How long did it take to produce your movies?
I made Skater Boy in 7 days, but I worked on it almost non stop. It's hard to say how much it took me to
make NANM, but it was 2 months if you count from the day I started it
till the day I finished. As for Helena it's also pretty hard to count.. around 2.5 months I guess
I love that hair/eyes/skin where did you get it?
I tried to make lists of the custom content used in my movies. They're not complete though, but I tried my best.
Go to movies page, click on the movie title and it will take you to the
movie page. There will be a link to the page with custom content I used in the video.
To see the content from Helena click here
I can't believe that Skater Boy is your first movie. Or is it the first that you
uploaded?
No, it's the first one that I've made with Sims 2. I used to make music videos myself or together with my friend.
During last several years I made six or seven, but I edited them using 2 vcr's so I'm not sure if you can call it a
real movie making experience. There was just one short 2 minute video that I edited on my computer.
Are you gonna make a voiceover movie one day?
Well, I LOVE music. It inspires me. Although I think it would be fun to make a
voiceover movie, there will always be a problem of getting right voices. Even if there would be some ppl willing to do a voiceover for me, I can't expect an average
simmer to have a studio quality microphone and the right
voice tone for the character, brilliant acting abilities and so on. I'm a perfectionist and a bit
afraid to be dependant on sb else to be honest...
Okay how did you get the guy up in a tree?
I created an animation in Milkshape (It's a 3d program),
then I used Miche's animation converter to convert it into format that is recognizable by Sims 2, then I imported it into the object using SimPE.
Check out this thread for more detailed instructions on how to do that.
How did you make the glass break?
This shot wasn't made in the game. I just took a picture in Sims and used it as a background in 3ds max,
and then I made the animation of the glass breaking.
How do you make a movie?
In Sims you can capture everything that is going on on the screen by pressing the V key, also you can enter free moving camera mode by pressing
[TAB] key... the rest is up to you.
What editor do you use?
I used Vegas 6.0 while making Helena and Not Another Nightlife Movie.
I used Windows Movie Maker while making Skater Boy (and I really regret it).
I have trouble with downloading your movies. The video stops etc.
If the link is broken plz let me know. If it stops, I guess you need to download the movie to your hard drive first. There is a small
program called Free Download Manager which supports broken download recovery. You can get
it from here.
What about sets?
No, I'm not uploading/sharing the sets, sorry. First, there's lots of CC in my game I've NO idea where I got it, so I wouldn't be able to credit all the creators. Second, my sets look like crap on the outside and they are not playable, because they're..well movie sets. And third, I wouldn't want them to be used anywhere else. Saying this is meant for personal use only doesn't do much as my experience tells me.
Can I upload your movie to my site?
No.
If you want to make a mention of my movie on your site, just feel free
to put the movie promo image and a link to my site.
What is your redistribution policy?
Well the rule is simple.. you can't take credit for my work. This
applies to everything.
As for the custom content that is or will be posted on the site, feel
free to share it, just don't upload to pay sites. Credit is nice,
but not necessary.
Feel free to hotlink to any of the pages on the site, but DO NOT
hotlink to any of the content! wmv files, zip archives etc)
Feel free to use my stuff in movies too if you want
Can I use your sims in my movie/photostory?
No, sorry, you can't. I've uploaded my sims to this site so that you
could have fun with them in your games and I think it will be more original of you if you create actors for your movie yourself.
The only exception might be the case if you wanted to use them to make a reference to my
movie (e.g. if you are making a parody)
Can you link to me if I put a link to your site on my page?
Yeah, but your site has to be well made. I'm not very strict about it, it has to be dedicated to sims movies or stories without too many annoying ads.
If I linked to you and then you have moved and your former site location doesn't point to your current direction, your site will be removed.
Also, give me up to 30 days to add your link. The email for link exchange requests is linkexchange (+) jd-movies.com
What tools did you use to create your site?
I used Photoshop CS to create the site layout and Homesite 5 to
help me write HTML codes.
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