So I'm Trying To Do A Video In Zero Punctuation's Style...
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If you're concerned about it not looking right, one major mistake people make is not having clean animation, the images are chaotic, but cleanly (not referring to subject matter) drawn and logical.
But the biggest problem, the reason that no one has yet to pull it off, but him, is the voice. You have to sound right and most people come off as whiny and annoying. Don't bother making the images, unless you can get your voice to sound right. He sounds clever and authoritative; you too must convey that.
But the biggest problem, the reason that no one has yet to pull it off, but him, is the voice. You have to sound right and most people come off as whiny and annoying. Don't bother making the images, unless you can get your voice to sound right. He sounds clever and authoritative; you too must convey that.
If your goal is to show how comics can be presented like animation in a minimalist way, don't rip Yahtzee off. Why?
1. It will be lame, as it always is whenever someone tries to emulate his style
2. Being original is way, way, WAY more fun
3. Yahtzee isn't the best example of what you're trying to demonstrate anyway
Why not grab this opportunity to do something truly creative and uniquely your own?
1. It will be lame, as it always is whenever someone tries to emulate his style
2. Being original is way, way, WAY more fun
3. Yahtzee isn't the best example of what you're trying to demonstrate anyway
Why not grab this opportunity to do something truly creative and uniquely your own?
It seems most people didn't read the OP, Here's how I'd do it.
Write and record yourself first, plan out what scenes you want and where you want them.
Get a free Image editor like GIMP [http://www.gimp.org/] or inkscape [http://www.inkscape.org/] (inkscape might be difficult to get into) and setup a project. Design each character or prop with several layers so you don't have to redraw it every time you make a new frame. Export all shots in order to a folder. Line it up in WMM, and export.
Effects like color inversions and what not can be done either in program, or WMM I believe.
Write and record yourself first, plan out what scenes you want and where you want them.
Get a free Image editor like GIMP [http://www.gimp.org/] or inkscape [http://www.inkscape.org/] (inkscape might be difficult to get into) and setup a project. Design each character or prop with several layers so you don't have to redraw it every time you make a new frame. Export all shots in order to a folder. Line it up in WMM, and export.
Effects like color inversions and what not can be done either in program, or WMM I believe.
Imitiation is the sincerest form of flattery..KneeLord said:
In terms of content, KneeLord's right. Make sure you script everything before you even try to emulate the style. At base value, ZP is photoshop and simple geometry. Not to insult Yahtzee, but most idiots can make pretty, aesthetically pleasing, politically incorrect shapes. Get your script nailed before move on, because even if you replicate the images successfully, without up to par writing, you will be staked and burned.
Will someone stop and actually read the OP - he's not asking "should I use Yahtzee's style" - hes wondering how he should go about creating still images and discussing what they represent over them - he didn't mention the animation, the voice or whether he should proceed.
DO NOT DO THIS all the copies like "no punctuation" "some punctuation" etc. are just terrible so do us all a favor and don't try it.
If you have already done this you should be sent to a asylum of sorts where they beat you with dead pig corpses.
But if that won't stop you Yahtzee himself says he uses windows movie maker or something like that.
If you have already done this you should be sent to a asylum of sorts where they beat you with dead pig corpses.
But if that won't stop you Yahtzee himself says he uses windows movie maker or something like that.
ExistentialCrisis said:
Windows Movie Maker defaults to 5 seconds on the timeline if you use a jpg and import it. I hope the picture shows what you need to know. Also, photoshop is fairly easy to use for image editing and if it isn't.. use this great photoshop tutorial website. [http://www.photoshoplab.com/photoshop-tool-basics.html]
