Wow cool! tnx!

Wuhu!
Im the first one to see it!
Looks great!
Love your work andre!

CHEERS!

Ohh yeah

Badd Ass

wow Andrew gr8 goin. Superb.

Can’t wait to delve into The Meteor. I’ve been following Soli-Terror for some time now.

Awsome job mr. Kramer! You possess trur artistery, not only in vfx but also in editing and sound and music.
So my question is: where do you get your music and sound from?

Thank you!

Totally stoked!

it doesnt work lol (i am siruius)

Finally! My day is looking better!

Awesome, Thank you very much!!!

great! thanks andrew

Wow, that must have been a heck load of traffic.

Amazing ! Thanks VideoCopilot !

Thanks!

Wow…..
Amazing !

great . Will check it out , site has slowed down but I think it’ll be alright soon .

AWSOME!
didn’t even watch it yet!!!

good job on the speedy fix of the problem!

im sooo excited, i think im not the only one

Now it works!

hang on guys… We’re distributing the info. Too many people. -we’re going to need a bigger boat.

I dont have the right codec. i’m guessing? All it shows is green, but I hear audio. help!

..juju…i cant wait..andrew..

very cool! worth the wait!

You need a newer version of quickTime from apple.com

We’re still getting sorted…

I just peed myself. I love the music/3D tracking, woohoo!

Woah! that’s awesome!!! Really excited to learn how to track the hole!(sorry for spoiler but it is obvious for a meteor when it hits) I usually can’t get tracking to work in AE although i know for that you used boujou. Hope you get the site fixed up soon so others can see it.

Andrew Kramer just surprise us with his work.and he is very good at it.very good work Andrew.youre awesome.

I almost can’t believe that there comes a tutorial ….this is realy realy HOT!!

Dude..that was 82 seconds of AWESOME !! Good job you guys…and total props to your cat ; )

=)

Thanks Andrew! You guys rock! Keep up the awsome work!

eeuh did i say already that it is really really HOT! pff i need a beer. Can’t handle it anymore

Love it. Sorry i confess i was one of the people updating my browser every second. i was part of the problem. but now ill be part of the solution.

Great great vfx. Now i REALLY REALLY cant wait for the tutorial of my life. im especially interested in the metoer crater on the ground and the 3d tracking part. I bought synth eyes just for this reason. I Cant wait. Thank u andrew for making life exciting!

My thoughts: The first effect where it comes crashing down in my opinion looked horrible, i thought it looked very fake and it really disappointed me, but when Tino is walking around the simmering crater in the ground that looked amazing! I was really expecting more from this, but just knowing the basic pipeline from 3d tracking software to a 3d application and how to set up a match move system is great so thanks for putting all this work in and making it free.

man finally i can acsess the site! its been offline for a few hours for me

gonna go watch it

Haha awesome its like watching 1/3 of the stoogies :p

That movie made me do movements and make noises I’ve never done before.
I’ve got a commercial to make and this effect is just what I need!
Will the tutorials be out before the end of the month?

AMAZING! ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE MADE ME A PROUD MAN!

Cannot wait for the tutorials, im actually on the edge of my seat!

Hi Andrew,

congratulations on this great movie.
Cheers,

Thorsten

very very funny !

And the VFX… The totorials will be greaaaaat

Create a story arround the special effect is more funny

PS : The end credits… one of the most popular game (for old people)

Andrew, that’s awesome! Definitely worth the wait.
I very looking forward your new tutorials!

Well maybe an hour and half… We just got slammed!

awesome, I was just like hmm, why wont vcopilot load? and then I was like OH, they’re putting it up! awesome! Now I can finally get some sleep and shut Safari off.

Wow..:O:O..that’s beautiful

Really cool guys. These are actually my favorite kinds of movies, super shorts packed with cool stuff.

also, what plug-in and what type is the blue lens flare. i love it!

when you say the tutorials are coming soon do you mean days or weeks? just wondering no rush

problem fixed Ak, I had the latest, but it would seem I had to go to control panel, display, settings, advanced, troubleshoot, and set the Set Hardware Acceleration Slider to the middle, disabling all DirectDraw and Direct 3D accelerations. Awesome film, should’ve stuck with the great name. Soli-terror. Where do you come up with this great stuff! haha

Wow very talented cat Andrew! Give that animal an extra bowl of cat nip tonight

wubwub Videocopilot !

