AESTHETIC by ndR`

By boom.dll·
Good evening jumpers!

I know lots of you have been expecting this for quite a while now after seeing ndR's thread in the forum. Well what can I say? I was privileged enough to see it right after it was finished. And what a privilege it was!
This evening I’m proud to present to you, Yohan’s latest work, and his best in my opinion, a movie that pictures kreedz jumping at its finest. What I’m trying to give to you is a mix of good jumps, neat atmosphere and a great song choice, plus an awesome craftsmanship, all of these combined into one name:



Using all the tools that modern moviemakers use (After Effects, Sony Vegas, Cinema 4D, HLAE, etc…) and a great balance between ingenuity and common sense, our very own ndR created, what I think is, one of the best movies this year.

Featuring well known jumpers, such as: k a f f e e, Lolz, StormZz, qewi, gizpo, Cypek, L0ok, Fact or Fiction and wRath, you can pretty much say that all of the jumps are eye-candy.

Just to pleasure the moviemaking geeks, I’m going to post some technical specifications used by ndR. Here we go:

Movie lenght: 5 mins 19 sec
Width: 1280 pixels
Height: 720 pixels
Raw file size: 24.7 GiB
Output size: 188 Mo
Source fps: 400-700 fps
Output fps: 29.97 fps (NTSC)
Format: AVI
Codec: x264
Encoder: juGGaknot's Legion

And as a conclusion to all this, a statement from ndR:

"Thanks to the people who supported me, I hope you guys will like it even if the concept is a bit special!"



Xtreme-Jumps download
Youtube Stream
own3d.tv Stream
Mirror download

/Note: you can read the extended newspost to read ndR's explainations about the concept of the movie, since it seems that many people don't get it.

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28/07/2010 21:03:00

First ! :) wOw What a movie ! Exelent ! :) 10/10 GOOD JOB nDR

28/07/2010 21:04:00

gj

28/07/2010 21:04:00

gj ndr

28/07/2010 21:05:00

gj :)

28/07/2010 21:05:00

omaigad

28/07/2010 21:06:00

ni zhen bang = nice man ndr:D wo xi huan zhe yin yue = i like this music rave on !!!! ^^^^^

28/07/2010 21:07:00

nice movie gj ndr gj jumperss

28/07/2010 21:09:00

\o/

28/07/2010 21:09:00

That was really beautiful and good considering the amount of time you have been moviemaking. Its good to see how long you have come in the time being. I like the idea of it and you made it to almost perfection indeed. There are some things I dislike tho. I'm not a big fan of the light rays and high detail textures. The rays where good in the start, but did not fit perfectly in rest of the movie. The hq textures are kinda ugly, and does not fit imo. But other than that, it was amazing, really :)

28/07/2010 21:10:00

I know the jumps are used and over-used, but this is not the point of the movie. I hope I'll be able to make you re-discover these tricks from another point of view. I'm aware that the concept is rather special but well, I at least hope you will enjoy. Thanks again to the persons who supported me and my apologizes to [b]JekkT[/b] and [b]pruno[/b] not for including their tricks due to a soundtrack too short for the huge amount of demos I received. I hope you guys understand.

28/07/2010 21:10:00

I'm kinda speechless, this movie was close to a real professional work. I wanted to make a little review but I can't say much except that the concept is excellent, the campaths were always well-done and the music was synced perfectly. The texts reminded me a movie but I can't remember which, probably some horror movie, though here it wasn't creepy The only but big reproach I can do is that you used old and easy for most of them jumps. But as I guess it wasn't the main point to bring new and fresh jumps I will not complain about it, that's why I rate it with 10/10

28/07/2010 21:11:00

Pretty good, but it gets repetitive.

28/07/2010 21:12:00

awesome ndr. and gj jumpers

28/07/2010 21:14:00

gj, pretty cool movie. Although I do dislike few things but the biggest one is name tags. 4/5

28/07/2010 21:14:00

Meh.. All the time I was like .. 'When is it gonna start?'. I thought most of it was an intro until I saw I was halfway through the movie :/ Not being able to see from first person made it really boring to me with this kinda music. Nothing personal, ndR, I thought the editing was amazing, I just dislike the whole 3rd person thing when it's the entire movie.

