Alright, I think it's about time to end this thing. I redid just about everything I did with Fraps (a few shots I didn't see the need to redo. Actually I'm just lazy.) and gave it a real, bona fide ending to put a lid on the series for good. I also added three new songs for this new ending, as well as a credits sequence where all of the songs and voices I used are listed. All in all, it clocks in at around 32 minutes. Hopefully my hard work will have paid off, and you guys will enjoy it :)

Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...25976076930394


Rapidshare (DivX high quality)
http://rapidshare.de/files/22927943/...ow_1_.avi.html


For those that don't already know, this film is basically just an alternate progression of the story in Half Life 2. Instead of Gordon Freeman kicking ass, zombies overrun the Combine controlled Earth. When it comes to Garry's Mod movies, it doesn't get much more apocalyptic than this.

So, download, rate, and enjoy!

Alyx's voice on the radio towards the end is haunting.

I know you put the songs in the credits, but which one of the songs is the one that plays towards the end? Where the camera is ascending the Citadel, and then we see a sweeping view of City 17 from the top of the Citadel?

That was very very good. I liked it. A little long but good. Only one thing, you dident dont_buff_my_pylon 1 on some of the clips.

Wow not much to say only wow.

*jawdrops*

Glad everyone's enjoying it so far. I actually forgot to list the song I used on the wide shot of City 17 - it's The End, by Harry Gregson-Williams, off the Man on Fire soundtrack. And with the dont_buff_my_pylon, I'm just kind of forgetful that way :P

Also, something I forgot to mention - because of the quirkiness of the Source Recorder, every single sound you hear was added by me in post. Yes, it was tedious, and yeah, it was annoying as hell :)

Very good, must have been quite annoying to get it all to work.

awfully long.
i'll report back when i finnish it

That was emm just just it was so soo awesom

That was long but it was good, very good!

I Aspire to be at This Level...So Nice [Fiver]

Ravenholm entry was awesome. good job!

Edit: Spelling error due to dumb keyboard.

The songs kind of sounded like the instrumental band Explosions in the Sky.
I haven't gotton to the end yet so it may very well be them.
But yeah, they did the soundtrack for Friday Night Lights.

Amazing. This was the movie that inspired me to make The Last Day's. Love the Man On Fire music. Loved it all. Great job. I shood up and claped at the end(i know that sounds stupid) but great job. You inspired me again SgtPadrino. Thank you.

Hey, it's what I do :)

And most of the music is actually by Godspeed You Black Emporer - Explosions in the Sky is one of their side projects, so they sound similar.

when you thought we wouldnt make aother, he did
LOVED the whole series, very touching.

Was that your voice over, or is it listed in the credits?

No - I was going to do a voice over, but then I just figured it'd be easier to get the voices from the .gcf file. That way I wouldn't have to write anything :)

Thatwas soo cool!

I have been searching around for that song with all the combine attack the zombies with the gernade at one point. I don't know which of the songs in the credits is it! I have been downloading every single one but they don't sound like the one in that part. What song is it?

This deserves more than a cookie.

Very good, but You didn't add too much from the last one. I'd call this a final copy, or remix. I liked how you used Episode One for some shots. Good job. One of the best.

This movie was amazing, long but very good.

Thanks guys. And yeah, this pretty much is just the final version of it (but if you're curious, there's a good ten or fifteen minutes of never-before-seen stuff in there)

And the song used for the Highway 17 battle is the fourth movement of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III (you're probably not finding it because it's about twelve minutes into the song)

Just wondering, what was the song that you used on your last version, when the camera was going up the Citadel. You changed it this time but I'd like to know what you used last time.

Hand of Fate, by James Newton Howard, off of the Signs soundtrack.

I don't know...if I didn't know the title I would have no clue what it was about. It was very cinematic and I give you props for making such a long video. It really wasn't as I expected. I felt like I was just watching a trailer to it. Maybe you could have gotten more of a story out of it or something.

That was in one of the .cfg files? What part of which game is that in? I don't recall it at all.

No, the .gcf file - all of the files the Source engine uses are in those files, located in the SteamApps folder. I used GCFscape to extract specific speech files out of the source sounds .gcf.

And Xendrid, I would've given it a story if I had the technical know-how, with Face Poser and all that. But, alas, I don't, so I figgered I'd give it nice images and hope they would speak for themselves :P

i bit long but good , i thought it was a sad in a way

i like this man but it lags on and on and on about jack i mean it need a plot but its good

Very good, the ending was very powerful and dramatic.

