The Toffees

[Fuzzle Guy]

You saw the trailer for my first film, you never saw even a picture for my second but now you can see the full film, my third movie and first movie I've done with Visual FX. It won II Awards, the awards held on September 17th. I'm not going to say too much because I don't want another thread of mine appearing on Google.

I will answer any questions on how I made the film so fire away.

The Toffees

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* Edit: Please let me know what you think. Oh, and the film isn't really that bad in quality, it's only because it's on the internet.
* Edit 2: If the film isn't working try this link
http://www.gov.im/artscouncil/archive.xml

[Fuzzleman54321]

Nice Fuzzle Guy! I just want to know the basics. What programs and things did you use? How did you think of it? How long did it take?

[Fuzzle Guy]

From Pre Production all the way to Post Production it took 9 months. Writing is always the easy part, you ca nwrite anything down on paper, it's just you have to lookat the script and think "I written something impossable. So I came across the Digital Effects programs at fxhome.com, and bought their reasonable priced FX Packages.

Script written through Microsoft word
Filmed via a Canon Pal MV700
Edited through Pinnacle Studio 9 LE
Visual Effects and Super Imposions: Alam DV2
Chromakeying and Bluring: Chromanator
Main Music: Smart Sound

I got the Idea when my Dad told me about the old Milk Tray Adverts in 60's, 70's and 80's. Most people alive in that time remember them, the laugh the Audience came out with when the Milk Tray reference came on was amazing.

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/commercials...ilktray1978.rm

Hope this answers your questions.

[Rex Tirano]

Fuz-Man, that's fantastic. I love it. *Steals*

- Rexy

[Fuzzle Guy]

Thanks Rexy I'm glad you liked it. The only thing I'm really dissapointed with is the car, as the reflectionon the windscreen makes the background a bit fuzzy (If you watch it again you'll see what I mean).

I had to write to Cadburys to get permission to use the milk Tray music, people often makethe mistake of thinking that they sponsored me. Everything in the movie from the Car to Plane is either mine or borrowed.

[Rex Tirano]

Yeah I did notice the fuzzy background, but it still looks good. Especially [excuse the term] for amateur [sp] work.

But how did you get the moose-thingy [sorry I'm terrible with names, I only watched it this morning.] into the plane? Was it an actual plane cockpit or was it greenscreen with some clever editing?

It would be kickass if cadburys sponsered you though. Imagine all that choc you would get for free. ^_^

- Rexy

[Fuzzle Guy]

Joe Cool the Camel (It's alright, I spent about 2 weeks after I bought him trying to figure out what he was) was inside a 145. My dad the manager of the hangar of our local airport, so I was able to get in the plane and film during the Engineers lunch break, when no one was around exept guys watching and people willing to help. The Plane was not in the air though, outisde the window was all Greenscreen mixed with footage I shot on top of some mountains.

The free chocolate would be great if I wasn't allergic to it I didn't tell them that when I was asking for permission though.

Unfortunately I never got to do my Oddworld Site, it's just several Pages sitting in My webs now. I never got to do it because I feel it is more important to get my Nhoj-Tan Productions site out there. It will be coming out in Feburary/March time, with all the information you could need to know and more.

[Rex Tirano]

Koolness, a Camel. I like how you went from motobike person to camel-puppet. You put early BBCers to shame. And it's great that you got to skank an airoplane! Lucky lad.

I like your greenscreen editingness though, it looks really good. Some of my recent greenscreen stuff looks like I've been sick all over it.

And if you're allergic to choc, y'all know I'm you're biggest fan.

Yeah that's a shame about yo' Oddworld site, but you can always build that up in your spare time as a hobby or when you're procrastinating from schoolwork. Just get your Nhoj-Tan Pro. site up first. [I know this has been asked a million times before, but what does that actually stand for, btw?]

- Rexy

[Slig outlaw]

I liked it to it was funny.

[Fuzzle Guy]

Thanks Slig Outlaw, It's a secret of what that name stands for. I would tell you but everyone else who has worked on my films has kept it a secret even though they didn't want to so it wouldn't be fair if I said what it stood for on the internet for the whole world to see.

On the website there will be a feature "Ask Joe". You can ask him any questions you want and he'll reply when it is updated a month later.

Try Fxhome.com products, they're cheap (Or they were cheap) and the results are stunning. I'm doing a remastered version of The Toffees and I'm cleaning up the mess that the car scene turned out to be. It looks pretty good so far.

[Cullen Heath]

Wooooooooooo! That was exellent!

Thank you for that, I loved watching it. It was great, and we all know that you have spent a long, long time on making it. GREAT!

Congratulations FuzzleGuy

[Havoc]

That was great. Very nicely done. Kudos!

I'm wondering though, that scene in the airplane, was that actualy recorded in a real plane? Cuz it didn't look like cut and paste stuff or anything like that. How'd you manage to record from the cockpit?

[mitsur]

It won't work for me. It just loads, and plays for one second and says 'stopped'. It just does that when I hit play again. what happened?

[Fuzzle Guy]

Thanks for all your very kind comments.

It was recorded in a real cockpit on a real plane, but it was greenscreened out the windows. Outside of the window was me stood at an angle that looked like Joe was flying really low.

The part where the plane was landing is real footage, but I digitally changed the pilots clothes to black, as the back of his head looked like Joe anyway.

Mitsur, I don't have any idea why it isnt working. Are you using explorer of Firefox, try using firefox, but if you already are using firefox, then I'm screwed.

The Remastered version might be on the web soon anyway and you should be able to see that.

[Dancing Steef]

It doesn't work for me either how very annoying


~DS~

[Fuzzle Guy]

http://www.gov.im/artscouncil/archive.xml

Click on The Toffees link in Event Archive (Under Young Filmmaker of Mann ). This will download it as an Mpeg you your computer.