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Ectoflyer

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"The German" short movie
« on: August 06, 2011, 06:06:37 PM »

Very nice short movie, you can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=EUdo4KxDrdohere:

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movie starts at 1:16



Even with all its defects, I found that the director used the CGI in a much more credible way than that showed by the trailer of "Red Tails", but it's only my personal taste.

Visual Effects:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNbTVobWzTw

"The German" Official Site
http://www.thegermanmovie.com/



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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 10:09:04 PM »

Looks interesting but why a BF109E vs later cannon armed Spitfire? Is it Battle of Britain? The trouble with a lot of war films even with CGI is the historical match ups are not correct.  ::)
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 11:47:52 AM »

Looks interesting but why a BF109E vs later cannon armed Spitfire? Is it Battle of Britain? The trouble with a lot of war films even with CGI is the historical match ups are not correct.  ::)

Yes, you are absolutely right! :)  I wonder why film makers don't ask an expert before...I think that many would do it even for free !!!  ;)
There are many things which must be forgiven in this short movie: the stick of Spitfire, the bullets a little too "short" , unlikely glide and land without half wing...
but director made a good work because the cutting and the points of view are realistic: planes are filmed like if the camera was on another plane and using a strong zoom, or like if the filming plane followed other planes; scenes from cockpit are plausibles (through cutting the director skilfully avoid the mistake of "not changing shadows" in cockpit during flight action)
In movies using CGI sometimes it seems like if tracking shots were filmed from a dolly placed in midair, and some shots from a still camera fixed in the sky: all without the smallest vibration, of course.


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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2011, 07:30:21 AM »

Absolutely gorgeous movie, excellent shots, story perfect.
Where can I buy it? Couldn't find this masterpiece, any suggestion.
Recently bought Dark Blue World, atm. waiting for shipment from Scottland.
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2011, 09:33:11 AM »

Don't think that anybody has done a story before about RAF flyers interned in Ireland in WWII.

I doubt that a 109 could make it to Ireland.

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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2011, 09:56:34 AM »

Don't think that anybody has done a story before about RAF flyers interned in Ireland in WWII.

I doubt that a 109 could make it to Ireland.



you would be surprised...
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2011, 11:08:44 AM »

I show the range of an "E" model is 410 miles. The farthest that you could fly (without a long swim home) would be Birmingham. An "E" could make a one way trip to the Irish mainland, but who would do that?
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2011, 11:13:06 AM »

I show the range of an "E" model is 410 miles. The farthest that you could fly (without a long swim home) would be Birmingham. An "E" could make a one way trip to the Irish mainland, but who would do that?

Think about you are flying a long time without orientation... you *might* think you are heading towards France or emergency land in England... I know that many navigation faults happened during BoB. The first bombing of london was actually an accident...
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2011, 11:32:47 AM »

There was "landings" in the wrong side of channel. Atleast 1 english pilot Landed in France becoming POW after a landing he though was at home early in BOF. I can get his name if someone are interested
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Re: "The German" short movie
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2011, 02:24:07 PM »

A Ju-88 longrange Nightfighter landed in Wales and the Crew thought they were over there own base in the Netherlands  ;) ... Shit happens  ;D
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Re: "The German" short movie
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2011, 06:40:36 AM »

Where can I buy it? Couldn't find this masterpiece, any suggestion.

You can download the Youtube video with this free software:
http://www.streamtransport.com/

and then cut the short movie with a video editor like Vegas or similar. 
A free video editor is virtualdub:
http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
(is needed the FLV plugin for Virtualdub: http://moitah.net/  )

I remember I read that after Ploesti bombing in Romania (Operation Tidal Wave in 43) a Bf109 kept going at a B-24 in such a way that, both damaged one by the other, they were obliged to land in the same turkish airport...
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