Maybe there is time to learn?

http://www.fpsbanana.com/tuts/210

You have perfect potential to make a great story. Also...

http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.p...es_in_your_map

I hope these help. I learned how to use face poser fast within 30 minutes. Very simple once you get past that part of fear you have when you see all of the confusing mumbo jumbo. The hardest part is getting everything in sync. It tells you how to do that too.

Alright, I'll look into those. I kinda wanted to make a music video anyway :)

The end was sad, good job man! :'( I like it, it's so calm, not as action packed as i thought.

Very nice. The ending was simply beautiful. You should really make more like this with your skill.

Wow, I'm pretty much you're all time biggest fan, and before when you said it was over, I totally stopped coming to the movies section. So I come back today, and WHAM, here this is. Thanks so much for this.

Heh, thanks. Cool, I have a fan base :)

I looked into those Faceposer tutorials, and you're right it's a lot easier than I thought. I did the lip synching for the music video I'm doing this afternoon, now I'm just going to add the gestures and expressions before doing the whole thing (the song is I Know Tomorrow is a Better Day. Yeah, I know it's been done already, but I'm in love with Poets of the Fall, so sue me)

You fucking rock my socks.

Oh yeah, almost forgot - I used the alternate ending as one of the trailers for the movie. Think of this as a DVD special feature :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr9hRPtyvto

Great video.

The man who spoke erlier on who wasn't related to the hl2 voice actors, was this you or someone you know? If so I may have a place for you as the main charactor in the TC me and my team are making for Unreal.

The part with the guy speaking was actually directly from the song Dead Flag Blues, by Godspeed You Black Emporer. I've been mistaken for a college student since I was 14, but unfortunately my voice still isn't as cool as that :P

Damn awesome at some parts you really feel like wow... and its sad.
The only bad thing is the gmod watermark but who cares the sound quality is so good it's just awesome great work. Instant five:

Hey guys. Figure it's about time for a progress report on what I've been doing. This is a thirty second clip from the music video I was talking about doing (don't crucify me for the lip synching, it's my first time using Face Poser)

And the last two shots look like shit because it's just some stock footage I shot when I was just starting out making movies. I don't know if I'm going to finish the entire thing - I may have bit off more than I can chew with a five minute long song :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRMF-wktJm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccTajOHTqU :P
Anyway, nice face posing mate.

Yeah I know, but like I said I'm in love with Poets of the Fall :P

And, like I said, it probably won't even be finished.

I've loved your films padrino. The camera work, the music, your like a one man movie making army.

PERFECTION! The only word to describe it with! Every thing was Perfect! The camera angles, the voices, EVERYTHING! Keep it up!

Heh, wasn't expecting this to get back on page 1 again.

Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it :)

There is know doubt that this is a great movie, and this guy has good movie making skills, but i can only give it a 4 due to there not being a hell of alot of action, but it was an impact so a 4 is good enough! nice movie mate. remember get the song pack up on filefront or something!

Good movie, how did you do some of the camera views, effects, shots, panning, etc?

I love zombie's i'm a zombie fanatic...

This was incredible. Pure talent, the ending was incredible.

That was good I liked it very much.

Put it on file front... i can't get those to work...

Very good I especially like the radio sequences and when the pastor leaves you at the Ravenholm exit. So you gonna make the next Land of the Dead? But a bit too long.

Whoa, Padrino I must commend you on your use of Godspeed you black emperor!

Padrino please put the sound pack up on filefront! i be you

If Valve put this plot into an alternate Half Life 2, you would become God.
This video literally made me sit mute for half an hour in shock to see the characters I loved from Half Life 2 commit suicide. The music was brilliant.
A big fucking 5 rating for you.

Whoops, take a break for a couple days and all these people watch my movie :)

Thanks guys, I'm glad you all enjoyed it.

With the soundtrack, the current version I have now is the old one - it doesn't have any of the new additions. Plus my internet is sucking and uploading things has been an exercise in patience and self control, not to mention I've been working on a HL2 single player mod that makes the campaign more cinematic... and once I start on something, I obsessively work on it 'till I'm done, then drop it and forget it for a few months :)

Expect the old soundtrack up in a little while.

Oh yeah, Xanatos - with the camera movements I just put the prop cam on sliders, with the effects I just did them in Adobe Premiere.

Edit:

Hey guys, the soundtrack is uploaded and ready for your listening pleasure. Since much of the music contained in this version of the movie is not included, I'm just going to call this music in the same vein as Zompocalypse Now - just queue the music up, close your eyes, and lose yourself in an apocalyptic dreamscape.

Track listing:
Track 1 - The Black Amnesias (5:09)
Original song by Hope of the States, contains Breen's "Instinct" speech.