28/07/2010 21:15:00

i still laugh at #1 how could you rate the movie and say it's excelent one, if you didn't watch it. it's simply impossible to watch a 5 mins long movie in about 2 mins .. better write only IM FIRST! lol to movie - i don't know, i didn't like it, it was too slow for me, i preffer watching more dynamic movies, the music was also hypnotic and i didn't enjoy it :( but anyway you have done great job on it, pretty good colors, i think you spent lot of time playing with this (with colors). 7,5/10 for me.

28/07/2010 21:15:00

pretty nice feeling, but reminded me too much about village. even tho you got the insipiration from that, but little too much. those detailtextures and overused rays crushed the athmosphere a bit, but overall the movie didn't basicly contain anything else. i would wanna see a review from village himself of this :)

28/07/2010 21:16:00

Beautiful movie. It's good that the jumps were all in slowmo, otherwise I would miss all the jumps and just look at the effects or whatever you call them :P. Great work ndR and gj jumpers, even though most of the jumps have been seen before :)

28/07/2010 21:19:00

PERFECT, just that

28/07/2010 21:31:00

great job jumpers and ndR..looked really good

28/07/2010 21:32:00

my trickjump was the best ! ndr is just too noob to realise that 5man tjs consist of 5man not 1 :( low else a good movie for nonkzers

28/07/2010 21:33:00

Hahahah I was waiting so long for the movie to start, but when it ended that's when I realised it wasn't a normal movie. The colors were perfect, and the idea was just amazing. Good job ndR!

28/07/2010 21:39:00

ndR man thank you for this incredible 5 minutes with your movie ! VERY NICE !!

28/07/2010 21:41:00

i cant fully appreciate the tricks because the 3rd person camera but awesome movie

28/07/2010 21:41:00

I only say one thing: Excellent movie with a lots of aesthetic. But I'm a little disappointed today. First of all, with my clip in the morning and secondly I didn't thought that the movie will be in 3rd person and only for therefore I disappointed. Apart from that movie was brillant. I don't want say to you about colours, which were fine, music, which were great and so on. I say generally: [u]Masterpiece from you![/u] And thank you for it <3

28/07/2010 21:44:00

This video looks like an episode of Derrick.

28/07/2010 21:50:00

Great movie! Btw the camera movement was really epic. =)

28/07/2010 21:51:00

Old jumps from only 3rd person view concept similar as Mephist7 did in his movie for rEs0LuTe posted in forum and almost everyone whined about no ineye scenes but here nobody even mentioned absence of it. Lol. I admit that this movie is much better while looking at almost perfect campaths, really enjoyable atmosphere, synchronization of the music etc, etc. I really liked this one, like koukouz said: "this movie was close to a real professional work". Just want to point out how are many users here unfair to different "ranks". Once again GJ.

28/07/2010 21:52:00

i really liked the edit:) but i thought the hole movie lookes like a long intro..:/

28/07/2010 21:52:00

First of all, wow didn't expect to see this movie so soon! Had really high expectations when I started watching and it lived up to every single one of them. A beautiful movie with nostalgic jumps! Remember when some of these jumps were made so clearly, especially wRath's jump on inferno, haha still mindblowing! It was really enjoyable, [b]loved the edit[/b]. Nicely done with the slowmotion combined with all the effects, you never got boored of the slow pace since you had time to notice all effects and still see the jumps. The intro was really well done and gave the movie a good feeling already in the begining. it was so out of the ordinary. And it felt like that if you would start cs and play kreedz this would be the intro movie, like a summary of kz. If i have to whine at anything it is the music ~3.20 minute into the movie I personally thought it got a little bit to much there. big GJ ndR and GJ again to the jumpers (: 10/10

28/07/2010 22:05:00

ok 4,5 / 5 cause there was different weapons as knife / usp. + in p90 nuke jumps, there was the lj line or w/e its called. Outro was nice, liked it. gj!