a question, did u use tracking for the glasses reflection? :p

The awesome quality surprised me a lot. Like the scene when you can see the cards….simply awesome!!!!! Please tell us about how to get that great film-look. I guess you all know what i mean. Is it comparable with any of the Pesets you can find on the Film Magic Pro DVD. Please Please Please tell me/us about how it works. (sorry for my bad english..I am from germany) By the way why dont you answer to e-mails we send to info@videocopilot.com?????? We all know you got a lot to do but some in the comments said they dont get ann answer(including me) Marvin

the credits were the high point for me

love it

it´s time for a new oscar category:
Best tutorials with best tutorial announcement!
And the winner is: AK

Great, very well put together Andrew.. You got my $9.50 for the movie ticket!!

awesome!!!
great tracking…

man dis is krazzzyyyyy……………u cnt do dis to us andrew …………when r d tutorials coming out…….
dis absoloutly krazzzy stuff

wow thats awesome:D

Cool video. I also like this idea of making a short film and having tutorials to show the post-production of the film. Very original and a wicked idea!!!!!!!!
Peace

Holy!! So good! The filming with focus and shaking, all the effects, filter, was soooo gooood!!!

Hey guys just want to share this link with u all.mtv motion graphic reality show.

http://www.mtvengineroom.com/users/index/

yo andrew you know when the tutorial will be coming?

Can’t wait omg!

AwSum …. superb display of 3d wid live action… Secondly Tino is gr8 actor too … thnx to u n ur Team Andrew…

Nice Andrew, I wonder if you could have gotten some busted up blacktop from a road crew, and had a few pieces around Tino when he was lying on the ground, maybe even tossed a few smaller pieces at him, anyway looks Fantastic!

Great Job.

Will we get to learn some 3d max techniques?

Funny Stuff! That crater is sweet

WoW WoW WoW Cool, Very Cool
congratulations,
Andrew Kramer

wow that blow my mind!!!
nice work men!!! i hope the tutorial!!

Fantastic!!!

You really are one of a kind Mr. Kramer!!!

Fantastic!!!

You really are one of a kind Mr. Kramer!!!

the truth finaly revealed…
AK got wisdom from his cat LOL

awesome work, sir. indeed.

wt is exactly on tinos face???

is there any reason why i can’t post? xD

Tino definitely doesn’t look like a solitaire geek with those tats. But maybe there is some esoteric underground solitaire scene I dunno about.:)

Oooooh, the anticipation…….

oh cool this one worked xD

Hey! That title looks like Michael’s Bay Transformers title style. Awesome!!
I love the audio too. High quality soundtrack. Congratulations!!

Just Amazing well worth the wait.
But now I can’t wait even more!!!!

Wow, Tell your cat, hes an awesome Director!

we can see the cameraman in the glasses when the character is looking at the sky…

Good piece, but the track slips quite abit in the shot.

Some times a ask .. why Lord!?!?! Why am I not like Andrew!!

I’m studying a lot .. so . when I grow up I’ll be like him!!

Congratulation for this great project.

Hey there,
it´s great and i can´t wait seeing the (boujou)Tutorials.
But i have some positive critics, too. (so sorry, it´s really great, but this thing i mentioned at the first watch)
There is a scene, i would expect the following:
the scene in the middle where tino is collecting the cards:
there was a camerá-walk to him - i think that take would be perfect beeing stabilized. You would have a dolly scene that is often used at these kind of scenes. (Ok, i know you made this great stuff during your “normal” life and i´m surely the best english speaking or writing person on the planet) but for me it would make your movie perfect!

Awesome! Can’t wait for the tutorials, can we have a rough idea when they are coming out?

Really nice Andrew, Great job

i have one Q? how i create a site online like that?
very cool the site!!

No Fire in the ctater?

and where is the alien who lives inside the meteor?

That scene with solitaire-man standing up after the hit, reminds me of that scene with Bernie Mac in Transformers when he stands up and the camera circles around him after the car (bumblebee I think) let all the glass shatter (made an explosion?).

that meteor for me is like the republicans slamming our country with their flaming lies and smoky propaganda. Go Obama go!

Seriously: Boujou is way expensive. is there a way u can tutorial this one with Syntheyes?

Hey man, the “About The Film” Rollover is messed up on the site, just a heads up

Oh ya, the mini movie was sweet, how long did it take to make? A day for you? haha

NICE!!!!!!! wow

Its so funny:P and real great effects!! nice colours and cool camera points….. compliments to your cat Andrew!!

