VILLAGER NEWS: BREAKING NEWS! 🎵Horizontal vs Vertical Comparison🎵

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This one's for you if you really love the little details. This is just a little comparison video showing the difference between the vertical and horizontal versions that we released. Enjoy.

[@StackOfPancakes2216]

"They decided to bust it down early 2000s Pixar style and redo every shot so no matter how you decide to watch you have the intended experience" -Noodle

[@blrryface]

fun fact they actually use the rendering software Pixar made

[@pacomatic9833]

@@blrryface Interesting.

[@justabrowser4744]

@@blrryface No, they use the rendering pipeline Pixar made. They use Maya as their rendering software which is made by Autodesk.

[@blrryface]

@@justabrowser4744 Maya is not a rendering software afaik? It's a 3D editor thing like Blender. When I mean "Rendering Software" it's the technology they made that.... renders things

[@noodlespunkin]

I don't remember saying that

[@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg]

the care given to frame each shot well in both portrait and landscape is admirable

[@teneesh3376]

Very old school pixar. They used to do the same thing. From cinemascope to 4:3

[@_ElectricBoogaloo]

I agree with you this needs to be both. There is a time and place where both would’ve been changeable, but I preferred the horizontal because you can see more but I also like the vertical because it makes it feel personal so I’m up in the air.

[@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg]

@@_ElectricBoogaloo it's more a matter of which direction the more space is imo

[@JerbilKonai]

@@_ElectricBoogalooUp in the air with the armies air balloon orbiting the moon?

[@xXXEnderCraftXXx]

Yeah like this is a top quality minecraft animations studio...🙂

[@crh1985]

“How many times can we milk this cow?” Answer, “YES”

[@Irish_Enderman]

I'm not complaining, this is easily their best video

[@NotEvenARealAnimation]

@@Irish_Enderman i disagree

[@jetsflyingoffatrain4338]

​@@NotEvenARealAnimationGo on then

[@itskdog]

​@@NotEvenARealAnimation could have at least said one that you thought was better?

[@ender0998]

@@jetsflyingoffatrain4338 I think he's shy

[@4per8]

we need this but every thing that moves, is replaced by the stick next.

[@cheesypies5166]

and the beautiful stick is replaced with the news anchor villager :)

[@Envix1]

'How many versions of this do you want?' 'Yes.'

[@Lilysdollshouse]

1,00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. (I'm kidding!) I want at LEAST... ... 3 more :)

[@winxclubfangirl5227]

This song makes you want to keep watching it so many many times

[@lluiswithaccentmark]

Yeahhh

[@Tricrace]

Good thing they make it interesting by adding new versions

[@TheCappuccino04]

4:27 is interesting to me cause the shot has a completely different feel when Villager #9 isn't taking up half the frame. His little bounces when he emphasizes certain words have less impact since he's farther away, and if you watch closely at the way his legs move you can sort of tell they were animated after his gestures were. They have a sort of awkwardness that doesn't match up with the shot's original intention. I just think it's a cool example of how the camera's angle can impact a scene's feel

[@true495]

same with 2:37 and contestant 1! hes so blurry you cant see how excited he is about the heart of the sea! but instead you get the looming feeling of the judge, which is appropriate and interesting!

[@Zeninari]

i never noticed that intresting . . .

[@EBhero]

You can see how the animation was done with the horizontal layout first.Because of this, in the vertical version, you can clearly see how the center is much more busy than the top & bottom in many of the shots.

[@xXXEnderCraftXXx]

Yeah but that's not a big problem IMO.

[@daftcinderss]

i genuinely love the attention to detail between both versions and the small but meaninful changes made when adapting the animation into a vertical format - y'all did not have to render it a third time just for vertical but you did and it shows how much you care about it

[@Tutul_]

oh the angry bees are fixed on the vertical version xD

[@Yegor_Mechanic]

Some errors in the video are fixed, yet the very first scene of the video looks unfinished 🤔 Strange

[@BlueParasolKirby]

It also fixed the librarian calling about the weather’s robes.

[@Slackbot]

@@Yegor_Mechanic What is unfinished about that scene?

