pen-pen2002 wrote:Coffee 54 wrote:What intrigues me the most are possiblities offered by in-game footage. These can give the director scene set up and camera control, both of which I'd love to play with.

I find this to be an interesting direction as well, of course it also adds a lot of dificulty in footage preperation.
It doesn't have to be difficulty, but it heavily depends on the game in question. Some games are VERY editing-friendly - in the sense that they offer great scripting, camera, and replay controls. With something like Operation Flashpoint for instance, you can make a music video or even a whole movie without ever leaving the game's (fantastic) mission editor!
Others, however, are not-so-movie-friendly. In my recent case, it was moderately unfriendly; and I find gameplay footage from most console games even more unfriendly.
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And I again absolutely
have to pimp my favorite game video which makes awesome use of the game's great graphics and good camera controls - Kedik's Pacific Fighters video
"Come With Me". I think it's my favorite action video in general, actually
(Couldn't find a working link for it so I just uploaded it to Rapidshare myself. If you want to download it, just click "Free" at bottom of linked page)