Source Filmmaker Concepts and Storyboards Thread V.1 - "So scout and heavy go to the mall..."

[NateDude]

[img]http://puu.sh/1K8KX[/img]

[B][U]What the hell is this?[/U][/B]
This is a place to post your Storyboards and Concepts for an animation you're working on or GOING to be working on at a later date. Here, people will criticize and help refine your to-be animation, to help improve the end result. For example, if you posted about how Heavy and Scout were going to the mall to buy sandwiches, people could help you expand or improve upon that idea, to make a much more satisfying product. You can post your concepts and storyboards in any format you like, such as Text, Pictures, and even a Video if you so please. Also, you can post Storyboards for things that you do not want to animate yourself, aswell, but it must be mentioned in the post itself that the Storyboard is up-for-grabs by anyone, and that they must credit you!

[B][U]I have an idea, can I post it?[/U][/B]
[I]Per Craptaskets wishes,[/I] if you want to post an idea, you're going to need to flesh it out. For example, saying "I'm going to make a video where Scout and Heavy go to the mall." is NOT a fleshed-out idea. If you wanted to post it, it'd need to be more complete, like "I'm going to make a video in which the Scout and the Heavy go to the Mall. Inside, they find the engineer asleep on a bench in the plaza. They drop his dispenser on him as a joke, but he is crushed under the weight and explodes into giblits! The Scout and Heavy are given life sentences and live out their days in opposite cells, staring at eachother through the bars." That's a fleshed out idea. Now, the idea doesn't have to be [I]complete,[/I] either; Most of the point of this thread is for getting Criticism on your Storyboard/Concept to help you improve it, and retroactively improve the final product. And it doesn't have to be aslong as the example, either, just that it has to be more then 10-second-fever-dream-ideas.

[B][U]Someone said really mean things about my concept![/U][/B]
Was he still giving valid criticism? Asking him to be a bit friendlier is never really a bad thing, but if he was making valid points about, even if he was doing so angrily, then I would suggest taking heed to some of what he said. Ofcourse, if he goes too far, and you believe it has reached the point of Flaming, report him, so a moderator may review his harsh language.

[B][U]But what if someone steals my Storyboard/Concept?[/U][/B]
Firstly, ask him to take down the video, or if it's not done yet, asks him to simply not make your idea. If you absolutely CANNOT get through to him that you DON'T want the video up, post about him here. We'll help in anyway we can and he will be added to the [I]Animator Blacklist[/I] until he deletes it. If you own a copywrite on anything in the video, legal action may be possible.

[B][U]I'm going to animate X guy's idea, what now?[/U][/B]
If he has explicitly stated that he doesn't want to animate that Concept at that time, or even at all, you can contact him through PM's to talk about it animating his concept. Remember, if you do NOT credit him OR contact him about your desire to work with his idea, then you WILL be added to the [I]Animator Blacklist.[/I]

[B][U]Remember that one thing I posted about in here? I finished it! Can I post it?[/U][/B]
I believe it is fine to do so, but I would Quote the Storyboard in question so people know where your idea originated from.

[B][U]The OP could have X added to it, or X removed. Hell, what if I made a banner for you?[/U][/B]
Post on my profile about it. I doubt anybody wants the thread being clogged up with that kind of thing, but it's still very kind of you to think about improving it.

[QUOTE][B][U]Animator Blacklist:[/U][/B]

Nobody! Let's keep it this way![/QUOTE]

[iRunner]

[QUOTE=NateDude;39118947]Animator Blacklist:

Nobody! Let's keep it this way![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=NateDude;39118947][img]http://horobox.co.uk/u/iRunner_1357583110.png[/img][/QUOTE]

[spencecool]

[QUOTE=NateDude;39118947]
Animator Blacklist:

Nobody! Let's keep it this way!
[/QUOTE]

surely i still have some meet the heavy sessions on dropbox

[The Robster]

SO THEN KING HARKINIAN STARTS OFF BY SAYING "I WONDER WHAT'S FOR DINNER" AND THEN LUIGI IS ALL "SPAGHETTI!" AND I'LL USE ALL SORTS OF FILTERS LIKE ITS A FRAG MONTAGE VIDEO. YOU GUYS LIKE THOSE RIGHT?

