http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69vbSQiogPk
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:) nice vid !!
John
thx
If I was going to a robot show and saw that as an intro i wouldnt bother going..... all you have is a few clips of fighting robots done on a wobbly handycam with no information on what your introducing.
I am sure you can do much better than that with a little time and effort.
i will work on another then :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZL1DsNCLo
is this one anybetter (has more info) :mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnxhHF-705Q
thought i would give it a try
every ones always better then me :mrgreen:
From an audio perspective I think the sound of the robots crashing and bashing the the crowd cheering are very important, especially in promoting Robots.
I believe some of the SFX on Robot Wars were actually post production, it's far more obvious in BattleBots and that Killer Robots thing Discovery did a while back did a much better job than BattleBots but obviously had some heavy post processing going on in the sound.
confused ( so u are saying to add the sound of crashing and bashing and wopperball batting :P
Well I think promo videos should include decent audio, which includes those things. How you go about doing it is up to you. Unless your an experienced sound designer though I would just use the original sound track recorded by the camcorder.
Seriously dated, but generally speaking the BBC has very impressive production quality;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRAd23FSMZs&feature=fvst
roaming robots on at 5:45 on bbc 3
You should've been a teacher with that comment Swanny!!Quote:
Originally Posted by swanaldo
Haha brilliant - damage, aggression and Jeremy Clarkson :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ-27
The voice-over chap sounds seriously bored out of his mind, but I shouldn't diss the advert. I was lucky enough to catch it the week before the first episode aired and tuned in out of mild curiosity. That mild curiosity instantly turned into utter love and excitement and was a pivotal point in making up my mind over what career path to pursue. Sounds a bit corny but it's true 8)
EDIT: Compare that advert to the one for Series 7 after the move to Five. Forgot how absolute rubbish that was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoDqF9eg ... re=related
I remember series promo's going through this phase of having the voice actor sound disinterested. The current phase is to make them all Welsh!
I remember seeing that advert too, and thinking That sounds like the coolest thing I have ever heard!!! must watch!
Oh and Jamie it sort of helped shape my career path, except I became an Audio Engineer.. Close enough!
Well before it, the two things I wanted to be most were a builder or train driver (that was after I realised being a Thunderbird or one of the Power Rangers wasn't really a feasible career path :proud: ) but I'm glad I took the engineering route.
Train driver! I remember that phase..... I swear all kids of the late 80's 90's led the exact same life...
Awesome advert;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSl4eExC ... re=related
Not sure if it'd be possible to mount a remote controlled camera or 2 inside the arena during a battle, would get rid of the glare from the polycarb which would be much better raw footage for an advert. A lot of the footage used there looks like its been taken by someone who just happens to be watching, not an official, but then, there is a reason for that :lol:
You'd only need to mount 4 static camera's inside the arena to get enough decent shots. The chances of them getting damaged seems low, plus if you put them inside Polycarb boxes then they would be safe and you could control the glare.
[quote=k_c_r]Haha brilliant - damage, aggression and Jeremy Clarkson :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ-27:1qljgmh0
The voice-over chap sounds seriously bored out of his mind, but I shouldn't diss the advert. I was lucky enough to catch it the week before the first episode aired and tuned in out of mild curiosity. That mild curiosity instantly turned into utter love and excitement and was a pivotal point in making up my mind over what career path to pursue. Sounds a bit corny but it's true 8)
EDIT: Compare that advert to the one for Series 7 after the move to Five. Forgot how absolute rubbish that was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoDqF9eg ... re=related[/quote:1qljgmh0]
I almost certain that's Norman Lovett aka Holly from Red Dwarf. He normally sounds like that.
[quote=daliad100]I almost certain that's Norman Lovett aka Holly from Red Dwarf. He normally sounds like that.[/quote:6q93c13s]I believe it is and there may be a good reason for that. Robot Wars was the only other program to be internally advertised... during Red Dwarf night, shown on BBC2 in February 1998 to celebrate Red Dwarf's 10th anniversary.Quote:
Originally Posted by k_c_r
I recall the use of Mars (War of the Worlds)theme from the original advert. That must be one of the most taped adverts the BBC ever had.