Cheers

hahaha MICHAEL BAY! LENSE FLARE! SLOW PAN!

oh you have to love Michael Bay…I mean…come on…but yea, great work on this and Fringe! I can actually tell the parts that you did because of the ink effects and such, very cool! It’s kind of like I’m learning from a now famous VFX master. Thanks again for everything!

haha oh solitaire…

@Amir:
the last (the newer version is commercial) change is to get one of the rare links of icarus.
google “icarus motion tracking”

Oo
fancy Andrew
Well done.

wow ive been waiting long time for this

Wow well done cant wait for the Tutorials. Well done kitty

Will there be a tutorial on how to play Solitaire on the sidewalk?

I cannot wait for the “hole in the ground” tut!

I liked it.

will you show us how to imoprt from boujou to AE? because this is the hardest IMO.

Awesome! Good job on the mini-movie i hope to be as good as you someday

lost the way!

That was sooooooooo cool and what’s really weird is I’m working on a big project right now for a TV pilot (as writer, director, actor and special effects) and we need something like this for a big FX shot and I’m like…How the hell am I gonna do that, and soon I will know

Ohh that is cool!

Very Cool,
Can’t Wait

Hey Bijandisco,

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I think this camera move is chosen delibaretely..to create more tension/dramatics for in this shot!! I wouldnt be suprised if he put some camera-shake on this one just for getting that look.

No offence to what you might think is perfect.

Andrew, you disappoint me, I was watting more than this, buuuuuu you!!

Great job! Can’t wait to see the tutorial. Congratulations on Fringe!
-Geoff

Wholllllly Sh!!!!t are you kidding me……. That was absolutely awesome. I can see I’ll be watching that like 8,000 times.

of my god that was SICK!!! awesome job that was so realistic looking was it amazing

HOT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@bijandisco

thanks a lot..will check that. I am currently on Syntheyes. I have boujou only for PC but I work on mac…anyway,once this tutorial is out, I will make everything work…it does not hurt to learn a new softy.

im so jealous right now…. I wish my cat could make something like that….

Asome Andrew

Nice Andrew good work like always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya …

Hi
Andrew Now You are the Hero .. U Made it But :

1) Can let see some of Production work (shooting,Gears..)

2) I wounder about Tino’s Eye Glass was not affected

3) The reflection of his eye glass was showing A Man standing instead of a reflection of the Trails and Flare(May be it will be more interesting) as if there some danger coming

But really that’s Awesome and very Great, we still wait for the Tutorial

Thanks

Hi awesome stuff you got there Andrew. I cant wait for th boujou tutorial.

However just a fun notice. After the cards jumps and he is turning around you can see the camera man and some other dude in the reflection of the glasses

great !

but i didnt like the black smoke on meteor´s trail, too dark, too dense, make it´s soo fake.

all other stuffs is great.

Andrew, which cancorder do u use ? miniDV, HDD, flashmemory, model ?

thank you.

Hey Andrew…it’s really cool man!! I hope i can do the same things using Cinema 4D. But now, can you tell me how or where do you find theese breathtaking sounds and musics please? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledges. Greatings from Italy and Sorry for my bad english!!

just fantastic man, thank you. amm…. but where is the new girl?

WOW !!! i was thrilled when hed picked up the cards!!!
great stuff.

Hmm looks pretty sweet… one thing though, is that I think the visual effects look I little to “perfect”. Maybe some way to make them a bit more gritty?

A little constructive critisism: the smoke from the meteor coming in is too dark. It looks like it is separated from the environment. perhaps you could try to lighten it a bit?

All the rest is stunning

You’ve done it again Andrew knocked our socks off again nice one.

I definitely need to get a high quality camcorder and a dolly

Andrew Kramer, thanks you so much for this knowledge.

OMG Andrew has a cat, I love cats, I love Andrew He’s awesome

hahahha….”the most pointless movie ever made - robotcop”
haha..ur so funny Andrew

ah,

it may just be me but the video is not appearing:( is there any other way i could watch it?

from Argentina Bs As …
oh my god…oh my god…

Uhhh !!! I wold like to have a friend like Andrew… to be in the movies !!!
Congratulations !!!
by the way… next time make a contest between the people here !!! and we could be the actors in next tutorial !!!
The only problem that´s I live in Argentina… but..who knows !!
saludos amigos !!!

whoosshh! crasssshh!! hahaha.. very nice..

tutooo…tutooooo…tutoooo… cough,cough!!snıff…

i could whip that up in like 20 minutes

Nice! Great comp, 3d look sweet. But my favorite part is freeze framing Tino as he is running from the Meteor…classic face expressions!

Woohoo, great stuff!

