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| Posted by: my3awds Jan 28 2011, 10:58 AM | ||
Hey guys/gals. Some of you may have seen this on the WME forums, but I just wanted to share with you a film I made. You can see alot of influnces from Initial D I think. Being an artist, it was filmed and directed from that standpoint, since I have no experience or training in film directing. Hope you guys enjoy and sorry to the Admin team if I misplaced this link (or if this link should be placed elsewhere to get more interest).
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| Posted by: Kiroshino Jan 28 2011, 11:27 AM |
| That was pretty good. Definitely did more than what you sought out to do. I either lost interest after Kenshiro's intro, or you got a little impatient with the editing. Transitions were rough, some scenes were out of place, and some effects ruined the flow of the short, breaking up the otherwise decent connection between sound and action. Either way, I enjoyed it immensely. A lot better than what I can do. Props!  Liked and subscribed. |
| Posted by: Alex Jan 28 2011, 03:30 PM |
| Very, very nice work. |
| Posted by: Spaz Jan 28 2011, 04:34 PM |
| Glad to see you joined up here, we're running low on Subi and Evo owners. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 28 2011, 10:33 PM |
| That was awesome, but I've gotta ask... I've seen my share of imported Evos here in SoCal but I haven't seen LHD 4s and 5s. Those are some killer machines and I'm incredibly jealous. Also woot, a 280Z made it into the film! FAIRLADY REPRESENT!  Welcome to Initial D World and enjoy your stay. |
| Posted by: my3awds Jan 29 2011, 08:44 AM |
Hey CM  Thank you for the welcome. The Evo 5 (which is mine) and the Evo 4 were both built by me from Mirages. But keep in mind that nothing on the chassis is "Mirage" any more other than 'some' of the frame lol. Full conversion with entire floor pan. You can see the build on my youtube channel as well for those interested. They did build early Evo's LHD in places like the Phillipines and Germany, but I decided to keep all my cars LHD because it's more practicle here in America. I didn't feel the need to be "JDM TYTE" and do RHD if I'm going to be using it efficiently. And my plans to convert the R32 GTR I get to LHD are still underway lol. I have some ideas for the next project that involve Initial D. I will be taking chapters out of Manga sections that haven't been made into Anime or Live Action sequences yet and acting them out in quick 5 min clips. It's just an idea, but I know enough people to execute this I think. We'll see if it comes to fruition... |
| Posted by: Perry Jan 29 2011, 11:47 AM |
| Wow!!! That was an AWESOME short!! I am speechless. Since you are a new member, you couldn't embed the youtube link, I did it for you just to show appreciation. Hope you enjoy your stay here on IDW! Keep up the good work! |
| Posted by: my3awds Jan 29 2011, 12:14 PM |
| Thanks Perry! Much appreciated. Looking forward to doing other similar projects soon. |
| Posted by: JKaiba Jan 29 2011, 01:04 PM |
| You're up in NorCal aren't you... It's too bad. I had a similar idea and would have loved to collaborate. Hit us up if you ever come down to SoCal. You make some fine work. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 29 2011, 09:57 PM | ||
It's only a 6 hour drive away, and honestly the drive isn't that bad if you do it at night.  Hint hint. |
| Posted by: my3awds Jan 29 2011, 10:05 PM |
| I will be in Socal for AnimeExpo, but I doubt my friends will allow me to pull away long enough to film heh. But maybe someday, or if you're ever up here, definetly. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 29 2011, 10:33 PM | ||
Oh frack! A bunch of us are totally going to Anime Expo, JKaiba, myself and Sensation! included! Looks like a meetup in the making. |
| Posted by: my3awds Jan 29 2011, 11:18 PM |
Nice I may go as Akuma again, but I'm not as swole as I used to be when I did it for AX09. If you guys bring your cars, I'm sure I can think of something creative to shoot in a nearby garage  If not, it'd be great to meet ya'll at the con.I'm thinking of making these FREE with every purchase of a Tshirt Just trying to gain interest so I know how many to make. It's still in the making though because I'm working on some small extras to add in the menu. Maybe End of Feb? Thinking of only making very few of these since interest will more than likely be low anyway. Image size reduced, original size: 800 x 513. http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/my3awds/test1.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.  Image size reduced, original size: 800 x 440. http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/my3awds/test2.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.  |
| Posted by: Kiroshino Jan 30 2011, 06:16 AM |
| If you're willing to ship, I'd buy one. Autographed, of course. |
| Posted by: Spaz Jan 30 2011, 08:25 AM |
