others I want to start, but in the mean time enjoy this little moment I captured during the Halo: Reach Beta

Falcon Punch

YouTube: Link

Also, 3 weeks till Halo: Reach!

-CrazedOne1988

News: All videos on Hiatus

I am posting this message to inform you all of my current situation. I have 2 video's on the table: HMB 2nd Doubles Torney and HMB: Reach Experience. I have the clips for these ready to go, but there are some bugs that still need working out before I can begin. I want these and future video's to look as good as possible, but an unknown occurrence during exporting is causing the videos to look scrambled and messy at points. So until I can get this problem sorted, I won't be releasing any videos. When we have significant events take place, I will request clips and content, but this content will only be collected and put on hold. I hope I can get this sorted out quickly as I want to continue work on these, but for the time being all highlight and recap vids are being put on hiatus.

At this point, the earliest for me to get this resolved would be in about 2 weeks. It might be earlier, It might be later. Please stand by......

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Halomon

After many months of planning and work, I bring you the next chapter in the Nintendo/Halo mashup videos. Based on the hit nintendo game "Pokemon", our trainer takes on the task to claim the Reach Badge. But is he up to the challenge?

I would like to give a special shout out to those who helped me create this video. Mr. Meyagi and thelightshow for forging the town and gym, and Xerone, Apollo Running, and Halo Bungie Org for supplying the sound fx.

YouTube: Link

-CrazedOne1988

Video: Halo 2 Tribute

For the end of an era, I present this tribute to Halo 2. Using cutscenes from Halo 2 and the soundtrack from the recent Halo Reach multiplayer trailer. I wanted to use multiplayer footage from Halo 2, but it was a bit difficult to come by. Thanks to HBO for supplying the cutscenes and bungie for the track. Thanks for the memories.

Halo 2 Tribute

YouTube: Link

News: Stuff in Progress

I know it's been a while since I have updated here. School has really been breathing down my neck. But, I do have a few videos in progress:

Halomon- Similar to Legend of Halo, this has finished preparatory stages and is currently in production. I had originally hoped to have it released sooner, but there have been delays. But I work on it a bit at a time and hope to have it completed by the end of the month.

Road Trip- The cross country move from Maryland to Nevada is still in progress. I haven't devoted as much time to it as I would like, but hope I can get it done soonish.

Halo 2 Tribute- This idea came to me about a week ago. With Live support for the original xbox being cut off, Halo 2 will practically die with it. (There's still LAN parties and campaign, but how often do people play those?) That is still in the planning stages, but is small enough of a project to be completed quickly.

With those in the works, I have a bit of work to do. Just stay on the line.

-CrazedOne1988