"The Iron Cross" - WW2 DocumentAARy

**Oranje Verzet** · 27-10-2005 20:46

Episode VIII: Battle of France is now released

Episodes (640x480):
Episode I: Gathering Storm
Episode II: False Hope
Episode III: The Countdown
Episode IV: Fall Weiss
Episode V: Winter War
Episode VI: Northern Storm
Episode VII: Power and Propaganda
Episode VIII: Battle of France

Episodes (320x240):
Episode I: Gathering Storm
Episode II: False Hope
Episode III: The Countdown
Episode IV: Fall Weiss
Episode V: Winter War
Episode VI: Northern Storm
Episode VII: Power and Propaganda
Episode VIII: Battle of France

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Episode I: Gathering Storm
Episode II: False Hope
Episode III: The Countdown
Episode IV: Fall Weiss
Episode V: Winter War
Episode VI: Northern Storm
Episode VII: Power and Propaganda
Episode VIII: Battle of France
Episode IX: The Darkest Hour

**lifeless** · 27-10-2005 20:50

ooo. so is it gonna be a movie?

**Oranje Verzet** · 27-10-2005 21:49

Episode I: Gathering Storm

The first episode, Gathering Storm, covers the rise of the Nazis in Germany and in Europe. The events included are the rise of Hitler in Germany, the Spanish Civil War, the Anti Comintern Pact and the Anschluss.

Download the episode now:

Episode I: Gathering Storm
Filesize: 32 Mb
Videosize: 640 x 480
Best viewed: Fullscreen

Episode I: Gathering Storm
Filesize: 8.9 Mb
Videosize: 320 x 240
Best viewed: 200%

PS. Please comment on the movie and give feedback. I had some clips for a while and decided to put them together, and here is the result. The course of the war is based upon a Germany '38 H/A game.

**Singleton Mosby** · 27-10-2005 22:52

What, is this for real!

OV how coooooool!!!

I do not have the bandwith to download it now so I will do tomorrow at work.
Which program did you used to build it?

**therev** · 27-10-2005 23:11

dowloading 1st episode as I type

**Oranje Verzet** · 27-10-2005 23:28

Dont laugh but i used Windows Moviemaker

I used to have Adobe Premiere but since my crash i have lost the program. And i still had these clips, so i decided to make a little DocumentAARy.

**stnylan** · 27-10-2005 23:29

Very interesting OV, and quite fun. I particularly enjoyed the music, and it had something of the 'feel' of one of the old cinema newsreels or propaganda films. I must admit though to noticing one typo in the affair (you missed an 's' off a 'success' somewhere along the line).

I take it you are playing Germany?

**Kaiser Franz** · 28-10-2005 00:39

do i have to register to download this?

edit never mind...downloading as we speak

**Mettermrck** · 28-10-2005 00:51

Very innovative concept! I d/led and watched the first episode and I was impressed at the quality of the production. There are a few spelling errors, though these were minor. I wonder if you'll be incorporating some HOI screenshots into future episodes? Nicely done with the music, and blending documentary dialogue into the episode. I'll be interested to see what kind of pace and scope you can develop with this format. Best of luck!

**Kaiser Franz** · 28-10-2005 00:54

watched it..it was great!! well done...you deserve an AAR award for this one!!

**TekcoR** · 28-10-2005 01:08

It was very well done and I was pleased. Few errors, but a very interesting way of displaying a story.

**coz1** · 28-10-2005 01:26

This sounds amazingly cool, though I can't watch it just yet as my home comp is way too slow. I'll check it out from work tomorrow though. Quite nifty!!

**Phoenix Dace** · 28-10-2005 04:14

I watched the small version. Fantastic. This is innovative. While I'm sure many people have thought it before (I know I have) I've never actually seen it done before. Tremendous work.

**therev** · 28-10-2005 05:18

Have watched 1st episode - agree with all the previous comments - excellent. I also hope there might be a place for screen shots in the documentary style

**Singleton Mosby** · 28-10-2005 09:13

OV, I just watched it and it is great. Can I ask you how long it took you to make this?

**Oranje Verzet** · 28-10-2005 10:32

Yes, quite painfully i already had an episode finished at 2 o clock yesterday. The program crashed as i was finishing it up. So i was pretty pissed and left it for what it was untill later. At 6 i again opened the program and windows had made a restore of the project. Luckely much was still there.

In the end making the film took about 2 hours, but finding the right pictures and videoclip etc. took a lot more time.

Also sorry for my broken English i was a bit hasty in my writing and forgot to double check. If i dont do that than it gets pretty messy.

Im working on Episode II but it might take some more time, and there indeed will be ingame screenshots.

EDIT: I totally forgot, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTS AND FEEDBACK most appreciated.

**bluermonkey** · 28-10-2005 10:35

That was really good! I hope episode 2 will be ready soon.

**coz1** · 28-10-2005 17:37

Finally got a chance to watch it and I am impressed. Very original in the thinking and creative in the execution. I too wonder if you might not throw a few games screenies in there, though you may feel it takes a little away from the feel of the film. Perhaps with some editing, they might fit. MacRaith did a great series in the Gazette some time back on screenshot manipulation that may assist if that was a concern.

Looking forward to more! Great job!

**kenneththegreat** · 28-10-2005 17:50

downloading!

**The Yogi** · 28-10-2005 17:55

That was great!

I couldn't help smiling about how well the music from Conan the Barbarian worked in your piece. Maybe you should have music source in the credits though?

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