Greetings all! I have recently completed a significant enough portion of the trailer for Final Fantasy XIV to create a teaser version for you all to see. This trailer is intended to be a means of selling FFXIV after patch 1.20 has gone live. So some segments are reserved for patch 1.19 and 1.20 footage.
When the final version of the complete trailer is ready, I intend to release both English and Japanese versions.
Click here to view it at YouTube.
Let me know what you think, please!
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Rebirth Teaser
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09-13-2011, 02:36 PMSilvertearRenFinal Fantasy XIV Online: Rebirth Teaser
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09-13-2011, 02:54 PMKonachibiI extremely intensly approve of this trailer, it's tune, it's quality and what it is made to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilvertearRen
Amazing work, and I await the finished trailer with baited breath
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09-13-2011, 03:03 PMMeowMeow
Nice work, though I don't really like the song ><
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09-13-2011, 03:05 PMJynx
I remember when you has posted the longer version of this, I liked it but I still don't feel like the .hack music really fits.
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09-13-2011, 03:06 PMSilvertearRenI admit it is a dynamically different style compared to most Final Fantasy tunes, but I have always thought that this tune represented FFXIV's "impending dramatic" nature rather well.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeowMeow
P.S. I wouldn't mind if Hitoshi Sakimoto composed a new soundtrack for my trailer, lol. I loved his work in Final Fantasy 12. -
09-13-2011, 03:12 PMDimo
not bad, i would have liked to see some more of the intense stuff aka the ifrit cutscene and the final cutscene with baelsar. Other than that though, good stuff!
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09-13-2011, 03:14 PMSilvertearRenGaius Van Baelsar, you mean? Yeah, they're in the final full version. Remember, this is a teaser of things to come. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dimo
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09-13-2011, 03:18 PMKonachibi
If I were to suggest a replacement song it would be this one:
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It may seem a bit odd to use this games opening theme (and the theme tune of almost every final fantasy game to date) to use as a 'rebirth' tune, but this particular composition of the theme oozes grandieur like a curry oozes flavour. It stands up and announces "What you are witnessing, and what you will experience should you partake in what we are showing you, is legendary."
Let's be honest, the fact that Square Enix decided that instead of giving up on this game and allowing it to sink into a mediocre MMO that gets little to no content updates, they decided to pour heart and soul in to turn into the rebirth your trailer depicts, and thus is history in the making and legendary in it's own right.
Perhaps begin the tune around the 1:22 mark where the full orchestra kicks in to full swing, it always makes my spine tingle to hear so many instruments suddenly building up to being played with so much energy and power. -
09-13-2011, 03:22 PMSilvertearRenI'm not a fan of Nobuo's style, as it doesn't really create a very strong "sequence" of musical events, from my perspective. It also doesn't seem very... "battle-esque", so that doesn't help that track's chances of being used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konachibi
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09-13-2011, 03:27 PMRhomagus
I'll honestly say I liked it. I'd recommend that when the words "The seventh umbral era is nigh" you then go into more dark scenes instead of Gridania cutscenes.
The moogle doesn't match up with the sense of insecurity that those words bring. You could include images such as the dragon from the opening CS (Though you might not want to do this as it seems you're sticking strictly to in game cutscenes). I think the best part would be to include the scene from the R46 mission. Don't show too much of it, but just the part with the fog and you can't tell if the figure walking through it is dead or alive yet. That would match up very well with the phrase "The seventh umbral era is nigh"... you could include the scene with the Ascian from the cutscene just prior to the ifrit quest. All in all just darker scenes to accompany those words. Just ideas.
You did excellent on the "age of peace comes to an end". Images of the parade and the lasting image of F'lhaminn presenting a flower really coincide with the words nicely. The "the empire begins its march" is also accompanied by good visual material. -
09-13-2011, 03:29 PMSilvertearRenPersonally, I think that's something of a minor issue, but I will keep that in mind. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhomagus
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09-13-2011, 03:31 PMKonachibiFair point.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilvertearRen
BTW, added a bit more to that post after your quoted. Sorry, I usually think up extra things to add into already written sentences so quite often my posts look very different 5 minutes after originally being posted.
As you can imagine, talking to me in rl is hard work. :p
Just another suggestion, I'm not entirely sure this could be used to fit into a more battle-based sequence but still, I regard this as the greatest composition I have ever heard in my entire life, bar none.
Grandia Theme
The first time I heard this tune I was awstruck, it was beautifull, it was sweet, it had emotion so tangible I felt like I could reach out and stroke it, it has everything I believe a perfect orchestrated composition should have. It even manages to fit an electric guitar solo into it which many would believe is impossible with a classic orchestra. If I were given the option to pick a tune for planet Earth, THIS would be my immediate, single, one and only choice.
Sorry I've rambled, but I believe in this tune like Derrick Acurah believes in his spirit-guide Sam. -
09-13-2011, 03:40 PMJynx
Ahhh! That makes me want to play Grandia again...where did I put my playstation...
