Announcements

So. Let's get down to business.

First off, school's over and now Summer has begun. This leaves a lot more time (I think and hope) to work. Time to work on ForeTech. ... As long as everybody is willing.

I finally got el Trial Episode! I finished editing it about a week ago. Easy enough. ... Scratch that. It was NOT fun editing it. I hated it. Fully. Alex...? Can we please take more time shooting and recording? If something goes wrong, we shoot it again and again till we get the picture we want. For instance, I remember you going crazy with the camera and looking at random things once I jumped off a ledge that I wasn't supposed to yet. >_<

Anyways. We just need to all voice over it. Piece by piece. Shouldn't be all that hard.

We got a microphone for the computer!! =D No more stupid built in one!

Well just something quick. Only announcements and stuff. =p

-Founder

Alright Then

Well, I am sorry for the lack. Of everything. You see, not much has happened in the ForeTech Lab. No new songs, new scripts, nothing. Just pure nothing. I apologize for that.

I have recently discovered a new game. Monster Hunter Tri. Very good game. But I'll not go in to depth on it. Just simply, it has kept me from doing anything Halo related for the past month or so. But I'm starting Halo again.

I still need to head over to Alex's house and get the Trial Episode on the camera. -.-'

Leatherby's tonight:

Well Alex, Kevin really wants to join. Or at least it sounds like he does. When he dropped Mattie, Hudson, and I off, he started off by saying, "Dude, Connor, what's up with you not inviting me to Halo parties?" He said it friendly and laughed a bit. But I could tell he really wanted in. So I've decided to invite him to the next few Halo parties we do. Then we'll go from there, if we want to pursue it. Who knows, this could be a really good thing. He's really good at Forge. Like, he'll put in hours of work to get one map done (i.e. making a vehicle jump as far as possible using Man Cannons, making a Mongoose Track on Sandpit and making sure there's no possible way to have the Guardian's hit you, etc).

Anyways, just a little rant of things. I'm gonna start working again. Tomorrow. Whether it be music, script, anything.

G'night.

-Founder

Lawl (LOL)

Ha ha ha ha hey, it still got done, nonetheless. But I feel like I'm being branded as the one that will never listen. I highly disagree with that label.

First off... I did not get those impressions of [QUOTE] "Waste of Time" or "Boringassourous" or "When will the teacher shut up?" [/QUOTE] Everyone got to play around with some other person (except you, who went and helped everyone else) down there while I had to sit up on the tower and just watch everything for about 40 minutes... When I killed someone, mostly Ross and Jesse, I was merely getting even. They came and killed me a few times. =/ When I killed you twice, that was purely my fault and on accident. I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to do (due to me having to show people "Carl", I couldn't listen all that well) and the second time was my brain accidentally pressing the right trigger instead of left...

This may have taken an hour to finally do, but we actually got a lot of footage, when you think about it. It was a very progressive hour compared to others. ;)

REMINDER: We have to keep videos under 9 minutes. One minute for the opening and for the credits.

Now onto Hudson... Is it just me, or is he fading away from ForeTech and has been for awhile? I remember talking to him about 3 months ago about everything and he mentioned he would have a hard time doing things considering how busy he is, especially in the summer since he's always gone. My point is, is that... I don't think he should be a main character, like Jesse, you, and me... He might not have the time (or care in the project) to participate as much as we expect him to. I dunno... What do you think on the topic?

As for you only being able to trust Jesse... Ross did surprisingly well. He has mentioned to me many times recently that he hates Halo and most video games altogether. He just needs a little practice.

If you are done with the editing on the game, we'll need to figure out how to get it on camera. I guess we could just record it like how I recorded the Banjo videos. If we do it that way, I'd like to request we do it late one night at a sleepover. My reasons being that the entire house will be quiet and we will [hopefully] have no problems. Then I'll put the video onto the computer, and advance edit the clips to have more effects, scene transitions, etc. I love doing that stuff so it should only take me maybe one or two days to come out with the final video. Sorry, just running through this in my head.

It would be nice if I had LIVE so we could do most of our work over that. *Sight* Oh, woe is me...

Okay. Here's the thing. I've been meaning to tell you this for quite some time, seeing as you're co-director. Recently, I've been writing scripts in some classes (just working on Jesse's and mine intro's. By the way, Jesse has requested to have his intro to appear last). Anyways, some of the people sitting around me, Kolten Cooke especially, have noticed and asked what I'm working on. I obviously answer them, then return to work. About a couple minutes later, they find a way of asking me if they could somehow be in ForeTech. Inside, I'm saying "Nooooo... We have people already asking for that and you don't have a good enough connection with the others, or me for that matter, to get in..." I'm thinking this about most of the people that have talked to me about it. Some we might seriously consider of letting them in. Zach Gills, Mattie, and Andrew mainly. Wow, getting off topic. Anyways, back to what I was saying. All I can say to some of them is "Yeah, I'll try and work on that..." I guess what I'm trying to say is... HOW THE HECK SHOULD WE DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?!?!?! They're annoying now!

