Screen Shots, Videos, Media, OFF Posters

[Hellshade 110]

There is just no way to get all of the features and addictiveness of OFF:BH&H into just one video but here is my first real attempt. It starts slow and builds to a crecendo. I tried to capture as best I could some of what makes OFF:BH&H so different from any other combat flight sim experience. I hope you all enjoy it.

 

The Over Flanders Fields Experience (5:07) 1080HD

 

Hellshade

Edited November 19, 2010 by Hellshade

[tranquillo 10]

They were probably on leave - we Germans actually like England.

 

I think they were staying at the hotel just out of shot. If I could have landed I'd have bought them a beer, Olham.

[Olham 164]

Hellshade, your action is breathtaking!

As you seem to like to make videos, may I suggest a kind of raw script for one?

 

1. Go into a real big fight and make as much video material of it as you can. The best would be a fight in 1918,

where French, Germans, British and American forces clash. If possible, show an Entente bomber attack on

a German airfield or railyrad, with fighter escort, and a counter strike of German fighters

2. Note all the aircraft types involved, and find out what squadrons they were from

3. make starts & landings with all squadrons seen in take one.

4. fly a similar mission (weather and area) with all craft from take one and make more video material

5. try to make additional dramatic stuff like collisions, explosions and crashes

 

The Cutting

The cutting makes the dramatic differences, and the fighting will need to have many cuts

and counter-cuts, often only very short bits, to create the speed and confusion of such a

furball.

Now cut it that way, that we see

6. all different parties at taking off (dramatic angles of running aircraft; speed!)

7. how they proceed to their areas (the dancing up and down bombers, the nervous fighters etc.)

8. How the bombers approach & bomb their targets (incl. bomb view - the spectator falls with it so to say)

9. how the German fighters approach

10. how the bombers turn, and the fighters spot the enemy coming

11. how the dogfight begins

12. how the bomber gunners defend more German fighters

(All this with many cuts between the different parties.)

 

After the fighting, you show the returning, battle-strained craft, some smoking,

(very dramatic would be a badly damaged craft pulling a dark trail of smoke on a long and shallow descend);

and their landings at their various fields

(the bombers perhaps, while the sun goes down - end title)

 

Sorry, I got carried away with it, but this is something I know you could do with great precision, and I'd really

love to see from you. But only if you like to do it and if you have the time for such a big movie project.

[+elephant 36]

Now, that would be great...

[tranquillo 10]

My new skin (courtesy of Olham) seems fine. Just took a 3 second burst to send this Alb away.

Edited November 19, 2010 by tranquillo

[+elephant 36]

Oh, no tranquillo...

How can people be so ignorant!

You could choose another victim...

It reminds me of: "with a kiss, you are betraying thy Master !"

Great skin there!

Edited November 19, 2010 by elephant

[Hellshade 110]

Hellshade, your action is breathtaking!

As you seem to like to make videos, may I suggest a kind of raw script for one?

 

1. Go into a real big fight and make as much video material of it as you can. The best would be a fight in 1918,

where French, Germans, British and American forces clash. If possible, show an Entente bomber attack on

a German airfield or railyrad, with fighter escort, and a counter strike of German fighters

2. Note all the aircraft types involved, and find out what squadrons they were from

3. make starts & landings with all squadrons seen in take one.

4. fly a similar mission (weather and area) with all craft from take one and make more video material

5. try to make additional dramatic stuff like collisions, explosions and crashes

 

The Cutting

The cutting makes the dramatic differences, and the fighting will need to have many cuts

and counter-cuts, often only very short bits, to create the speed and confusion of such a

furball.

Now cut it that way, that we see

6. all different parties at taking off (dramatic angles of running aircraft; speed!)

7. how they proceed to their areas (the dancing up and down bombers, the nervous fighters etc.)

8. How the bombers approach & bomb their targets (incl. bomb view - the spectator falls with it so to say)

9. how the German fighters approach

10. how the bombers turn, and the fighters spot the enemy coming

11. how the dogfight begins

12. how the bomber gunners defend more German fighters

(All this with many cuts between the different parties.)

 

After the fighting, you show the returning, battle-strained craft, some smoking,

(very dramatic would be a badly damaged craft pulling a dark trail of smoke on a long and shallow descend);

and their landings at their various fields

(the bombers perhaps, while the sun goes down - end title)

 

Sorry, I got carried away with it, but this is something I know you could do with great precision, and I'd really

love to see from you. But only if you like to do it and if you have the time for such a big movie project.

 

Is that all?

 

No promises, but I'll see what I can do sir.

Great paint job on the SE5a, too. Incredible work sir.

What did you think about the "OFF Experience" video, in terms of showing a person who might be interested in a WWI flight sim what OFF:BH&H offers? I tried to make it like a Promo / Informational style video. Basically, do you think it would be likely to generate enough interest and excitement to make them go to the website and learn more about Over Flanders Fields?

 

Beautiful screen shot Tranq! That's a keeper.

 

Hellshade

Edited November 19, 2010 by Hellshade

[tranquillo 10]

Oh, no tranquillo...

How can people be so ignorant!

You could choose another victim...

It reminds me of: "with a kiss, you are betraying thy Master !"

Great skin there!