[@OscoJK]

Indeed. But there is still a problem. Right before the 'harp scene' the horizontal version is deformed before it is supposed to. (Look at the yellow pillars in the background). 0:53 0:59

[@Yegor_Mechanic]

@@Slackbot The lighting. The vertical version of the first scene genuinely looks much less polished than the horizontal version

[@Something_XD]

Just realised the detective’s magnifying glass is another LotR reference to Sting

[@DodgeThatAttack]

huge respect for actually animating the video vertically instead of just poorly cropping it

[@penguinthepurple]

In this age of TikTok and vertical videos, I'm grateful you guys are still releasing horizontal videos on KZbin. I didn't even realise there was a full vertical version!

[@thekethinplay2284]

I can’t stop watching villager News it’s so good

[@magicloaf_p3308]

same

[@zexalcraft5244]

With an anchor that handsome, how could you refuse?

[@Woodland_Adventures]

I wonder if the best way to animate for veritcal and horizontal, is to film in a 1x1 frame, a perfect square. That way you can center everything off of one point. Kind like "Shoot and Protect", where the action takes place within a certain area within frame, to better protect the integrity of the scenes when cropping for format. Imagine it, filming in a format for early box televisions becoming extremely relevant again to help people make content for both horizontal and vertical film formats, nearly half a century or more later.

[@Spikeba11]

That might balance the quality, but at that point you may get better results without cropping and having black rectangles to fill out the rest of the view for each platform.

[@Woodland_Adventures]

@@Spikeba11 That's called letterboxing. It's been done before, many many many times and is completely inferior to the method I'm suggesting. It leads to a poorer viewing experience, because the screen your viewing the film on is not being sufficiently used. Imagine going to watch a movie in a theater, and it uses the whole screen, a massive 2.5x1 aspect ratio screen. Now imagine going home and watching it on your computer. Most common computer screens (aside form ultrawide) are 16x9. That means for the video to fit length wise onto the average screen, the video has black bars put along the top and bottom. Okay, fine, not too bad. Still worse, but not too bad, because most computer screens are pretty big nowadays. You'll still need to squint a bit to see the background action and far away stuff though. And then imagine watching that same movie on your phone, most of which have 9x16, aka vertically, with massive black bars on your screen at the top and bottom of the video, having to squint at the screen to even see the main characters emptions, let alone the background characters and far away stuff. Now the best way to make sure everything fits in frame and movie isn't compromised, is to do kinda do what they did for the song, go back in and reanimate to make sure everything fit into the frame for both versions of the video. However that's time consuming and can be costly if you're paying animators to do work with you. Which is why my idea is the most cost and time efficient solution, that I could think of. There may be better ideas, but yours is not one of them.

[@Andystuff800]

You know you can flip your phone, right? You don't have to watch it vertically. Filming like that is a compromise, which results in neither screen having the ideal experience. Movies and TV should be made for the big screen, not be held back by inferior devices.

[@djrfilms101]

This is really admirable to see that they made everything visible in the different aspect ratios

[@LegoBob4123]

So does that mean that the ultimate experience is a cross shaped video? Get on it Element Animation

[@zenrcarvoewn]

EXACTLYYYY

[@StudioMediaID]

Do villager news but upside down, no gravity, big head or reverse please

[@HybridHenderson]

Everyone is named dinnerbone lmao

[@StudioMediaID]

@@HybridHenderson yeah lol

[@brick0001]

At 0:45 you can clearly see that the black stained glass textures are different between the versions, it is then fixed in the horizontal one in the next scene

[@Awesomeplayer98]

I personally LOVE rewatching this over and over in different ways (the ghost one was my favorite 😉)

[@whoagainwastaken32times]

bro is pumping these out hour, after hour. I'm happy watching al of them to give them more money to give us more news :D Also, fr take my cash even tho I'm a base patrol supporter

[@tkain61]

I'm pleasantly surprised that you guys essentially reshot the entire animation for both aspect ratios. I have to appreciate the dedication.

[@DogloverTravis]

2:21 it’s neat how the vertical version was used to fix this error.

[@nicholasloschiavo6553]

The vertical one looks more like it was recorded rather than filmed with a special camera and like real footage rather than a movie

[@BandyCamp]

I loved the Angry Birds reference in the subtitles by adding a "tm" when they said "Angry Bees" lol

[@Zainium]

Even though its just a simple aspect ratio change it actually changes the feeling and composition a lot. Its super cool to see the little changes you guys made in order to achieve the vertical video to be just as good as the horizontal one. When I am animating I always hide stuff right out of frame so it would definitely be difficult for me to try to do something like this lol.