28/07/2010 22:11:00

gj ndr, gj jumpers

28/07/2010 22:18:00

absolutely magnificent movie but it lacks at least 2-3 1st person view jumps

28/07/2010 22:19:00

i was abit too worried when i saw the betas, glad it turned into such a good movie now. also it looks great in the own3d player size, definitly lost it's edges there (in a good way & not just optical in first place) people still find it difficult to let go and enjoy a movie's impact when they are not used to the concept. that is quite sad considering for how much years kz movies beeing released now, but it prolly wont change ^_^ well gj everyone involved in it

28/07/2010 22:20:00

CS -first person a movie about CS in 3rd person no matter whats the edit or quality or atmosphere in it is just like watching a 5 min intro and that is boring SO my rating ends up down there | 10/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 | ..... | 3/10 | 2/10 -> 1/10 GJ.

28/07/2010 22:23:00

gj but i dont rly like slow kz movies. but nice edit gj :)

28/07/2010 22:24:00

Gj Ndr Gj jumpers

28/07/2010 22:40:00

Rly impressive movie and gj jumpers

28/07/2010 22:45:00

I find it really hard to enjoy such a movie.. I'm sure it's a great movie and all but I just cannot seem to embrace it, it's probably due to my stupidity. Nevertheless, gj ndr and all participants, it's always nice to see some fresh shit around here!

28/07/2010 22:47:00

nice work ndR ! :up: pretty the best jump movie in 2010. the atmosphere is amazing and the sound is cool. and what is the map on 00:03:20 ? ;)

28/07/2010 22:59:00

this is "Lo0k", not "L0ok"

28/07/2010 23:06:00

You need to understand that no first person @a first person game means no sex.

28/07/2010 23:07:00

Nice movie last jump on inferno(wRath) n1

28/07/2010 23:10:00

Amazing! :ok:

28/07/2010 23:10:00

cool colors ,nice edit ,smooth and cool cameras ,some hard tricks.overall I dont like it cus of the 3rd person cameras only and the slowness of the movie.anyway GJ to all P.S awesome colors!

28/07/2010 23:18:00

brilliant perfect killness suppable

28/07/2010 23:19:00

Really nice idea. I actually am little tired of seeing the jumps only in pov, looked really nice even though it was slowed down and didn't even get boring, I was just surprised that it already ended. Really nice and fresh movie, hope to see some more from talented moviemaker like you.

28/07/2010 23:20:00

The title of the movie describes the movie perfectly.So lets start making a small review.The quality of the movie is one of the best ever in the kz movies scene.I adore those high quality textures and those rays though some of the players don't like them as much as i do.The second thing that amazed me is the sync between the movie and the song.That was lovely as well. In general i think this movie is displaying kreedz as something more related to art than skills,trick jumps and so on.Even after watching it i still can't believe how much effort and how much work ndR put into it and the progress he made as a moviemaker in such a short amount of tiime.I've read most of the comments and i see that only skilled players and moviemakers see this movie as something unique and only some geeks that [b]don't understand [/b] what is a true piece of art don't like it just because it didn't have 1st person view jumps.What else can i say, truly magnificent,jaw-dropping,unique and brilliant movie.

28/07/2010 23:31:00

gj pretty nice movie

28/07/2010 23:33:00

Don't take this as hate but rather as a positive criticism: + colors + atmosphere - no first person view of the jumps - old jumps - boring song and watching random campaths for 5 min makes people sleepy, try to avoid this, make your movies more dynamic. - editing. I can see the motive of your movie is not adding a lot of effects and stuff but just some random campaths in slow motion with fancy colors and transitions from time to time ain't what I expected from this project. From the screens it looked much better. Overall a good idea that turned out not so good ( at least in my eyes since this is a personal view ). Movies with too much campaths and few first-person view moments (or like in this one with none first-person view moments) are boring to most of the people and the used tricks didn't help for this. I remember a movie by w1zz for zhady if I'm not mistaken it had a lot of campaths and few first-person view moments and I didn't really enjoy the movie even if the tricks were nice. If you try to make projects similar to this in the future maybe keep the length shorter like (1-2-3 minutes at most) since I find this video as an introduction to kz maybe? If it is like that, adding some texts while the jumpers do their thing wont be bad.