 

It's OK, it wasn't Olham

[Olham 164]

Thanks for your compassion, elephant, but Tranquillo is right there - in the air we would be opponents.

Opponents - not enemies - an important difference for me.

I made him an S.E.5a, knowing very well, what he would do with it. I even flew that good British fighter

myself and shot down Albatros. But it was making a queesy feeling in my belly.

Hellshade, that's what I was thinking about, when I saw your video. It is a wonderful show of all the

different craft in OFF. Now OFF might benefit even more, if there was also a video showing one tough

clash, with pre-flight and later landing - a story, the viewer can feel part of. That's why it wouldn't be

possible to show the variety of historical craft (which your video does perfectly) - it would be an action

movie. Together, they would make a perfect team, I think, to promote OFF.

(As if your other videos wouldn't do that - they all do, but I think you know what I mean!)

Edited November 19, 2010 by Olham

[tranquillo 10]

Tranquillo is right there - in the air we would be opponents.

Opponents - not enemies - an important difference for me.

[+elephant 36]

I was refering to the Albatros in general, (as a favorite plane), not to Olham particularly...

ie why to chose an Albatros as his victim to show the skin and not another plane.

Joking of course.

 

[Olham 164]

It's alright and shows your compassion, elephant - but the Albatros is for some time the

only German fighter available here in OFF more or less.

[tranquillo 10]

I was refering to the Albatros in general, (as a favorite plane), not to Olham particularly...

ie why to chose an Albatros as his victim to show the skin and not another plane.

Joking of course.

 

No offence taken, elephant.

Actually the Albatros chose me and I defended myself:grin:

[Ratatat 0]

Great video Hellshade! Very effective I think. I wanted to order the game all over again!

 

However, what I'm really looking forward to now is the Hellshade & Olham magnum opus video. When and where can I buy my ticket?

[vyrago 0]

New PC and new Monitor! now my OFF looks even better than before!

 

 

 

[foreigndevil 0]

My new skin (courtesy of Olham) seems fine. Just took a 3 second burst to send this Alb away.

 

A Flying Tiger in WW 1! Nice!

[+elephant 36]

Wow, super crisp image there vyrago

[von Baur 54]

Looking forward to P4's heavies. In anticipation I dragged the big-screen down to the computer room, tweaked the "Gotha raid on London" mission (changed the start time to 2:00AM and nixxed all the pesky interceptors), fired up OFF and let 'er rip. Gotta love the Gotha's bombsight...first bomb was on target smack on the Tower Bridge. Turned around and headed east and two and a half hours later I was on the ground deep in Belgium. Hairy landing...gotta come in so shallow I had a dickens of a time picking up the airfield (next tilme I'll position myself on centerline about five miles out and lock the heading into my mind, then descend until I'm at about 300' and take it in from there). Came in diagonally over the corner with all the hangars!!! Nursed it over the hangars just above stall speed, chopped throttle directly over them and settled into a beautiful landing, rolling to a stop less than halfway across the field. But one of the coolest parts was watching the sun rise out of the North Sea on my return trip. Had to take a pic for posting. Enjoy.

[RAF_Louvert 101]

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Very cool von Baur. I am a big fan of the long B/R flights through the night and into the wee hours of the morning. Made a few night raids on Berlin in Strutters and Fees myself and caught the sunrise on the way home. Quite moving really.

 

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[Olham 164]

Tch! You guys have a strange sense of romanticism!

[tranquillo 10]

Got transfered back to Blighty for a couple of weeks and decided to look for my house. Mmmm, it's around here somewhere.....

 

[Olham 164]

Just made my second debut at 94th Aero (the first was early this year), using Herr Prop-Wasche's new FM

for the Nieuport N 28. I cannot tell much yet; it doesn't seem to be very different, but the craft behaved a bit

easier to handle in turns. I have not made a test with a steeper dive yet, to find out the limits.

I may better do that in QC, I think - this campaign guy has made a victory in his first flight.

 

At returning, he came in so fast, that he rolled right into the hangar! Captain Rickenbacker said, I should

shift back one gear, but the Red Baron was just shot down - and I had hoped I could get him.

Aw, well - there are so many other aces!

 

 

Edited November 22, 2010 by Olham

[tranquillo 10]

Nice shots again, Olham.

 

I think I must have hit an ammo truck here.

 

[Olham 164]

You're living out the opposite of your name (and job) here in OFF, do you?

It might have been the Schnapps supply for the brass you hit there.

(If they ever catch you - don't tell 'em I made that skin for you; they'd hang me on the nearest ree!)

[Hellshade 110]

Those are some beautiful pics guys! Great paint jobs too. Olham, how do you like flying for the Crumpets?

 

A couple of quick little fun vids.

 

Sometimes the little bastards really do come right out of the sun at you

Beware the Hun in the Sun (0:12) 1080HD

 

 

I'm not exactly positive what happened here, but we were close enough and slow enough for long enough that I'd like to think we exchanged Christmas cards.

As he begins to pull away, if you look closely you actually can clearly see the damn gauges in his cockpit. With better resolution I bet you could even read the damn dials.

Close Encount of the Hun Kind (0:22) 1080HD

 

Hellshade

Edited November 22, 2010 by Hellshade