MY IDEA IS SO GOOD THAT EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THE WORK FOR ME.

[highlight](User was banned for this post ("This is not what this thread is about" - MaxOfS2D))[/highlight]

[Garik]

[QUOTE=The Robster;39120227]SO THEN KING HARKINIAN STARTS OFF BY SAYING "I WONDER WHAT'S FOR DINNER" AND THEN LUIGI IS ALL "SPAGHETTI!" AND I'LL USE ALL SORTS OF FILTERS LIKE ITS A FRAG MONTAGE VIDEO. YOU GUYS LIKE THOSE RIGHT?

MY IDEA IS SO GOOD THAT EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THE WORK FOR ME.[/QUOTE]

That's not an idea that I'd love to leech off from.

[GoogleyGareth]

[QUOTE=The Robster;39120227]SO THEN KING HARKINIAN STARTS OFF BY SAYING "I WONDER WHAT'S FOR DINNER" AND THEN LUIGI IS ALL "SPAGHETTI!" AND I'LL USE ALL SORTS OF FILTERS LIKE ITS A FRAG MONTAGE VIDEO. YOU GUYS LIKE THOSE RIGHT?

MY IDEA IS SO GOOD THAT EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THE WORK FOR ME.[/QUOTE]
If you're trying to take the piss, you're doing a bad job of it.

[Chaofanatic]

[QUOTE=The Robster;39120227]SO THEN KING HARKINIAN STARTS OFF BY SAYING "I WONDER WHAT'S FOR DINNER" AND THEN LUIGI IS ALL "SPAGHETTI!" AND I'LL USE ALL SORTS OF FILTERS LIKE ITS A FRAG MONTAGE VIDEO. YOU GUYS LIKE THOSE RIGHT?

MY IDEA IS SO GOOD THAT EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THE WORK FOR ME.[/QUOTE]

Waxinator would have to get his shit together and release his King model before that could happen.
Seriously, it was so good. But it just kind of dropped off the face of the earth...

[spencecool]

oh what do ya know

[IMG]http://puu.sh/1KHoz[/IMG]

[Pvt. Martin]

It's just a small idea I had in my head, but I was thinking about if I get a better computer for Christmas, and after I get the hang on SFM.

I would want to make Models in 3ds Max. Based on tf2 design but completely different characters.

I was thinking if I ever got to that point, maybe A Christmas Carol made with SFM.

Or a TF2 Christmas Carol for kicks :v:

[SuperSoupy]

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;39128451]It's just a small idea I had in my head, but I was thinking about if I get a better computer for Christmas, and after I get the hang on SFM.

I would want to make Models in 3ds Max. Based on tf2 design but completely different characters.

I was thinking if I ever got to that point, maybe A Christmas Carol made with SFM.

Or a TF2 Christmas Carol for kicks :v:[/QUOTE]

With this in mind, I too am looking to get a custom character into SFM. I already have the 3D model and rig. Does anyone know of any tutorials online on the process of creating an SFM character? I know it can get quite complex what with all the face/mouth shapes, etc. But I'm looking for a good starting point.

[caseytube]

[QUOTE=SuperSoupy;39128732]With this in mind, I too am looking to get a custom character into SFM. I already have the 3D model and rig. Does anyone know of any tutorials online on the process of creating an SFM character? I know it can get quite complex what with all the face/mouth shapes, etc. But I'm looking for a good starting point.[/QUOTE]

HWM is still undocumented, but your best bet is to talk to someone who already knows how to use it. You're gonna want to set up Maya (or Blender) though if you really want HWM flexes, so you have access to .dmx, since unlike .smd it works off of the shapekey data, not the .qci scripts. Or you could use the old fashioned [url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Flex_animation]FACS[/url] system for your character.

[SuperSoupy]

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;39129176]HWM is still undocumented, but your best bet is to talk to someone who already knows how to use it. You're gonna want to set up Maya (or Blender) though if you really want HWM flexes, so you have access to .dmx, since unlike .smd it works off of the shapekey data, not the .qci scripts. Or you could use the old fashioned [url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Flex_animation]FACS[/url] system for your character.[/QUOTE]

Thanks I'll look into it :-)

[AbeX300]

I still say that someone should try to make a video of the Soldier and Merasmus doing a hand puppet show.

Seriously, it has potential.
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/b/b2/Soldier_sf12_seeking08.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a4/Soldier_sf12_seeking09.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/c/cb/Soldier_sf12_seeking10.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a7/Soldier_sf12_seeking11.wav[/url]

[Arxin]

I'm planning on making a series that basically takes the TF2 storyline and characters we've got from its universe so far... But I'm also gonna add a few changes here and there (female characters, romance, respawn theory etc...).
Its gonna be a story of the BLU team, The Pyro'll be the main character and the narrator.
The first episode is basically gonna be Meet The BLU Team, through his perspective.
Here is a little picture of what it should look like when Pyro is narrating. [url]http://ificationer.deviantart.com/art/The-Pyro-Letter-340667292[/url]
And the animation is gonna be similiar to this one (characters too) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B3723h-yu4[/media]
Currently the whole video is 4 minutes long

That's all for now... I need feedback for inspiration...

[OneFourth]

here is an idea, an episodic SFM series:

9 episodes, each for one of the classes. the story takes place 2 years after the end of the robot invasion, and always starts the same way: int. shot of an apartment (a little on the low-end side), a small TV on top of a table, a reclining chair, a lamp, a window to the outside street (apt. is not street level), maybe part of another wall indicating that there is an exit out of the room, into a brighter room. The camera would focus on the TV, as an unidentifiable character would come in, sit on the recliner, and turn on the TV, at which point you see:

A news report/show/commercial that somehow centers around one of the classes, Maybe it's a news report detailing a man in a balaclava arrested during an attempted bank robbery, or a young man winning a local track race, or a commercial advertising a miracle rug that a certain doctor is selling.

At the end of this, the character would switch the TV off, and you would hear him get up, while the camera is slowly panning out from the tv, to where yo can see part of the table, and the back wall. You hear him get up, walk over to the wall, and the sound of a light switch turning off. Cut to black

Each episode goes on like this until every character is revealed, and what happened to them. Maybe omit one character to be the one watching the TV (The heavy?) and the episode series ends. Still haven't worked out the ending.

What I am asking, is anyone interested in doing this with me, or even taking it all for themselves?

[SamIAm]

[QUOTE=Arxin;39159940]I'm planning on making a series that basically takes the TF2 storyline and characters we've got from its universe so far... But I'm also gonna add a few changes here and there (female characters, romance, respawn theory etc...).
Its gonna be a story of the BLU team, The Pyro'll be the main character and the narrator.
The first episode is basically gonna be Meet The BLU Team, through his perspective.
Here is a little picture of what it should look like when Pyro is narrating. [url]http://ificationer.deviantart.com/art/The-Pyro-Letter-340667292[/url]
And the animation is gonna be similiar to this one (characters too) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B3723h-yu4[/media]
Currently the whole video is 4 minutes long

That's all for now... I need feedback for inspiration...[/QUOTE]

OH C'MON WHY END LIKE THAT! YOU ALMOST BRING A TEAR TO MY EYES

[Greatdictator]

[video=youtube;T9KYH5BDqRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KYH5BDqRA[/video]

Ive made some progress since i made this but for some reason i lost the skins

[GoogleyGareth]

[QUOTE=Greatdictator;39167757][video=youtube;T9KYH5BDqRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KYH5BDqRA[/video]

Ive made some progress since i made this but for some reason i lost the skins[/QUOTE]

God that would get aggravating having to listen to it with lip sync.

