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Hey guys, I'm Lorenzo and this is CineBattle,
the show where Jordy fights against Yannick in an epic filmmaking challenge.
And, for today guys, well, I'm not gonna say anything because we have a video prepared for you guys.
That's good.
So, guys, what do you think all these intros have in common?
The same maker.
No.
They're all intros of series.
They're all crime series intros.
So, for today, guys, you have to create your own crime series intro.
You have two hours and you can use everything that you can find: Storyblocks, your own footage, whatever.
I'll make something with a template and you make something from scratch and let's see who wins.
Okay.
So, guys, is it clear?
Let's just get started with this.
Let's get started with this.
Let's get started.
I'm going for the True Detective style.
I think it's even best to just work with stock clips then try to make something cool.
If I could ever make a series, I would probably make it for Netflix, I think,
because I have a Netflix subscription so I can then watch my own series.
I don't have an HBO subscription.
I'm wondering should I film something or not?
I'm gonna film something.
Most of the opening intros are between 30 seconds and 1 minute and a half.
[Earphones Users Beware]
Getting intense here.
Very intense.
I'm starting.
What do you say in an intro sequence? You introduce the actors, right?
You kind of introduce what this series is about, right?
So I'm–
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So I'm going to recreate the intro of True Detective
and you can see, like, people standing in front of a wide screen with some blending modes and such.
So I'm gonna do that, but I don't want to entirely use stock clips.
That's why I'm gonna film myself in front of a white screen.
I already have the frame.
Now, let's–
Let's put it on something.
What about a homeless person who does robberies
but he stays as a homeless person so that the cops never will find out that he's actually super rich.
He's not sharing that.
He's still a bad guy, you know, he's still a bad guy.
He steals–
Hey, this could be a good series.
Netflix, if you're watching right now, I got a good idea.
Stop with the yapping and start working.
I need shots of a homeless guy.
I watched the first season of True Detective which was also very good.
I didn't like the second season.
Oh, yeah, there's a female cop like she's super hot, you know, and he is very much in love with her.
And, you know, he can get her because he's, of course, super rich, but he cannot show to the cop that he's rich.
Let's do that. Let's do that.
Can you hold that part? Otherwise, the thing will break.
Thanks.
♪Raindrops keep falling on my head♪
So, you can see, Jordy is going for the easy way.
He's going to do everything with stock images and templates.
Not me.
I'm going all the way.
I'm going for the win this time.
Vote for me.
Not for Jordy because he's Jordy.
Vote for the perfect–
for the best results.
Not because he's Jordy and the face of Cinecom, no.
Vote for the best results.
I'm on Storyblocks right now, and I see that they have a lot of shots of a homeless guy.
We can definitely use that to showcase the homeless guy and do something with nice effects or something..
Let there be light.
Oops, what did I just do?
Did I just open up World of Warcraft?
Look at here.
This is my little character.
I'm a Gnome Mage.
Hordes hate me because I am small.
I am gonna take my shots in front of this white screen, you see– don't see –behind you.
And this I'm going to use to do the blending in.
I don't know what it is with Classic World of Warcraft but everyone is just geeking out so hard about it.
It's insane.
One quick thing, guys, one quick thing.
Sorry for interrupting guys, but as you can see, I'm at home.
I'm editing a video and, just like Jordy and Yannick, I'm also using Storyblocks
because Storyblocks has a huge library full of video assets like flares, overlays, backgrounds,
and it also has a lot of After Effects templates; ones that you can completely customize.
And it's so easy 'cause sometimes, with all of those tight deadlines,
I don't have the time to make something myself.
So I just download a template from Storyblocks, customize it, and I'm done.
It's super easy.
Oh, and by the way, guys, all of the video clips on Storyblocks are both HD and 4k.
That's so cool, right?
And the good thing about all of that is that it's only one price per year for unlimited downloads.
That's right.
And it isn't even that expensive.
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Let's get back to CineBattle right now.
Because we only have two hours, I'm gonna do my own shots for me.
I'm the model, but I'm going to use a shot I'm going to blend
that are going to be stock clips because I don't have enough time to go outside
and shoot everything they shot because that's impossible.
Yannick, I don't know what to do.
I got too many ideas.
No money, no job.
I'm gonna download all of the homeless clips I can find it.
Because the light is creating a star, I'm gonna use this soft filter in front of it
so that it won't do that and create more like a soft light.
Yannick! Catch!
Okay, let's record my shots.
Get out of the way, Lorenzo.
So I think I got my shots, and luckily, because I think I need my time for the edit
so let's go to the editing room.
Also, I'm gonna check on Jordy because he ain't doing much, I think.
Let's go.
Jordy.
Catch.
Now like I said, I'm gonna look for these stock clips to blend.
I need music now: Audioblocks.
I have no idea which kind of effects that I should put on my intro.
Finally found the style that I want to go for.
20 minutes left.
I know and I still have nothing.
Guys, guess what?
What?
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Time's up.
I'm done.
Can I do one more thing?
No.
I dragged in the wrong clip on my timeline.
Only to do that.
You gotta render, Jordy.
So, guys, how did it go?
Hard.
Good.
Good for once.
Explain.
Well, with me, I actually came up with a great idea very quick.
I had all of my shots really quick.
And then the editing.
I just couldn't find it, like, 'How should I piece everything together?'
So I lost a lot of time by just thinking.
Trying different things.
For me, I went for the Truest Detective Season 4.
Season 4.
And, yeah, just make my own shots and start with the effects.
I did a little bit of CopyCat Friday.
Nice.
Copycat Sunday now.
And my story came afterwards
It's about a serial killer that uses insects to kill his victims.
So it's a perfect murder because you can't trace insects.
Look at that.
Yeah, you were ballsy enough to box against the quality of that season and try to match it.
Correct.
Okay, I'm curious now.
Show it.
Let's show Yannick's.
I want to see it.
♪Where the sun sink into the sea♪
♪They didn't go to water, Rosaline♪
♪Where the sailor sing so high♪
That's pretty good, pretty good.
We did a tutorial about that, actually guys, about the double exposure effects.
But I found a more easy way to do it.
Really?
Really.
I went crazy.
Okay, that's impressive.
Yeah.
All right.
Let's have a look at mine, I guess
So what I did, guys, they mentioned that again, I worked completely with stock clips from Storyblocks.
I didn't use–
I didn't shot anything myself.
I used sound effects and clips and everything from Storyblocks.
I did use one template for a visual effect,
but, however, I kind of changed a few things in there to make it my own thing.
Totally forgot about the sound.
It's repetitive, I know.
It's the same but that's because of time and because I was wasting time.
That, mostly that.
I could see this being used in an actual series, obviously, if it's more refined, at least.
Yeah, mine was more like perfect for miniseries because it's so exclusive.
You know what?
Jordy: Let's just let the viewer vote for Team Red. Yannick: Team Blue.
That's right.
Did Jordy win or did Yannick win?
You guys can vote in the top right corner right there who won.
Team blue!
Thank you guys so much for watching.
Thank you Storyblocks for the support and, as always, stay creative.