I know I don't seem very serious when working, but we can use this to our advantage. If there is one serious person and one not-very-serious person on something, something great can happen. I've noticed this in a lot of things. ;)

I feel like I'm forgetting to talk about some things... Hm... Well if I remember anything, I'll post again later tonight.

Woot Xbox Live!

Short post, I'm just going to say that Xbox Live is tons of fun (although I have yet to get to the forging and epic custom games yet, only matchmaking so far) and is totally worth it, when I thought it would not be.

I need a headset though, so I'm going to use my birthday money and gift cards ^^



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Trial Episode

That's what I calls it. Perhaps everyone else calls it, "Waste of Time" or "Boringassourous" or "When will the teacher shut up?"

That's what I felt like, when I was trying to direct the first episode of ForeTech.

And I gots to say, a moderate portion of that came from Connor.



Since I haven't edited it down yet, I don't know how it's turned out, but I do know how long it took to get there. At least an hour, I know that for a fact.

During my birthday party, I had planned to direct the first ever episode of ForeTech.
I had also planned to have enough of the guys there that were planned to be in the episode, and could do the acting correctly.

However, Hudson was Twistering with some girl, Andrew couldn't come, Connor was... well, being Connor, therefore Jesse was the only one I could trust.

#1 Ross, 1337, Red. He did great. He doesn't get distracted by anything.
#2 Jesse, Spartan, Blue. Also great. He knew exactly what to do.
#3 Connor, Lazer, Green. Hurg. Frequently fired his lazer at the wrong time, killed me and many others frequently, didn't listen when I said listen.
#4 Teagan, Carl, Orange. She did fine considering she didn't really know what to do.
#5 Me, SMG, Brown. I knew what to do, but even I messed up occaisionally.
#6 Marae, Extra, Purple. Same as Teagan.
#7 Shellie, Extra, Gold. Same as Teagan.






I actually felt really well about it, all in all. It was how I imagined it would look.

But it just took a very long time to get there- I could tell Jesse and Ross what to do, they were fine. Connor took a while cause he wasn't listening. I had to personally tell Marae, Shellie, and Teagan -both how to control themselves- and where they had to be set up.

I'm going to say it again.







We need to stop playing around, stop watching other people perform,

and JUST DO IT.

In the past Week...

Wow. Forgot about that last post. Well, it doesn't really matter anymore.

Everyone, things are changing. OvP has changed, or evolved to something more, you could say. The new name... is Foretech. You may not understand the meaning of the name at the moment, but it will make sense.

The plot has also gained shape now. It will also remain hidden from everyone. But that's a no-brainer. Why would you tell everyone your plotline? It wouldn't make much sense.

Alex and I hung out all day today working on Foretech. Seriously, all we did was make progress on it. Except for maybe an hour of just fooling around. ... Fine, I'll be honest. It was like three hours of working and three hours of playing around. Let's review the past week, shall we?

- Developed a plotline

- Changed the name to Foretech

- Made the beginning to a few of the maps

- Decided what Alex's and Connor's (me) armor is going to look like. This means color and armor types. Alex's armor types may change. All he has currently is C.Q.B. and he doesn't seem too fond of it.

- Created a new song

- Gathered lots of ideas for the series

- Started working on creating the new theme song

- Took screenshots for the video while the theme song plays

Well, judging by this, I'd say it's been quite a successful week. Now I just have to continue this working spirit.

So there's just a small update for everyone. I'm now altering the blog and songs (and anything else that may need it) to have the name say Foretech instead of OvP.

Night everyone.

- Founder

Your Response

Why?

Why? Cause it PsMO when people will change the name of something- Anything! Because they don't believe it suits them right then and there.

Changing a story name, or self given title is fine if it reflects who you were then, you are now, and who you will be.

When a person comes up with a name of a story, or a person, or wrote sections of an entry to a blog, or journal, AND THEN they decide to change it afterward cause it doesn't seem right anymore is just plain wrong and bugs me.



It's like going to the library and rewriting a history book.







Of course not! The plot I plan will only be short snippets of tiny conversation at the black part of the fading away of the screen (at least for the first few episodes). You won't be able to decipher or even understand any of it, but it will seamlessly blend in with any plot anyone writes. Trust me.

Oh yes, I remember Teagan's outburst! :D

Hmm. That recording wasn't terrible, but we will want the special effects music of Halo (Firing lasers, etc.) so Mute will not be an option, unfortunately.

My point on Tale of Two and "No chance, Not even close" are referencing the same thing. I was merely stating that this will have to be consistent, steady and slow but sure work. We won't be able to just have random spurts of doing OvP, but plan for all the steps, and etc.

And sure, you have ideas.

But those "ideas" need to translate into 4 or 5 minute episodes, and far more work than they seem.

I still can't hear the music from the regular site so...