"It's a Halo Thing" UPDATES

The "It's a Halo Thing" (IAHT) project is getting to be a bit tough.

I crunched the numbers, and it runs exactly 17 minutes and 4 seconds long. Animating process is slowing down due to the current status of my life, pretty fricken busy. Also, I'm like 40% done animating and its already like 10 MB and I'm not planning on lowering the sound or image quality. I have in mind making the big movie into a series. Most likely I'll have a completely put together version of the full movie at my site, and the divided series on Newgorounds or somthing. One of the ideas to divide them up is to split it up to level groups. In other words, evenly dividing it so that each part will run as close as possible (time-wise) as the other. If I were to do that it would end up looking somthing like this:

-IAHT part 1, Halo Levels: (1, 2, and 3)
length: 3 minutes 32 seconds

-IAHT part2, Halo Levels: (4 and 5)
length: 5 minutes 12 seconds

-IAHT part3, Halo Levels: (6, 7, 8, and 9)
length: 4 minutes 18 seconds

-IAHT part4, Halo Level: (10)
length: 4 minutes 36 seconds

That's how the entire series would look, I'm trying to think of the best thing to do. I thought about just submitting it per levels, but i already released the beta which has parts from levels 1 and 2... so it would be kind of lame. Also, I think a few are the levels are just way too short. One of them is between 30 and 40 seconds, that would be quite rediculous to consider dividing it that way. Making it a series would be better off because for the viewer, well, you would get a more consecutive amount of IAHT rather than wait a long time for a big movie. Releasing parts through relatively short periods of time.

If anyone has any idea for another ideas and/or suggestions on this please tell. Also, please let me know what you think about my plan or the idea of splitting it up.

Thanks very much,
-Hans Van Harken

p.s. Download this little making of showcase to see tid bits of what to expect:

http://www.savefile.com/files/994073

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AcidX 2007-08-22 18:12:07

I think.......

That............

THIS IS GONNA BE TEH FUCKEN SEX!

Do it!
You should show the finished thing to Bungie or someone with power ;D

Meebs 2007-08-22 18:13:11

That preview was dank!
yeah that series idea sounds better, even if you managed to give the filesize lipsuction, no one wants to sit in their computer watching a flash movie for 17 minutes...well actually if it was good they would, but STILL, series sounds better.

Yoshi-1up 2007-08-22 19:28:47

0h my gawd... tH1s IZ DA BeST TIHING I EVER STOLED!!!!

Luis 2007-08-22 20:12:17

i hate split movies for the record. splitting it in parts just takes away from the excitement... i can deal with 1 split but 3 or 4 would be brutal.. i imagine youd lose a chunk of your audience by the end of the second one.

HI HANS.

AlmightyHans 2007-08-22 20:12:17

Hm maybe you're right, that's why I really want to think it over. If I do make more than one split I'll try and find the best part to do so, like end in a good satisfying punchline or somthing.

thanks for the consideration.

HEY LUIS

Ghostkiller 2007-08-23 18:48:38

I think doing a 4 part series will be a good idea but try a two part series. Like the Cheif makes a smart ass coment goes through a door a then the credits roll or something. the next part comes out the next week or something. the comment has to be good though. And hey its nice to see the chief get made fun of.

Well that was my opinion anyways. Keep up the work your doing.

Forge-fighter 2007-08-25 06:53:00

to be honest, i ike the 4-way split, it give me something to look forward to, also most people who dont really like that, they could just go to your site and watch the whole thing, and a series would get it more...... prestage, as it were.
anyway, looking forward to actually seening it, no matter the format, im not picky like that =P
also, the fast action and humor are just great, its rare to find that nowdays ^ ^

NintendoFlash 2007-08-27 16:19:56

Sounds good. I like long flashes, it just shows how much effort someone put into a flash. So till the first one comes out, I shall wait.

Dudeinc 2007-08-30 19:13:53

Sounds great

DAMOLITION 2007-08-31 04:31:26

8 1 minute segments would be a bit much. If you do have to split it, why not do it at an appropriate moment? such as two halfs: Before and after flood contact?

dumassstudios 2007-09-02 03:56:19

i think its a great idea,

you should do halo 2 after that

Osuka 2007-09-04 00:38:38

mmm, if you split to much the movie you can loose the power of the movie, i think that would be better to split in only 2 parts, that would make the movies longer and you will get higher scores

sammottershead 2007-09-16 21:22:43

your opinion is very good on making a series instead of actuley making a movie would be good to actuley host them asap, and keep the ng audience in suspence, if you did bring one out once in a while, you will get fans like me, waiting to watch it, like we have all being waiting so long for this to come out in the first place, bring them out now, and leave people waiting for the next episode, like millions of gamers have being waiting for halo 3, (hail halo 3) and in other way it would be convienient too, because newgrounds servers are slow(sorry about that tom)even people with a fast or descent connection speed have to wait 1 minute for a usual 1.4 mb, so its understanding the convienience of the ng fans with crappy connections, but like wise, keep up the good work, il be waiting for this, have being doing for some time now,

ps, i know how annoying and painstaking flash can be, espiecialy with the detail your supplying, so everyone, like we have being waiting for halo 3, we will patiantly wait for this, yours sinceraly sam mottershead

james44445 2007-09-17 09:23:58

I think that it should be in one file. While that would be huge, it would be better than having to load each thing over and over and over again. If someone wanted to watch it, then they should just leave it loading and go do something else. Maybe watch the beta again cause that was just freaking hilarious!!
I love your videos, please finish this one cause its awesome.
kool!
good luck =P

rafattack 2007-10-13 10:41:25

dude, release part one already, i cant wait man!

AwesomeAsHell 2007-10-13 16:58:42

thats a good plan, keep it

super-gerbil 2007-10-26 18:40:04

good luck
make it good pls and by the little beta you uploaded we know it will beeeee
"come on,come on ,you can make it (door closes)haahh i crack myself up!"

DAMOLITION 2007-11-12 09:54:56

Come on do something! i dont mean to sound rude but i absolutely loved the beta and have been waiting forthe complete set for some months now.