Lately my interest in video editing has been growing. Here's the result of my latest insane idea. If you know me, there's a good chance that you're in the video, so you should watch it:
I've always had the idea of putting friends, coworkers, celebrities, etc into some type of a sim-hockey league. I've worked on it with SQL Server and .Net, and now the idea has manifested itself on my XBox.
In ESPN's NHL 2K5 video game, you can create your own custom players and teams. Well, I figured it'd be kind of fun to put all kinds of people I know on a custom team, capture some footage, and make some videos out of it. It'd be fun to watch Neil Iverson bury a one-timer from Keith Abernathy on a breakaway... or something.
So, I went ahead and did it. However, I don't know that I'll ever do it again. It's just really time consuming. Most of the game footage does NOT consist of fancy passing, goals, fantastic saves, or fights. Usable footage accounts for maybe only about 5% of what is actually captured on tape. As a result, you have to weed through minute upon minute of footage that won't get used. Then you have to edit it and make it look nice, and so on. The other thing is that the up-close and personal feel I was aiming for with using real people for the players didn't come across like I had hoped.
However, now that I've been through it once, I could probably do a better job next time and it'd be easier because I know what I'm doing. We'll see what happens. Hope you enjoy it.