James and Toby Winter in the Workshop

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:15 pm

Over the Winter James and Toby have spent a long time in the Sandwell Valley workshop. During their stays they were both fitted with smoke and sound units. It's now Spring and time for them to resume duties on the railway.

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tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:30 pm

What a fantastic fantasy world you have created there :-)

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:53 pm

What a fantastic fantasy world you have created there.

Thanks. I get as much fun making videos as I do running trains.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:33 pm

What a technically advanced video. The green screening is very well matched to the shots - do you do green screen first and then get the garden shots or the other way round?

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:47 pm

do you do green screen first and then get the garden shots or the other way round?

I filmed most of the garden shots first and then matched the angles on the green screen. Some worked and some didn't so it was back to the garden to capture different angles then back inside. It was all a bit hit and miss.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:03 pm

Well it has worked really well - the bench painting and the window wiping I thought where particularly effective. Somehow I think I may need to upgrade from Windows Movie Maker...
Marvelous bit of story with the bench paint incident also.

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:08 pm

Pleased you like it. I used Windows Movie Maker for years and for a free piece of software I think it's excellent. When I retired I treated myself to an Apple Mac and used iMovie - also excellent.
I now use Final Cut Pro X. It was expensive but worth every penny to me. The facial animation was done with Crazy Talk 7 which is great fun.

Post by **ge_rik** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:22 pm

Absolutely brilliant! Your best video yet!

The green screening looks very professional and I like the way you've used Crazy Talk - really clever!

You must make sure you tag these videos with Thomas the Tank Engine - that should get you loads of hits on Youtube

Rik

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:35 pm

Thanks Rik. This video was quite ambitious and took quite a time to make, but it seems it was worth the effort.

Big Al · Post by **Big Al** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:44 am

A great video love the green screen shots.

Sandwell Valley Railway · Post by **Sandwell Valley Railway** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:22 pm

Hi Al. Pleased you like it. I'm planning an extension of the railway into the side garden so no more videos for a while, but it should be a good location, when finished, for future videos.

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