Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Oh Halo, you silly little drug


Halo 4
Ever since Halo 2, the multiplayer has had my attention. The addictive game play and bright color scheme always out-shown the rest. When 343 Studios took over rights for the Halo series, shit got real! The game was revamped and the multiplayer got due changes made that surpassed my expectations. With my Hauppauge at the ready, I set my sights on Halo once again. With the game being fast and explosive, I thought that music would be best to add to the videos. Halo 4 runs at a smooth 60, and works beautifully with MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video format. The only concern with my videos was the music. I always start with the song first and get inspired from there.  I chose to focus on the kill shots for my first video. After every edit I quickly learned that Halo would be a fickle-bitch but honestly more rewarding. "The Prelude Birthday and the End of Black November" was just to get my feet wet. I learned not to have long clips or long videos. At 10 mins this is the longest Halo 4 video I will ever make. Much of the syncs were off and there is actually three songs. Prelude 12/21 - A.F.I. / Birthday and the Black November (original mix) - Borgore / The End - My Chemical Romance. Yeah that is a lot of music. The compression rate and upload time was not kind to me on this one. I figured out a better format later that saved me valuable space.


You got to love a T-Bag ending!