28/07/2010 23:46:00

Cant really go into details right now, cus I'm kinda tired, but I really would apriciate 1st-person implanted. Beside that, smooth, calm feeling. GJ

28/07/2010 23:46:00

no akkord on this movie? unwatchable

28/07/2010 23:49:00

I'll be satisfied when you guys will dislike it by understanding the whole concept :) Hmmm where to start... With now 5 years of activity on this website, I think I must have watched hundreds of kz movies/clips and I've never seen (not even a single one) one based on aesthetic and beauty of the trick jumps, they were [b]all[/b] based on trickjumps difficulty, with fast editing, music, and mainly in-eyes view... I thought it could be a bit better to do something else, something different. What's the best option to focus on "aesthetic" and "beauty" instead of "amazeness" and "difficulty"? Simply slowmotion and calm soundtrack. I didn't even care about the difficulty of the jumps, or if they were seen, for me it was also a way to make you guys re-discover these known trickjumps, in a totally different way. You're all accustomed to "regular" kz movies, I can easily understand that because of this, you find this one boring, but you can't deny that I succeeded in a way that I mixed all my wishes and expectations about this [b]special concept[/b] in a single trickjump movie. When you watch AESTHETIC, you're not speechless as the regular kz movie, you're just chilling, and admiring a game you play everyday in a whole new dimension. This is what I wanted to do, there are still many mistakes, keep in mind that I didn't start moviemaking long time ago, I've only made 2 serious projects before this one and I'm glad about the result, in any way. Thank you for commenting, especially constructive ones.

28/07/2010 23:50:00

is that a fucking joke? //ndR's edit: you're a joke

28/07/2010 23:54:00

not really my taste of moviemaking. nevertheless it was well made, gj ndr :)

28/07/2010 23:58:00

exelente

28/07/2010 23:58:00

waited like 2 minutes and then realized that , its a jumps part not an intro, didnt like

29/07/2010 00:01:00

seriously? for me verry booring movie!

29/07/2010 20:52:00

beautiful

29/07/2010 21:05:00

wraht<3

29/07/2010 21:10:00

I don't like campaths + colors + old jumps, sry.

29/07/2010 21:27:00

I wish people had reading skill... -_-'

29/07/2010 21:27:00

I liked it!

29/07/2010 21:32:00

@ ndR: that was to kunqui but thx anyways.

29/07/2010 21:53:00

I think without the ego perspective there is missing something in the movie, I dont know, anyhow I need to see these strafes, these beautiful strafes, which make this game so unique and amazing.

29/07/2010 22:16:00

Enjoyed it very much, GJ ndR! ^^

29/07/2010 22:19:00

edit was kinda good i guess, but it was like watching an intro all the time, kinda sucked ;< got the concept, still didnt like it... the music was annoying aswell IMO

29/07/2010 23:15:00

loved the concept and loved the movie.. this is one of the greatest ideas in kreedz moviemaking imo.. gj ndR!

29/07/2010 23:17:00

I must say that the movie had cool edit, quality and effects 10/10 ndR. The only think I dislike is the jumps, they were very slow for my taste. Probably it would be more cool if the jumps were faster, but that's my opinion ;) gj for this movie

30/07/2010 00:07:00

hm, no first person, no kzmovie... Good edit and quality, but senselessmovie in my eyes.

30/07/2010 00:31:00

no no ;[ very slow, Lack power ehh gz

30/07/2010 01:34:00

boooooooooooooooooooooring

30/07/2010 01:47:00

Why was my comment removed?

30/07/2010 02:02:00

not a movie i'd see again, too slow.. but great colors & jumpers great work ndR but as i said, it was abit too slow :up:

30/07/2010 02:15:00

ndr is da boss, im drunk hi gizpo

30/07/2010 02:19:00

It's a good movie, a break from the other stuff what we see on here,however as someone said before it gets really repetitive, maybe that same feeling would be good for half the movie, but I would have suggested to change the feeling a bit with the music but still have the chill-out mood which in my opinion is what makes the movie interesting. I think this is the breakthrough of your movie making career if you still keep this up. 8/10.

30/07/2010 02:27:00

AMAZING! Best kz movie in a loooooong time. I loved the fact that has no 1st person, quiet good music and slow motion. All with good camera movements. Excelent job ndR, its perfect.

