Trial By Fire

[Crazy]

Nitz looks so badass on that chopper

[Aries]

Hey everone, use RADs. Its a cool way to get more speed!

HAIL TO THE OLD ATS with new members...

Yup, and I'll use it when I want to get more speed.

[Flat Face]

rads actually doesnt give you more speed its just a speed boost to like 70% speedi tested it on some ramps

[ImPaKt]

^ Wrong

[Aries]

Quit the RAD's argument here now boys, this topic is about the video.

[Flat Face]

well this vid is simply awsome an um...*cough!*rads doesnt work!*cough!* i reckon a best ats vid yet

[kaneda]

Just making some responses:

The stunts were outstanding as per the usual in an ATS vid, however for an 11 and a half minute vid I would've like to see more stunts (or shorten the vid).

The reason the vid's 11:23 is mainly my fault. There was discussion between Neo and I as to whether there's too much packed in there, but it'll most likely be my last editing job in a crew vid, and I just wanted to try out a swag of ideas that had been put on the backburner, so to speak (giants, gofreeze, etc). In the end it became a case of gladly biting off more than we could chew...and just chewing like mad.

It's a new stunt because he did it without the packer..... (Although I still think thats a tad weak to be honest)

I think that's a bit rough considering your reaction to a similar comment about one of your own submissions. Not trying to start an inter-crewmate war, of course...but our 'no expectations' philoshophy should stand firm . Also, I think his version is better than mine...to navigate that strip after the dropoff is no easy feet...believe me.

P.s, kaneda, What font did you use at the thanks to bit in the credits.

To be honest I can't think of the name...German Garamond, or something along those lines.

Also, I think people may have been a bit disappointed in this vid is because it wasn't all about "Let's RAD, bump or PB too the biggest roof we could find". But bollocks to that, its only in an ATS vid where you'd see such creativity as in this vid. I feel almost as if stunting is just about as high a roof you can reach nowadays, which I hope it isn't.

Amen.

Vice City gets very boring to look at when it's like that and i takes so much of the feeling away from the video, as editors we're supposed to correct the colors, not remove them.

All in all a good video but some of you need to focus more on the stunting that then scripting, 7/10 from me.

I disagree with the first point. Editing shouldn't have rules applied at all. Thinking outside of what's expected should be something that's encouraged. It's much more interesting to dodge people's expectations, rather than simply live up to them.

On the second point...as I mentioned to Feron earlier - the scripting was done by one person, and was wrapped up in under a day. The stunting was done over a much longer period. I think (again) to apply that kind of blanket opinion is a bit short-sighted. Not knocking your honesty, just offering a rebuttal .

Btw kan... where is my bike?

Gah...? I didn't steal it  

and the last portion, i thought it was final fantasy 7 intro.. lol

EDIT: AND SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT MOD WAS THAT, GIANT PLAYERS or SMALLER BUILDINGS??? or whatever was it..

First...I thought it was FFVII too...hehe. Sounds so much like the lead-in to Aries' first scene.
Second...that's actually normal size everything, it's just some greenscreening and masking gags.

hey how did kanada remove the plant for the wally grind? moo mapper im guessing but i wana try it lol

The plant's breakable if you hit it hard enough. To stop it coming back I parked a bike near the small wall on the left. I don't know if you can catch it in the recording though, but it's there. Mooing it out would have been less annoying though - nothing worse than hurtling down the hill toward that planter and NOT having it pop was a nuisance.


To everyone else...thanks for all the feedback. I know some didn't like the song (MOST didn't like the song), but I guess that's the way it goes. Not gonna make any apologies for the use of the black & white mods...because I think it looks spiffy and put more emphasis on the bike and rider. Mention of old stunts and old music...meh. I'm so over that now.

It was a fun, unique and often frustrating vid to be a part of, so I'm happy that I had the opportunity. Props to all the guys who, despite escalating commitments in real life, still managed to submit some great stuff.

[Aries]

You've hurt my feelings now Kaneda!  Nah I get ya, and you know what I meant. Nitzkit's stunt was still good and it made a nice addition to the video, didn't mean to shit on it Nitz

[Heartagram Design]

Cool stunts and editing, i realy liked the outro^^

And firestarter was one of my favorite songs, as i was younger

[jessrocked]

i want that black and white mod..

[PlethZorb]

I think maybe a two part vid or even two seperate vids, would make it easier for the audience to absorb each stunt. lol these are turning out like css vids

[jessrocked]

^ yeah, somewhat agree...

honestly, i couldnt concentrate much on the stunts, i am mostly overwhelmed by the cinematics and effects...

[Dannye]

Hey hey, I finally got to treat myself to this in all its 200mb glory. Very nice, very nice indeed.

(As I said earlier) I am really impressed with how this vid turned out. I am really liking the effect/mood created by the Black 'n White mod (amazing job on that Neo and Nitz), and while I wasn't overly fond of the song to begin with, it is definitely starting to grow on me (thanks to the fantastic editing job by Kan). All the intro and outro stuff was great, and of course I loved the stunts too. Cheers guys.

And thanks to everyone who provided their feedback.

[FIGHTER]

btw where is ZeroX? i like him! (stunts)

[Aries]

He quit stunting, and ATS.

Though if he would have submitted stuff I would've liked it to be in, he's still a good stunter.