Track 2 - The Dead Flag Blues (6:48)
Original song by Godspeed You Black Emporer, contains the opening G-Man speech, as well as the unknown Radio Transmissions (what I call the cluster-fuck of voices you hear towards the middle of Part 1)

Track 3 - Ravenholm Suite (4:11)
Begins with a track from the Half Life 2 soundtrack, and segueways into the third movement of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III by Godspeed You Black Emporer. Contains Alyx talking about Ravenholm, as well as a few of Gregory's prayers.

Track 4 - Ravenholm in Mourning (0:37)
A track from the Half Life 2 soundtrack, beginning with Gregory's farewell.

Track 5 - Ars Apocalyptica, Bled Through the Cracks of Highway 17 (14:57)
Begins with the second, third and fourth movements of the Godspeed You Black Emporer song Moya, along with a few more of Gregory's prayers. Segueways into the last three movements of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III, closing with a final address from Gregory.

Six tracks aren't included - the two tracks from the Nova Prospekt scene (the first few seconds of motherfucker=redeemer by Godspeed You Black Emporer and the last few minutes of Staying Alive by Cursive) and the songs used for the finale (Hand of Fate from the Signs soundtrack, composed by James Newton Howard, The End by Harry Gregson-Williams, Protect Life by Eric Serra, and His Name was Michael by Jeff Beal)

http://files.filefront.com/Soundtrac.../fileinfo.html

Enjoy!

Oh yeah, a lot of people complain about the lack of plot/point (I'm not going to argue, they kind of have a point :P)

But, I think it's about time I suggested this...

If you can correctly interpret the point (or message) of this movie, you get a cookie!

Truley beautiful in the mind of an artist. Sad and depressing, yet calming and makes me look at things in a different way. I wish to make something to that effect. Then you went and made this. I feel slightly irritated towards you, yet i thank you for making me realize that it is possible to create such an art within my reach. Forgive my awkward speech-like response, but the movie just put me in that mind set where i just can't help but depress my thoughts. I again thank you for this, and i would like to get in touch with you for various things via email, PM, messenger, or ventrillo.

Features my fave creature (Zombie) Plus a cool vid 5'd

Masterwork !
WoW i'm breathless
This is awesome work man.
Nice editing !

MAKE MORE!

I LOVE YOU! you put the sound thing up, god bless you

Meant to reply to this sooner, but thanks for the kind comments guys.

If when you're playing Episode 2, and you encounter a radio playing Gregori's speeches, you may begin worshipping me :)

Anyone got some suggestions for my next project? I've got a few ideas, but nothing's really getting me excited... or they just plain take too much work...

Oh yeah, check out these trailers I made for Zomp Now -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr9hRPtyvto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebmBk_8vNWI

That was so good that my eyes are popping outta my ball sockets!

Ok now where do i start, hmm maybe i can't, it would only take a life time to tell you how good this movie was, and it made me cry, verry good movie! 9999/9999 so good i wish i can give you more, although as long as some full length movies this was THE best movie i have seen EVER on face punch KEEP IT UP!

Heh, thanks Target.

But does the eyeball socket mean I need a disclaimer for this?

i didn't watch it its to long but you get a 5 for making it so long

This work is fantastic. The part with Dog and Alyx is very sad, yet very great.

can you upload high res video someplace else

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but wow all I can say is beautias

it was long which was very good. and i love the music i feel sorry for alyx her dad..

it was excellet! but what was with the radio all the time? and i tried not to cry at the end.

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why did you have to kill of alyx's dad? that was so so sad :(

I dunno... just seemed right that he'd rather hang himself then take a headcrab to the face :P

the files not on rapid share anymore

The audio is so good, the radio chatter and preist sounds/mumbling was great

yeah but you could made him locked him self in a little room or some thing because if you think about it he woulden't want to die becuase he had alyx

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hey sgtpadrino why don't you make a diffrent movie. why not a movie about zombies (again) little lesslong and like make more battles in it that would be great. OH! and use hl2 episode 1 or 2 music those music's are realy cool :D


i also think that was very sad and the bit where alyx takes down eli and hugs him :(
and why would mossman hang her self same answer as eli??

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE OF ZOMBIES!!!! (in all my life! execpt real zombie movies) 100000/100000 :D :D :D

it was great!, music sound ewry thing. great work

Abundance of rope and swarms of zombies probably helped things along :) And I guess what you see in Black Mesa East is what's going on after the hordes have moved on.

And I am making the sequel to this one, this time zombifying Episode 1.

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/s...d.php?t=210090

OH MY GOD thanks! :D :D :D :D :D

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oh wait i have seen this one it was the 1st one i saw

Camera techniques were great too