I gotta tell ya Oh Great and Powerful OZ that this is NOT one of your better ones. I can’t do what you do period but I know what I see and that meteor was CHRONIC!!!. There are some great examples on Utube done by lesser mortals with cool smoke trails etc. and they swamp your attempt. I’m pretty dissapointed, but I also realize that you’ve only got so much time to devote to this - Broken street scene was pretty good though and the action overall was very good - I ejoyed the movie but that meteor …….sux

Wow!

Andrew, you even make a website for this film.

That’s awesome!

oh snap…
your meteor effects is very cool..
you’re master in after effect…

im sorry to say this but that meteor s u c k s,
the rest is good, except for the camera shake
and the best of all is that hole in the street except for the smoke, it looked kind of fake

this one is way better
http://www.methodstudios.com/movie/690.html

im disappointed
everything was great except that meteor
the street the hole the broken street
but that meteor sucks

Awesome job Andrew and crew. Looking froward to the tutorials. The tracking scene was especially great!

I agree with Enzo.. I think that the smoke is a tad bit too dark… maybe lighten a bit?

“wow… it’s incredible” Daily Telegraph
“amazing” Washington Post
“omg” Times
“it’s good” Fischer Fritz

Amazing!!!! Nice Production

Definitely the most amazing (though short) piece of rubbish I’ve ever had the pleasure of witnessing. I loved it, keep this stuff coming Andrew. So glad your doing a bit more about integrating 3D.

Oh and Gerry, please remember that we are not here to criticise the final movie, we are here to learn stuff from one of the best and for FREE too.

Maybe once you’ve had a go at this one yourself, you’ll discover a way to add the smoke etc. After all that’s the whole idea of learning, putting the stuff you learn to some practical use and experimenting with it to make it unique to you.

Oh and to be honest if YouTube videos were of this quality, you may just see a few more errors in their attempts too, even though I have to admit there are certainly some very talented people out there.

All I can say is the tutorials are going to be awesome. I can’t wait but I guess I’ll have too eh!.

Hey Andrew!

I’m Alex from Barcelona, Spain.
Love your work!
What camera did you used with meteor movie? JVC HD200??
I loved the look of the scene! The shutter looks so really cool!
You have some kind of 35mm lens adapter?
Is the same you writed about some months ago in the blog??

I DEFINITELY WANT IT!!

Your so good, when i’ll be working in America i will contract you xD

cool! very cooL! totaly cool!

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate the constructive comments too I’m a humble guy.

What I think is the hardest part about making these tutorials is balancing quality with simplicity.

Andrew muy bueno el film me encanto , excelente trabajo y mucha tecnica , muy bueno , un salu2 para todos

To elaborate a bit

It’s not always about what I can do or what is possible but rather, what I can TEACH in a reasonable amount of time, without making things too complicated for the majority of users.

In this example (THE METEOR), everything has to be methodical and repeatable because remember, I HAVE TEACH YOU how to do it!

I actually learn a lot this way. It’s kind of like using a calculator all the time and then having to do it by hand because you have to explain what is happening

For example, making smoke trails in 3D max with AfterBurn takes me 5 minutes but that’s just another program so I used particular instead because it is much easier.

It’s actually one of the reasons I’m a bit reluctant share some of my professional projects on the site because people always ask me how things are made and sometimes I don’t even remember. And usually at the end of a big project and no sleep, I don’t want to!

With such explosion the cars’ alarms should be beeping like hell, and the cars should have suffered some damage too :o)

The meteor smoke trail looks a bit fake, too dark and solid for my taste but hey, I can’t barely create smoke in AE.

Great work Andrew, thanks a lot for what you do for us.

FJ

@ VCP FAN:

although I agree that that toyota one is kinda cooler, I must also say that I’m kinda inclined to think that they also used trapcode, well that’s how it looks to me, they just played with the after effects of the impact more by adding more of an explosion and more smoke (and real smoke too I think), but as Andrew says above, his is for teaching.

I will certainly also use trapcode as the basis for my meteor and then add stuff like a meteor 3D model and more smoke effects and explosions and stuff, because I have more time and don’t have millions of people eager to see how I did it like Andrew.

So thanks Andrew for teaching us the basic whereupon we can take the time to improve to our tastes.

WOW your cat ROCKS !!!! cant wait to see what he/she? doze next!

Andrew can make the meteor looks 100x better, but I think the focus of the upcoming tutoirals is not how to make a meteor looks real, guys. It is a much bigger concept that worths 100x more important than the meteor.

THAT WAS GREAT.

This is the kind of stuff i wall looking for a long time.