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09-13-2011, 03:42 PMSilvertearRen
That Grandia theme is really good. However, I consider it a bit too long. The sweet-spot for trailers is two minutes. :(
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09-13-2011, 03:49 PMKonachibiYou could always cut & paste the tune to meet the lengths of the trailer and also allow certain sections of it to play at pinnacle scenes during the trailer to add to the excitement.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilvertearRen
And Jynx, yes indeed, after first completing Grandia it sat at the top of my PS1 games pile, I have made sure each time I go near that pile that the game is both 1: Still at the top and 2: still in perfect condition.
However I have not brought myself to play through it again. The first playthrough left me in such a state of sheer dumbstruck amazement that I fear playing through it again could cause me to realise the game is not as... what's a good terminology... deserving of the title of "Greatest RPG to have, does and will exist ever in the history of everything"... as I had originally thought. I have faith that a second playthrough will still leave me in as much if not more awe than it had the first time around, however like many things in life, I would somehow prefer it to stay as an object of perfection in my memory than risk destroying the memory of something that made me into the person I am today. -
09-13-2011, 06:12 PMviion
Come on Ren thought you would of finished it by now!!! ANTANGANZIGINGING
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09-13-2011, 06:25 PMAvraymPerfect! A trailer worthy of the franchise.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilvertearRen
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09-13-2011, 06:29 PMBruceyBruceyBangBangI've seen some other stuff by you. I'm confident in you producing a great trailer. However, I agree about the song. It's not great. Did you go in and review the OST for FFXIV? This one could be something to review. Very epic and also different movements throughout the song that can be edited to different effects of your trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilvertearRen
Work hard and make us something we can view and you can throw out there to make everyone come storming back (if they had quit) XD -
09-13-2011, 09:40 PMObeiKinstar
Nice!! makes me want to play the game more (even tho Im playing it right now)
Honestly watching this really makes me want them to get the past cut scene viewer implemented quick, or start a new char... -
09-13-2011, 09:49 PMKonachibiStart a new character, fulfill the urge whilst it's free to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by ObeiKinstar
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09-13-2011, 09:50 PMCeonsReally nice SilvertearRen! I think the song you have goes really well with it! However, the one BruceyBruceyBangBang posted is not too bad either.Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang
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09-13-2011, 11:12 PMGreatLeviathan
I love it :D
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09-13-2011, 11:23 PMCoombah
I agree with most everyone on the thread awesome work tho the music def needs to be changed. Good job tho^^ Looking forward to the final version
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09-13-2011, 11:41 PMKonachibi
Create a comedy trailer next with funny emotes and actions to go along to this tune right here
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09-13-2011, 11:43 PMAdvancedWind
I have to join the group that believes that the music is kinda off, mostly due to the fact that it isn't a Final Fantasy song. Of course you do have the final word on this (and the trailer is quite well done), but I do dare suggest to use a FFXIV song or, failing that, another FF song.
And here are some personal choices from the FFXIV soundtrack, but it really depends on what type of theme you want for the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHA7...08F47C925C651D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmtRB...25C651D&lf=BFa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLXZ...25C651D&lf=BFa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvsTA...25C651D&lf=BFa
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09-13-2011, 11:56 PMKonachibiI like all of those, though the 4th one seems a little slow.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdvancedWind
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09-14-2011, 12:09 AMRedAffinity
the music is PERFECT! ! !
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09-14-2011, 12:24 AMb0ats
amazing job on the trailer
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09-14-2011, 12:50 AMOverkill9000
that trailer was pretty cool XD lol i liked. they should hire you. i too have made a trailer that shows my anticipation of 1.19
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09-14-2011, 03:46 AMAnonymoose
I really like the general feel to it; it has a great sense of what it's like to be involved in XIV - much more-so than the official releases. It's a bit short, as such is the nature of teaser trailers, but usually teasers will make use of a drawn out intro with text over black and a slower intro to the song.
Does that song in particular have a more aesthetic, mellow part that can be used to lead into it?
I can give suggestions for text and such, if necessary. All in all, though - I'd love to help spread this when the time comes. Great effort. -
09-14-2011, 04:52 AMSilvertearRenI noticed that there is a large group that thinks the music should be changed, and I wish that were possible at this point in the trailer's development.Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang
I reviewed all of the music FFXIV and FFXII had to offer, and they were either too long, or too short, or did not have enough transitory phases that I was looking for. I wanted a track that had a good "intro, body, climax".
.hack//G.U.'s soundtracks do this rather well, while Final Fantasy XIV's tend to run too long.
Sorry. Maybe I'll create a new trailer in 2012 when I find a better FF track that works to my expectation. (I also tried Final Fantasy Type Zero's music, too...didn't work.)
You can listen to the entire song by looking for "Eightfold Illusion" from .hack//G.U.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymoose
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09-14-2011, 06:31 AMRhomagus
You from WA? Saw the video of the train.
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09-14-2011, 06:38 AMSilvertearRenYep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhomagus
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