| Any chance of that shirt as a black w/ white text variant? I have way too much white automotive apparel. |
| Posted by: my3awds Jan 30 2011, 10:24 AM |
| Ah you're right. When I find a place to go with for the prints, I'll make sure we have a black with white (or red) lettering option. Until I find a place, I can't come up with pricing yet. Want to find somewhere that's affordable, and cafepress seems a bit high. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Jan 30 2011, 08:50 PM |
| I'm with cmspaz on this one. If you can nail a black shirt with grey/silver/white design then I'm totally in. |
| Posted by: my3awds Feb 6 2011, 11:29 PM |
| www.cafepress.com/mannydial Spend at least 10 and email me with your proof of purchase. I'll email your choice of DVD or PS3 bluray for free. Only 50 copies of each so... |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Feb 6 2011, 11:47 PM |
| DONE. F*cking done. That bumper sticker is so going right onto the Z. And then I will stick a patch of duct tape next to it and write "GHETTO" in black sharpie. |
| Posted by: Sensation! Feb 6 2011, 11:58 PM | ||
*HIGH FIVE* you sure are a Ghetto Garage Tuner don haha |
| Posted by: my3awds Feb 19 2011, 04:29 PM |
| Thanks again Don. Hope you got your copy ok. For those that want a preview of the dvd/bluray you can check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzkG9bhkWY&hd=1 |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Feb 19 2011, 09:16 PM | ||
Yup, copy arrived safe and sound! Love the disclaimer and the preview of episode 2. Can't wait for that second episode to come out! |
| Posted by: Ayako Watanabe Feb 19 2011, 10:28 PM |
| Saw the video. LOVE every bit of it. Almost jizzed when I saw the R33 at the end ( Not to mention the Celica GT-Four ). |
| Posted by: flohtingPoint Feb 22 2011, 08:27 AM |
| While I have no interest in tuners, garages or any of the cars in the flick, it's impossible to deny your film making abilities. Great job, I was completely impressed. |
| Posted by: sideways Feb 22 2011, 05:40 PM |
| Love the editing work in this |
| Posted by: my3awds Feb 22 2011, 05:52 PM |
| Thanks, means alot as this was my first attempt at trying to make something look somewhat cinematic. I know Act02 won't live up to what was Act01 (sequels usually suck I think we can all agree), but I'm just gonna try to keep the same mindset as when I did the first, and just have fun doing it. I think most projects done in the name of fun have a higher tendency of being more enjoyable, than of things done with compensation initially in mind. |
| Posted by: hath80 Feb 22 2011, 09:58 PM |
| This is incredible, nice sharing. |
| Posted by: my3awds Mar 8 2011, 02:45 PM | ||
WMExpressway and IDW exclusive sneak peek for act 02 Thought I'd share this with these 2 forums to keep it low-key. Don't want everyone viewing something that's unfinished.
Please don't share with other sites  |
| Posted by: Kiroshino Mar 8 2011, 08:14 PM |
| I just caught myself salivating. That's with the sound muted. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Mar 8 2011, 11:18 PM |
| Win! Nice cars as always, and I love the music selection. Off-topic a bit but I saw an EVOIII in downtown Orange today and thought of Garage Tuner.  |
| Posted by: my3awds Apr 30 2012, 06:49 AM |
Thought I'd start the buzz, but GT is filming again I'll be starting an official web/blog to update promo pics of the actors and such, as well as progress of the film and fun little interviews etc etc. I've decided to break the film up into 'scenes' that make up one act sort of like a play. Then make the complete act available to purchase as a whole. Anyway: Image size reduced, original size: 1000 x 483. http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/475777_10150992650404488_716329487_13085882_482409070_o.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.  Image size reduced, original size: 1920 x 1300. http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/467886_10150992714009488_716329487_13086049_487940099_o.jpg to view the image in its original dimension.  Image size reduced, original size: 1920 x 1153. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/469021_10150992772584488_716329487_13086203_821791543_o.jpg to view the image in its original dimension. |
| Posted by: Nomake Wan Apr 30 2012, 07:08 AM | ||
I'm glad to hear you're back to filming and not giving up on the project. I know I'm not the only one looking forward to seeing the next film! You can be sure I'll be nabbing a copy once they're available. Best of luck! |
| Posted by: Kiroshino Apr 30 2012, 09:10 AM |
| Ditto. I've been subscribed to your YouTube channel for updates since you posted this thread. Have fun and take your time! If I remember correctly, the quality of GT01 was significantly better than the preview for GT02, granted you didn't finish it. Since you posted those images... thinking about doing desktop backgrounds? |
| Posted by: Spaz Apr 30 2012, 10:29 AM |
| Very glad to hear this didn't get thrown out the window. |