[@pacomatic9833]

3:55 Some people have no capitalization on their subtitles. Really adds to the feel. Also, when I watched this, I couldn't stop thinking: *Wow.* I am impressed and commend the amount of care you put in for the vertical edition. Of course, since everything is animated and framed and whatnot horizontally, that's the best way to play. But still; you're not missing much on the vertical version, and that's something to commend.

[@clueingforbeggs]

I'm only subscribed to you on KZbin, so hadn't seen the vertical one. I think it's pretty well done, some things adapted for vertical platforms are just trimmed from horizontal video (or vis versa), this is actually two seperate versions, and the subtitles are there I assume because other platforms don't have subtitle options. Well done and thought out.

[@Random_me761]

"With an anchor this handsome, how could you refuse?" 😉

[@clari3711]

I don't know why it took so long, but I just realized a little thing about the seed thing 17,000 seeds is around 5 double chests full and with how one slice of melon crafts into one seed, the villager that was hoarding them was clearly up to something lol

[@StolidSnow0]

Gotta love the extra effort!

[@ENDER_ELSA_1817]

i cant wait for more villager news episodes this new one alone is bringing back memories

[@mc_jojo3]

We need a instrumental version of the News intro! Including the da da's (Or just a Ghost version)

[@MrRubikraft]

Interesting. So basically, you have to add space in the vertical format when the frame is not centered on a character (because characters are pretty vertical in essence), and in the horizontal formats either the space is completely occupied, or you cut the legs of the characters when the frame is zoomed in. Which is normal since our world is mostly on a horizontal plane (aka the floor), and there are not too many vertical things that are more than two meters high appart from human beings, trees and buildings. Considering that the vertical media are centered on single people rather than landscapes or compositions, this is natural. And you can used the empty space for the text, in the vertical format. For KZbin, I really liked that the lyrics were in the subutitles, because you could choose to see them or not (I chose to, as I am not a native English speaker). I think I prefer the horizontal format overall (but I don't know if that's because I'm more used to KZbin or not).

[@Freddie_06]

2:20 Ooh look they changed between the takes

[@mathewkaiser7667]

I love the action music and i need to watch it 24/7

[@officialcube1204]

6:15 “The absolute CrEaM of the human race”

[@Storage_space]

Next thing you know, they're gonna make a version where everyone's been replaced as sheep.... except wooly.

[@ahdankhalid3297]

“ The absolute *cream* of the human race. ” -Villager No.5

[@selfloathinggameing]

“Families of moon balloon sad. No plans to rescue the moon balloon”

[@gyrostabilizergracen]

its very cool how you can see up more in the vertical version, a given but cool. although i still think horizontal is better overall

[@djockeur5829]

The fact that is the fifth video of the same video is making me laugh, but hey it was a huge video and I'm all for profit so I'll watch them all

[@elminehuy]

More versions, *cool* 😎 ❤❤❤

[@burningfox4974]

I noticed the Librarian calling during the Wooly Weather forecast is missing his white shirt in the horizontal version

[@Sundrey438]

You can tell it's using the horizontal version audio because the orchestra is turned down

[@base_BALLS]

Epic video, also can you release the full villager news theme?

[@Lucas.Azevedo]

Now do dinnerbone villagers. Also share the texture pack used pls I really liked it.

[@Manatee3456]

I personally like the audio on the short better, but the horizontal video

[@gsjohn25]

Gee is the next one gonna have one say, "Well, Villager #5, I made it. Despite your directions." "Ahh, Villager #39, welcome! I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable cooked Porkchop!" "Nyeh."

[@StarMighty.]

Is it possible to get a mixed one? I would like to see the entire screen :D it looks amazing!

[@Sarafimm2]

Here's something you could make an episode: Where do Wandering Traders come from?

[@selfloathinggameing]

Now we need “Breaking News, but the angry bees are fixed”

[@HqZi]

3:26 seems like they fixed the pre “release the bees” bees for the vertical version

[@WinterGamesYT]

1:27 horizontal version: hmm i wonder which shoes hes talking about. One of life's great mysteries! Vertical version: oh. They're just. The generic grey ones. Of course

[@brianj.stephan2080]

4:16 in vertical the green villager being pulled away, his legs aren't animated but are in the next frame.

