Well, seeing as the assignment is due tomorrow I won't be taking anymore suggestions and actually using them :P





Yes, this is me playing ^^

Merrell: Link removed. Emulators are fine, ROMs aren't allowed here.

Post has been edited 5 time(s), last time on Apr 21 2010, 5:34 am by Merrell.

You need to name some of the features of the new Zelda game as flash-in flash-out messages. Insert them in between clips of gameplay. And it's a bit too long imo, unless your teacher requires that length. If you can, cut out some of the more boring fight sequences and stuff. Not like I don't enjoy it, but it gets a touch repetitive. As a general rule, don't show the same monster twice.

Great input. Thanks. I'll add in a couple text blips near the beginning half telling about features. I'll see what I can do about shortening the length. Thanks for the good feedback.

And yes, at some points I have 7 or 8 keys (I used ArtMoney )

Anyone else have any input, or want to reiterate a point Imago made?

It's much much much much too long. Take out all the stupid battle scenes that we have all seen before from other youtube clips and keep the good ones in (like the dragon looking thing... red... with a feiry tail and armor that you broke.,... that one was cool). But yeah, shorten it up. When you watch TV, how long does a commercial last? 30 seconds? At the most 1 minute?

Edit: Add in a few words at the end before you re-display the zelda symbol (but make them fancy). Something cliche like: "The adventure is yours for the taking" because all commercials use cliche's now-a-days.

Edit #2: Here are more examples of clips that people want to see, But they must have something before them to make sense:

Here are all the good clips you have that I can see:
@ 1:44-1:50
@ 2:02-2:05
@ 2:26-2:30
@ 3:12-3:15
@ 3:56-4:13

Here is an example of what you can do with them. Edit it with the right fade-outs and correct spelling and some fancy stuff on the text that appears... I'm sure you'll like it.

"An action packed legend, waiting to unfold...."
1:08 - 1:32
"It will dazzle..."
1:44 - 1:50
"Challenge..."
2:02 - 2:05
2:26 - 2:30
"And leave you wanting more"
3:56 - 4:06
"The adventure is yours for the taking"
4:06 - 4:13

Post has been edited 3 time(s), last time on Apr 19 2010, 3:50 am by atto.

I want to stay in the 3-4 minute range. This isn't necessarily a commercial, and past videos for the class ranged from about 2-5 minutes usually. Although, I do agree that it is too long. I'll try to shorten it, I already see a couple clips I can live without altogether.

You need big words that pop up and explain something new then slowly fade away, and shrink, as the screen fades in. Try creating a story line by doing this ( probably the games story-line...). You need EPIC music too. That's just catchy music. Also, possibly try and shorten the video, unless you have to have length time. I would also suggest trying to take out the 1991-1992 and replace it with up-to-date time, it would just seem to make more sense.

Okay I'm currently making some suggested changes.

I'll modify this and the OP with the new version when done. If you have a suggestion, now is the time to post it.

[Edit]Updated OP. I won't be making additional adjustments.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 19 2010, 5:12 am by CecilSunkure.

I looks better than before, but you've got some editing to do. Some of the letters in the fade in screens that you have SHOULD NOT be capitalized. They are in ths middle of a sentence, and therefore they do not need to have their first letter captialized.

Example: "The Quest is Yours for the Taking" should be "The quest is yours for the taking"

It just looks more professional is things are done correctly. Otherwise, good job.

That was actually intentional. Sure it isn't correct in the sense of standard capitalization, but it looks artistically more balanced. Oh well. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

Watched the version that's currently in the OP.

Still too long imo. And what's with the 20-odd seconds of random blackness at the end?

Your flashed messages need to be a touch more urgent-feeling. 'Awesome Storyline' 'Epic Bosses' 'Hundreds of Different Foes' 'Beautiful Cinematics' 'Do you have what it takes?' 'Can you complete the quest?' 'Are you brave enough to challenge evil?' etc.

(IMO) I think it should be, " Acquire the Legendary Master Sword... " ( fade in) Show screen. ( fade out ) " And fight your way through countless enemies," ( no fade in ) Show screen. ( no fade out ) " New Foes" ( no fade in ) Show screen. " And discover,do,find? (something...? ) (Don't show that something)" These also need to be quite fast screens, 3-6 seconds. Which would mean you need a much shorter video.

If you can picture it in your head, I think it'd look sweet and grab peoples attention.

Also... 4 minutes is just too long Perhaps removing the typing in the name thing would take out a bit. (/IMO)

That was a nice video, it did feel like it was too long but its not a big deal since it was fun to watch. I also want to thank you for posting the emulator and roms, they are a really awesome

No problem! Glad someone actually downloaded and tried them