30/07/2010 03:10:00

You see I've had the exact same idea in my head for some time now ndR. And it's amazing how different the ideas we get are. I must admit however, that I dont see beauty of the jumps, to be a reason to do the entire movie in third person. Especially not with that type of campath, it might just be me, but I have a hard time seeing why people like those campaths so much. Also I think the slowmotion was slightly overdone at places. The colors were beautiful and easy on the eye though, one cam was perfect(well before it zoomed anyway) - the one on train. The music was different, in a good way. You did a good job, this is not my perspective on the beauty of kreedz and trickjumping, but that does not mean it cannot be yours, and thousands of others. I am just expressing my personal opinion. I think you should let people do that towards your work without getting mad. People will always have a hard time adapting to different.

30/07/2010 03:52:00

I'm a little moviemaker too, and actually I don't think that this is something like a concept, it's just a style. It's rather good, and quite scenery(? dk if it's good word here). Still this movie is well made, I mean technically - smooth campaths in C4D etc. But still I didn't get as much color correction as this tricks actually need. I've expected something like that, because on screenshots there were not so much effects. You need to make the movie brighter, and still follow the aesthetic style - kinda slow, master campaths, maybe some good textures(not different from original, but better quality), maybe some random effects. Your target is to show the trick to the person so that he will love it. Still GJ ndR - your movie differs from most others and it's very good. GL in your future works.

30/07/2010 03:54:00

good job ndR

30/07/2010 06:24:00

epic campaths

30/07/2010 06:37:00

in China,[b]80%[/b] people think this movie [b]very beautifu[/b]l,It is really [b]very specia[/b]l^^

30/07/2010 07:20:00

borring, BUT uber tricks and good edit, 9/10

30/07/2010 07:37:00

^ read the extended news :@:@

30/07/2010 07:51:00

This movie is very slow and beatifull i like this type of movies [b]10/10[/b] , but i mean better name of movie is [b]Art of Kreedz[/b] for this type ;)

30/07/2010 08:13:00

[i]honestly I liked only intro and the outro[/i] [b]good job ndR![/b]

30/07/2010 09:07:00

ndR you and your movie are awesome!

30/07/2010 10:33:00

Eh, i just wished a better soundtrack... Current one.. isn`t anything special... But gj! :)

30/07/2010 13:05:00

-.-

30/07/2010 14:43:00

Please do more, much more movies of [b]no lifers[/b]. Maybe one day you'll get to the Hollywood. Take care psychopats.

30/07/2010 15:39:00

ndR, I get your frustration but come on, people are allowed to dislike your movie. Why care anyway?

30/07/2010 16:58:00

I agree with craigM, it gets a little boring with only 3d person views. It was a really good and well-made movie but I just think it gets boring with no first person.

30/07/2010 18:15:00

Don't get how some of you guys, can dislike this movie just because it's 'old-jumps' so what? If the movie gives you an epic feeling, you shouldn't dislike the movie just because it's old jumps. I loved the atmosphere, simple amazing. In my opinion, ndR is one of the best doing campaths, the best in the kz world, for sure. The things I dislike, you should had worked a bit more on your CS models, they just dont fit that good into the rest of the scene + The edges is a bit pixled, because you used Sony Vegas' Chrome Keyer. Tho, If I remember right theres a way to make it look smooth. About the HQ textures, they kinda didn't fit into it either. Some of the colors were good, some weren't. The music was epic. Really amazing - You've done one of the best kz movies there's been released at XJ. Liked that you only saw campaths, and not in Person, makes it all about the edit. GJ ndR :)

30/07/2010 18:39:00

didnt liked it at all. gj for effort tho.

30/07/2010 19:21:00

[quote]ndR, I get your frustration but come on, people are allowed to dislike your movie. Why care anyway?[/quote] My frustration only comes from the fact that people give their opinion[b] whereas they didn't even read what I wrote about the concept, that they didn't understand the concept, and that they rate it as a "regular" kz movie.[/b] If someone dislikes [b]but understood the concept[/b], it's totally alright, I mean... You know, colors and taste, everyone is different =)