[revzin]

[QUOTE=Greatdictator;39167757][video=youtube;T9KYH5BDqRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KYH5BDqRA[/video]

Ive made some progress since i made this but for some reason i lost the skins[/QUOTE]

Judging form first 30 seconds, I say, that is going to be full of win when it's done.

[Greatdictator]

[QUOTE=Hogie bear;39168788]God that would get aggravating having to listen to it with lip sync.[/QUOTE]

Im not sure what you mean , you mean to say that thethe lyp synch would be difficult to make or what ?

[GoogleyGareth]

[QUOTE=Greatdictator;39171689]Im not sure what you mean , you mean to say that thethe lyp synch would be difficult to make or what ?[/QUOTE]

I mean the song itself in annoying, and you have to listen to it in order to lipsinc it. I would find that really annoying.

[SediSocks]

[QUOTE=AbeX300;39159058]I still say that someone should try to make a video of the Soldier and Merasmus doing a hand puppet show.

Seriously, it has potential.
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/b/b2/Soldier_sf12_seeking08.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a4/Soldier_sf12_seeking09.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/c/cb/Soldier_sf12_seeking10.wav[/url]
[url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/a/a7/Soldier_sf12_seeking11.wav[/url][/QUOTE]

To do this, is my destiny.

[Professor]

I've got one that I've been working on for a couple of months now, just planning I haven't started animating yet.

So it would start on the day MVM launches. Blu and Red are fighting like normal, and Red drives Blue out of the area, probably going to use Granary or Hydro. Red celebrates into the night, Sniper is asleep on watch and hears a noise that wakes him up. He looks through his scope and sees the Robot carrier unloading hundreds of Soldiers, he picks up on a robot Sniper that has him in his sights and shoots him before he reacts. Soldier hears the shot, find Sniper and the robots then runs to tell everyone else.

The Red team digs in to fight off the robots but they're being wiped out. Heavy and Medic make an Uber assault and make some headway but they're pushed back. On their way back to the base a robot spy backstabs Heavy. Medic is about to be backstabed when Engie kills the robot with his shotgun then drags the Medic out of harms way as he grieves over Heavy. The rest is small fight scenes showing how outmatched Red is.

I plan to make this into 3 separate parts, the three main characters will be Medic, Soldier and Engie. No idea when I'm going to get going on it, possibly this weekend. I just don't have the time these days.

[Greatdictator]

[QUOTE=Hogie bear;39171890]I mean the song itself in annoying, and you have to listen to it in order to lipsinc it. I would find that really annoying.[/QUOTE]

Well weather its annoying or not is really subjective , hell i find it incredibly catchy , otherwise i wouldnt be makeing a video about it dontcha think ?

[FunnyStarRunner]

I had this weird concept for a short.

RED and BLU are having an intense fight at 2Fort like usual. This goes on until a buzzer sounds from the BLU base: break time. Everyone stares at the bullhorns, then the BLU team start cheering and retreating back to their base. An Engineer saps his own sentry as he leaves. The whole RED team stares in confusion as corrugated metal sheets are used to block the entrances to the base. Everything goes quiet.

Then there's something about the RED team trying to get them to come out and fight again. I'd learn how to animate, but I don't have the free time.

[Zuimzado]

I'm slowly improving on my Source Filmmaker abilities, experimenting here and there, and I've been wanting to do a short, but I've been running low on ideas.

I got one recently: do something like the Fantasia shorts, which, for those that don't know, are animated shorts set to classical music. So far I've got the idea of doing the story of an Engineer always regarded as the useless one saving his entire team from a bunch of soldiers wrecking havoc on the field, all to the tune of the Prelude from Carmen. It's on storyboarding phase, since you have to have some of the actions in the short sync up to the music and all that.

[Slacker996]

there be a gang fight at an abandoned office building and it follows one of the gang leaders and his rage stemming from the murder of his significant other. there will be psychological sequences but dont want to show becus spoilers

[video=youtube;qlMMAH21HSA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMMAH21HSA[/video]

[shrektheturd2]

Someone do this scene with all the TF2 characters:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkUccUFShs[/media]