6/08/2013

Report from the Docking Ring: June 2013

Captain's Log: Edna Ironsides
Aboard CS Defiance (Brutix-Class Battlecruiser)
Outside docking ring of station belonging to S2N Citizens Alliance, somewhere in the region of Immensea

And so, it is with a heavy sigh, and some trepidation, that I have returned to sovereign 0.0 space.

The last time I was out here, it was difficult, cold, unpleasant, and I was desperately underpowered and underskilled. This time I am hoping it will be different. Being significantly richer than I was last time here, I spared relatively little expense in bringing everything I could want, as well as securing regular trips from my friend with a jump freighter. After a week of stalling, bad internet connectivity, and RL concerns, I moved down here and settled into my new existence as part of a null alliance. Last night, a small group of us undocked with the intention to kill: 5 Hurricane Navy Issues, 1 Brutix Navy Issue, and my normal Brutix (so I'm not filthy rich yet...), and we set off for the hotspot of Sendaya. This was the first fleet I'd been in since I came back to Eve, and was of course embarrassingly excited. Leading us was Hellz Hitman, who might be least serious, and yet deceptively clever guy I've flown with thus far. Cluttering up comms was also CrazyKiller6226, by far one of my favourite new people I've met lately, and a fellow troll. There was also Reconndite, indian bob, and Nooio. Together, we made a right mess of things. Despite ending up fighting on station, and losing most of our stuff as a result of the enemy reshipping (and getting butt hurt and undocking battleships), I was immediately reminded why I play this game and enjoy it.

I've been toying with the idea now of seguing into frapsing videos, not only so I can recall specific details of given fights (I've been on three more fleet engagements since the one noted above), but also I feel that they make for more interesting content for the blog. I must admit though, I have very little expertise with making such videos, so it may be some time before I produce anything, and any advice on this from my limited readership would be helpful.

Signing off,

Ed

2 comments:

  1. EDNA WE LOVE U COME BACK TO LOW SEC YOU WILL ONLY MEET BAD MEN WHO WANT TO DO NASTY THIGNS TO YOU DOWN THERE IN Q.Q

    FATE

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  2. EVE videos are a challenge, because the typical client setup in a fight does not make for very interesting visuals (zoomed out, lots of windows); and the other way around, when going to nice visuals (zoomed in, no windows), you can't really be active in a fight. Not all hope is lost though: with mastery of the advanced camera menu in lulls of the fight, and cropping/zooming during editing you can achieve decent results. It goes without saying that you need tons of raw footage, and most of it will be unusable for the one or other reason.

    It is also important to have an idea of what kind of video you want to be making, and structure your work accordingly. For example, if you want to document a campaign or specifically interesting fight, and especially if most of the raw footage is of lots-of-windows kind, it helps to add narration either in voice or in subtitles, to explain what is going on. The Clarion Call videos are a good example of this.

    If on the other hand you just want to go for spectacular visuals, you need to ruthlessly cull all footage which is not visually impressive, even if you have fond memories of the events themselves. And the music you select needs to match the visuals in tone and pacing (that actually applies to all videos). A wonderful example of this style is 'Breathe EVE'.

    But give it a try - at the least, you learn basic video editing in the process.

    ….and this reminds me that I need to sort out my own channel.

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