[@tenma8797]

I like the captions.

[@joemachado33]

I need the breaking news bit on an hour long productive loop 😂

[@UTKC_OfficerSmiles]

Gotta admit the A cappella intro slaps though

[@tigerbat1262]

The villagers' news intro is amazing. We need a rock version of it.

[@StarStudios.mp4]

I thought this was a video to milk content but i loved every second of this

[@user-jp6bi1vm1i]

note: despite what people think, the angry bees weren't fixed. XD

[@screwyoutubealgorithm]

At this point, they're milking this music video

[@varhar3296]

Very interesting, looks like focused camera movements work best in horizontal version, but slow/wide shots are better visible on the vertical version. Too bad the wooly/notebook scene reveal is ruined on the vertical version because camera is no longer "IN" the village forecast

[@blockmaniac4898]

Nice! 👍

[@IsaacDaBoatSloth]

yall need to render these videos in 4:3 ratio

[@Wato-1876]

oh wow, there is more stuff off screen, thats awesome

[@rublesmaenaish]

Too good

[@MC_T_BR]

You should overlay the two videos to make the ultimate sized video

[@DanielLave25280]

2 versions Very Cool 😮😮😮😊

[@SolarMothOfficial]

all this effort so tiktok can enjoy is astonishing

[@The_SniperCam]

I wonder if we will get a combination of horizontal and vertical, the ultimate version perhaps?

[@mtvgaming7556]

The bees go through a wall befor the final release the bees. Also on the tv during the weather part where woolly wasn’t there the villager with the mustache’s eye turns green. Here are some things for element animation

[@llamas1395]

the intro song is so fire i want afull version

[@ThePCguy17]

You know, usually the vertical version is just objectively worse than the horizontal version for stuff that's in both, because the video was never really made to go vertical. But with this one I think the horizontal view might actually be slightly better!

[@grilospeedruns8900]

Can't wait for someone to make a weird aspect ratio fusion of both versions

[@true495]

2:20 why does the librarian get an apron in the vertical version???? lmao???

[@sungpepper2]

0:46 THE GLASS CHANGED in the horizontal one the connected textures in the glass reverted to vanilla for a second

[@Jonathan_Fobes]

The special news intro in the video version: you can hear the villagers louder, I think I prefer the background villagers better it just flows with the music better

[@flyinggoatman]

They should do one where they change one letter in the whole video to a different one. Villager Bews!

[@flexizg_]

damn they improved so much

[@super_games_and_lego]

can you upload the vertical video on youtube ( as a normal video ) as well ??

[@StuartDKA]

Just noticed at 2:21 that in the Horizontal there is a animation mistake not in the vertical! Bet that will show up in a "Everything WRONG With Our Videos!" XD

[@EduPintilie]

Next: villager news : vertical vs horizontal

[@DuoTheDuolingoOwl]

I love how element animation ceeps on glazing over one video. 💀

[@tpavka_3d]

now we are waiting for nuked version vs normal version nuked vertical version vs nuked horizontal version

[@Frosted21]

When will they make a full song of the intro 🥲

[@Thisismyname834]

oh the horizontal one releases the bees early, dang

[@ThePikol1]

Why the background blocks on 0:48 in horizontal version aren't straight? Is that an error that got fixed on rerendering for vertical version?

[@AmarOterosSpeedy]

1:16 I feel that

[@SkeleSurge]

How long will each video be in between?

[@ponda3819]

If you look to the left chamber at 3:23 bees appear before the door opens

[@mono__35]

more shows and movies should do this since more and more people wfth in their pjons

[@Yuti640]

Interesting to see that the vertical version fixes some of the mistakes

[@hey_how_are_ya]

0:45 why is the glass different on horizontal version than the vertical version?

[@OscoJK]

Horizontal version has a problem with the villager's white skirt 2:21 Love your work

[@HybridHenderson]

I think i liked the music with the toned down villagers, sounded epic, while the one you used on the musical sounded a bit off for me

[@FoxBlocksHere]

If Villager News was on Quibi:

[@yooreekahandaugloh]

4:09 I thought he was saying “way too many seeds”

[@potatoefanner2098]

Apparently Element Animations felt real bad about not producing ten videos a week!

[@harryscott1266]

The real question is, did you watch this video in portrait or landscape?