Thanks Andrew do more stuff like that.

Hi!! Andrew?? Whats up? You reflect in the glasses!!! cammonnn!!!

You’re so crazy man..looool!
it has been five times that i watched “The Meteor” and i’m still lovin’ it and laughin’!!!

A movie-website for a tutorial,who does that..?
No one loool..! You’re the Best Andrew!!!!

Peace and can’t wait to see the tutorials

I can certainly understand that Andrew. You are making videos for tutorials!

For example your helicopter project and Fringe intro looked GREAT and you can tell you spent a lot of time on them not to say you didn’t spend a lot of time on the Meteor or any other tutorials.

I’m sure you have some what different mindset when creating tutorials for VCP and a client project.

Anyhow I’m a big fan of all your work you’ve taught me a lot.

thanks.

in 00.29 sec of this promo in Tino glasses we see a man, which is shooting(?) or walk around. It is you, Andry, and what you do in this empty street??? :)))

@ VCP_FAN,
lol Andrew, Tino, a Deck of cards and a Camera to make his Meteor
To make the
Toyota Tacoma “Meteor”
09-07-05
Lead 2D VFX Artist
Mark Felt
Lead 3D VFX Artist
John Han
2D VFX Artist
Alex Kolasinski
3D VFX Artist
Dan Dixon
Junior 2D VFX Artist
Kyle Obley
Miles Essmiller
Visual Effects Executive Producer
Neysa Horsburgh
Visual Effects Producer
Aaron Kisner
Director
Baker Smith
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gil Baron
Director of Photography
Curtis Wehr
Agency
Saatchi & Saatchi - LA
Executive Creative Director
Harvey Marco
Associate Creative Director
Dino Spadavecchia
Creative Director
Steve Chavez
Copywriter
Greg Farley
Production Company
Harvest Films
Executive Producer
Bonnie Goldfarb
Damian Stevens
Producer
Mala Vasan
Richard Bendetti
Editorial Company
Lost Planet
Editor
Paul Martinez
Audio Post
Lime
Sound Design
Mit Out Sound
Audio Mixer
Loren Silber
I think you get my point

Andrew, we are grateful for your time a knowledge you share with us… for those who nag how this isn’t what they expected, go and make it your self.

rofl that’s hilarious…

really cool, thank you all…

Sure Andrew Lee - I’m not short sighted or ungrateful - Just honest - I know the work that goes into this! No doubt. BUT - I refuse to see the ‘Emperors new clothes’ just because the majority say it is fashionable! - AK is … well we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t admire heim and his skill - however are you trying to say that that meteor was convincing? - Nah - look I can’t do what the wise and powerful OZ can do BUT I WAS expecting something a litle more HOLLYWOOD - (I know that sounds ungrateful) - Damn this little box I’m writing in - Email me

I loved it…I especially liked the solitare win screen at the end credits…that made me laugh. Plus, I know what he’s feeling. When you get engrossed in a game of solitare, it takes nothing short of a meteor hitting to take me away from the game. Just Kidding….Greatness, Andrew. Thanks!

awsome! can’t wait to. huge fan of your work!

LOL! Awesome oh by the way, there is a typo on the official site. After “World Series of Solitaire” find should be finds with an ’s’

Yunno looks like my original comment was a little provocative going over the replys - GUYS/GALS! - I would never have taken up AE without Andies Instruction - FACT! but be a little more liberal - AK likes the feedback and I KNOW (at least I reckon so) that he can take a little criticism too. Jeez I’d love to go out for a beer with all the VCP crew and talk all night. Positive and neative coments SHOULD be welcome in fact I KNOW they are and I’m basing that on AK’s personality as I know ‘im as he has presented himself to us - Don’t be vexed or angry - we all love this guy

Gerry, no need to explain man. You’re just being honest. I can not like a painting, doesn’t mean I can do it better.

Kramer dont get me wrong,
but somehow I like the ending the best. When the Text appears driven by the cards, cant tell you why, but i love it. Do you make a tutorial on that too? (someday?)

Andrew,

Really nice work man. The film looks great, sounds great, has good camera work and excellent cutting and pacing. Also, I love your color grading.

Thanks AK ‘preciate that

HEYYYY i always wanted to make the effect of the road exploding… or getting crushed.. =D LOL that looks really amazing. and Congrats on the fringe contract you were in. =D

YES! YES! YES!!
Its frikkin Here! :]
im SO happy now, Andrew, u have no idea!!

I just Really hope, youd throw in a quick tip,at least, of how to create\texture such a cool 3D t