30/07/2010 21:02:00

first of all i like that u tryed to realise such a difficult project - u can do many many mistakes here but overall u made a great job but there are a few things that could be better imo: -why is the writ bucking? imo it doesnt fit to the music or concept, since the movie doesnt look like an old black-and-white-film and therefor everything should be calm and in harmony some light or smoke effects would be better. there are so many beautiful things that u can do with letters --> guess u know the site, but just to give u some food for thoughts, http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/ -imo there should be more blur effects in the kinda movie, especially in the edges or the whole ceiling. a smooth mask is also possible --> i dont mean that u sould use it all the time, but sometimes. and dont forget this: its impossible to do something that everybody like. but there will always be people who'll like your work and thank you for your efforts. don't let the haters get you down

30/07/2010 21:08:00

ah and maybe u wanna check this rendering tutorial? http://warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=106667 and never use 29.97 fps plz. use 30 or more, depends on what you going to show. its really important especially in a fast paced environment like kz, else it looks like shit. btw the format is mp4 and not avi

30/07/2010 22:07:00

good job 4 all

30/07/2010 22:18:00

song pls

30/07/2010 22:34:00

perfect quality, great soundtracks, good camera work... but still can be more aesthetic. ndR, you got good feeling of aesthetic, but you lack your own style, your own inventions. You just collected all the good shit and put it together. Did it well, but still it's not enough to be the concept itself. Third person view is the concept? Than all first person movies got the concept. Beautiness of jumping is the concept? Ok. what about TiehJay and Brian the Movie? Imho pure beautiness of jumping. So you are not the first one. Aesthetic is now my fav5 kz movies, but... still no concept, just limitations. still no style, just trends. You are trying to amaze by amount of work. Try to amaze by amount of ideas. I would say it's 8/10. p.s. I did't like half of TJs. Half of them were not so aesthetic themselves. You just did them look aesthetic. I don't care about old/new jumps, but I would say you selection of TJs is awful. Still, I write all this 'cause i LOVE tje movie. Watched it 3 times. Thank you.

31/07/2010 01:57:00

[quote]and never use 29.97 fps plz. use 30 or more, depends on what you going to show. its really important especially in a fast paced environment like kz, else it looks like shit.[/quote] ... :/ i think it's aweosme that you try to help him but this just fails on full scale. no human beeing could ever tell the difference between 29,97 and 30 fps + usually with the right in-fps 25fps-out turns into a even more enjoyable result. ofc you got alot more detailed movement with 50fps out (f.e.) but did you ever watch it on your pc? the motion feeling melts your braincells, its just 100% unnatural. always subjective but imo it's totally sensefree and rather handicaps the footage lol

31/07/2010 11:55:00

I'm really impressed with how far your moviemaking skills has gone (like Lazze! said). Something tells me, you have a real passion for moviemaking. OT: The movie is something new to the kz scene which (i at least) have never seen before. The editing is really great, the concept is really refreshing, the jumps are great. All in all 8.7/10. You've done a fantastic job ndR and keep the movies coming, you got a lot of talent.

31/07/2010 12:33:00

[blockquote]My frustration only comes from the fact that people give their opinion whereas they didn't even read what I wrote about the concept, that they didn't understand the concept, and that they rate it as a "regular" kz movie. If someone dislikes but understood the concept, it's totally alright, I mean... You know, colors and taste, everyone is different =)[/blockquote] This post seriously made me lol. No offence but seriously I bet the most here understood what your project was about so dude why dont you just accept that many didnt like it anyways. Like Flibo said, why do you even care?

31/07/2010 13:01:00

10/10. I waited for movies like this for a long time. Much better concept than fast in-eye jump zapping

31/07/2010 19:04:00

kaffee its correct that u cant notice the difference between 29.97 and 30 but there are some aspects in vegas that sucks if you use 29.97 fps ye maybe it looks unnatural if its too high but there has been serveral movies that are unwatchable cause the movie picture looks washy like hell. normally u can avoid that even with 25 output fps.

04/08/2010 00:46:00

Liked the concept, not sure if you captured the "beauty" well enough for my part though. Maybe I just haven't played in too long. Good movie though.

05/08/2010 16:15:00

8.5/10 ... you could have picked better jumps not new ones but some that look better from 3rd person view ....but still some great looking jumps were chosen for the movie :)

10/08/2010 21:09:00

10/10 nice jumps nice edit

03/10/2010 11:27:00

nice jumps nice edit it can't be better