Battle of Thermopylae: The Video

**Steeven** · January 31, 2006, 01:28 PM

Some time ago I made this video. I wanted to show people how a battle could have been, and what battle is more heroic than the one at Thermopylae. It took me hours, hours and even more hours to finish this movie. It was hard. And hey, it has music from The Gladiator

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First I had to master the movie editor. I played battles and battles and replays and replays. I edited my ass off until I got the hang of it. After that I fought countless battles against the AI, in the hope it would turn out alright for this theme.

Well, and if that ain't all, you don't want to know how much work it takes to edit a battle of 45 minutes into 10 minutes, trying matching it with the music, keeping the quality high. I had thousands of pictures on my hard drive which I had to turn into clips, which had to turn into this movie.

But hey, I did it and this is the result. I admit the quality is not superb, the original video was 500 MB and I managed to shrink it too a lousy 64 MB or something like that. Don't worry about the size because Google will STREAM it for you

. If you people like the movie I'll try to upload a better quality version this weekend.

Of course, it was not possible to recreate the battle of Thermopylae. What I did was using a small number of Spartans and a whole lot of Persians. The fight starts at a bridge, to simulate the battle space. It was impossible to find a right location for this, other than the bridge. Last, the Spartans eventually move over the bridge, because the AI didn't move. It turned out good because some time later the brave Spartans got surrounded, just like the real battle.

You will see some blurry spots sometimes if you view the movie fullscreen. Try not doing that, it will make things look strange. I'm really interested in what yoy guys think

. ENJOY!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50562614121633

**bestantreas** · February 01, 2006, 06:30 AM

It looks really nice, I am downloading now. I am sure you did a great job. Also it is nice that you include Gladiator soundtrack in it.

**Steeven** · February 01, 2006, 12:05 PM

Thank you

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**The White Knight** · February 01, 2006, 12:22 PM

A titanjob! Very very good!

Marvellous job on the music too: 'The Gladiator' music stays marvellous, no matter how many times you listen to it.

**Dirty Harry** · February 01, 2006, 12:30 PM

I cant see anything, I think the 64v64 avatars here have better resolution

**rez** · February 01, 2006, 12:31 PM

Great use of the movie cam my friend. The editing and soundtrack also made for a great experience.

**Last Roman** · February 01, 2006, 12:31 PM

ya, the resolution isnt the best

**LordSaradain** · February 01, 2006, 12:41 PM

great music!

**Goscinio** · February 01, 2006, 12:47 PM

Good work with the movie_cam , and the music is just splendid :wink: Hope to see another movie of yours soon

**Steeven** · February 01, 2006, 01:09 PM

I know the resolution sucks, I'll upload a better one this weekend

. I burned the original movie on DVD, its awesome

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Oh yeah, and you may try to change the screensize to Original, so you can actually see what happens in the movie. Somehow Google Video resizes it so big it sucks.

And thanks for the positive comments

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**Skyhigh** · February 05, 2006, 02:15 PM

did you know that with the battle editor you can recreate the battlefield better by placing cliffs facing each other?
cuz that would have made more sense

**GODzilla** · February 08, 2006, 04:06 AM

Ehrm...

"Thanks for your interest in Google Video.

Currently, the playback feature of Google Video isn't available in your country.

We hope to make this feature available more widely in the future, and we really appreciate your patience."

Is it possible for you uploading it somewhere, maybe to

www.rapidshare.de (max filesize 50MB)

or

www.yousendit.com

Thanks in advance :original: .

**shadowarmy75** · February 13, 2006, 04:08 PM

he playback feature of Google Video isn't available in your country

Why wouldn't it be available. It is on the internet. Shouldn't it be the same from everywhere?

**Schwertmeister** · February 14, 2006, 04:07 AM

I'm not a computer-geek

but I know somehow they can track from where you load their website. This is indeed possible so Godzilla can't download, but I think you're not missing too much since the resolution is really low. You can upload up to 100 MB at rapidshare.de please upload some better quality-vid ! Thank you, I'd really like to see !

**GODzilla** · February 14, 2006, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Schwertmeister

I'm not a computer-geek

but I know somehow they can track from where you load their website. This is indeed possible so Godzilla can't download, but I think you're not missing too much since the resolution is really low. You can upload up to 100 MB at rapidshare.de please upload some better quality-vid ! Thank you, I'd really like to see !

WOW, they actually raised the max filesize with rapidshare. Nice. Thanks for the info :original: .

**AlCord** · February 14, 2006, 09:51 AM

It's easy to watch also from Germany :wink:

In IE go to internet options. Then to languages and there you add an english language (e.g. english us). Then it should load the vid. at least in my case it did :original:

**Flogger** · February 14, 2006, 10:04 AM

The end... so sad...

**Luftwaffe Rules** · March 07, 2006, 07:18 PM

How do I get it to have better resolution? TIA and ROCK ON Jon

**Shadows** · March 07, 2006, 07:34 PM

Great Movie

. Loved the music too. Only thi8ng you need is better resolution, then you should get an award. And btw Welcome to the forums Luftwaffe Rules. :original: