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| FR4Life |
Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 19:32:23
UPDATE:
New video of Artemis confronting Drizzt is now up! (no HD this time): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUlSU0WvRI
New Sword Fighting blog entry can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/ruben_films
New photos of the training can be found here:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=453082856&albumId=63068
Enjoy!
Hey everyone, I finally finished up the pet project I've been working on for a while now. It's a live action Drizzt short that is up on YouTube surrounding the events from Streams of Silver (and somewhat The Halfling's Gem). Because of logistical limitations (locations, scheduling, special effects) not all of the events fit the books exactly. We did everything we could to at least keep it true to the spirit of the originals. Hope you enjoy!
Be sure to click "Watch in HD" below the video to see the high quality version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO9qMdzsgM
EDIT:
I forgot to include a link to our production blog. If the video interests you, then be sure to check it out. The plan is to update the blog once a week.
http://www.myspace.com/ruben_films |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 02 Mar 2009 : 03:06:43
Finally saw it...amazing stuff!! |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 27 Feb 2009 : 23:24:31
UPDATE:
New video of Artemis confronting Drizzt is now up! (no HD this time): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUlSU0WvRI
New Sword Fighting blog entry can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/ruben_films
New photos of the training can be found here:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=453082856&albumId=63068
Enjoy! |
| BEAST |
Posted - 25 Feb 2009 : 18:46:46
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
The only thing I did not like was wulfgar's Hammer, it's missing a pointed end and a round face.
quote:
Originally posted by FR4Life
In the old paintings, Wulfgar's hammer is depicted that way, but it was never described like that in the novels. What we went with is fairly close to Todd Lockwood's design of the hammer.
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
but the hammer rocked! (even if it was based on illustrations and not the real one)
I'm not quite getting the disagreement over the hammer.
I talked about the books' description of Aegis-fang's appearance in the latter half of this post <over here>. |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 25 Feb 2009 : 16:47:52
quote:
Originally posted by FR4Life
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
Extremely well made - The cat made the whole thing for me - that couldn't have possibly been CGI. 
Sorry, but the cat was never there ;)
Guenhwyvar is 600lbs, but real panthers are like 90-130lbs with a very... floppy way of moving. A real black panther would have been highly disappointing.
Instead we rotoscoped some stock footage of female lions, color corrected them to make them black. Even then it still looked like a black lion, so we took photos of panther eyes and noses from various angles and tracked them onto the lion's face.
The end result was a 600lb panther that fits the paintings of Guenhwyvar fairly well :D
It turned out great! Thanks again for sharing and hopefully whatever your working on next. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 23 Feb 2009 : 15:35:03
I plan on checking this out when I get home tonight...site is blocked here at work lol. Looking forward to it just based on these rave reviews. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 23 Feb 2009 : 05:39:08
I posted a thread about it at WotC as well.
quote:
Originally posted by FR4Life
The end result was a 600lb panther that fits the paintings of Guenhwyvar fairly well
Now I'm even more impressed.
I realize the cat wasn't really in the shot, but I had assumed you used some footage of a real Panther and just added it in. The fact that you went to so much trouble getting the cat right is true dedication.
Out of the entire thing, Wulfgar was the only disappointment... but the hammer rocked! (even if it was based on illustrations and not the real one)
Cattie-Brie and Atremis were well-cast - Entreri needs a tan though (he's a Calishite). The look was spot-on, though, and I think he stole the scenes from Drizzt. |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 23 Feb 2009 : 01:38:21
I forgot to include a link to our production blog. If the video interests you, then be sure to check it out. The plan is to update the blog once a week.
http://www.myspace.com/ruben_films |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 19:51:52
quote:
Originally posted by Thalos_Milathriel
I'm going to feature this video on my blog.
Hey, that's great! Thanks  |
| Raith |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 18:46:27
I really enjoyed it. Well done, and thank you for contributing to a fandom that's lost so much of it's support from the company that used to provide us with new material to look forward to. |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 17:29:33
I enjoyed it--it had me laughing out loud a few times. |
| GRYPHON |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 15:12:11
Well done. |
| BARDOBARBAROS |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 08:24:22
it's good |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 02:25:02
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
Extremely well made - The cat made the whole thing for me - that couldn't have possibly been CGI.
Sorry, but the cat was never there ;)
Guenhwyvar is 600lbs, but real panthers are like 90-130lbs with a very... floppy way of moving. A real black panther would have been highly disappointing.
Instead we rotoscoped some stock footage of female lions, color corrected them to make them black. Even then it still looked like a black lion, so we took photos of panther eyes and noses from various angles and tracked them onto the lion's face.
The end result was a 600lb panther that fits the paintings of Guenhwyvar fairly well :D |
| Matt James |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 02:22:39
Very cool short movie, I am impressed.
I think the fundamental problem with Drizzt is that so many people have created their own image of him in their head that it will be hard to match up perfectly. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 21:58:30
More 'Kevin Sorbo' for Wulfgar, better beard for Bruenor, less 'mailman' for Regis, and tighter pants on Cattie Brie (perhaps not realistic, but it is a Fantasy trope) - no one wants to see a hot girl's pants bunchin' up. 
Drizzt was good, albeit a little afeminant for my tastes, but it works.
Extremely well made - The cat made the whole thing for me - that couldn't have possibly been CGI. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 21:49:35
quote:
Originally posted by FR4Life
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-TEXAS!  Where at in TEXAS? 
The green screen at Time Warner in Austin. Most of the outdoor stuff was at a farm near Granger, and the Drizzt/Artemis fight was at a tubing park south of Austin. I believe it was called White Water on the Horseshoe or something like that.
-Darn.  I was hoping it was around Dallas/Irving Tx.
-So are you from Texas?
BRIMSTONE |
| Julian Grimm |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 20:44:53
I'd love to see a full length version of this. I had originally only thought that Drizz't could only be done as a CG character. I'd glad I was proven wrong. |
| Ergdusch |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 19:45:02
Great job. Thanks for sharing! Keep up the work and get your lobbyists on to WotC so we may see more of this!
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| Lady Fellshot |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 19:17:26
Someone needs to give you a bigger budget and a fight choreographer. But then I always think that cinematic fight scenes need better scripting.
I was cracking up through most of it. Good job! |
| sparhawk42 |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 18:50:41
Really cool. A very nice job! :) |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 15:16:32
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-TEXAS! Where at in TEXAS?
The green screen at Time Warner in Austin. Most of the outdoor stuff was at a farm near Granger, and the Drizzt/Artemis fight was at a tubing park south of Austin. I believe it was called White Water on the Horseshoe or something like that. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 10:59:51
quote:
Originally posted by FR4Life
No, we shot everything in Texas.
-TEXAS! Where at in TEXAS?
BRIMSTONE from TEXAS! (Now all I need is a 10 Gallon Hat wearing Smilie. ) |
| The Sage |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 10:41:59
This post was inappropriately placed elsewhere, so I'm re-shelving it here:-
quote:
Originally posted by Tonak
Very decent with the production.
Good swordfighting except the two second battle between the two where they were pretty much doing the same attacks with both weapons over and over, it was fast but very repedative and unrealistic.
Everything besides that was amazing besides wulfgar. Didnt like it all, i think he should be a bit bigger, and his cleanliness does not reflect his character.
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| FR4Life |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 04:23:02
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
Good work! Very entertaining!
And what a beautiful cat!! The only thing I did not like was wulfgar's Hammer, it's missing a pointed end and a round face.
Great job.
In the old paintings, Wulfgar's hammer is depicted that way, but it was never described like that in the novels. What we went with is fairly close to Todd Lockwood's design of the hammer. |
| ranger_of_the_unicorn_run |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 03:18:26
That's amazing! I always had a hard time imagining how it could be done as a movie before, but you captured it perfectly! |
| Rabiesbunny |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 02:59:08
:3 I like it VERY much.
The little *slap* in the middle of the big fight scene made me laugh so hard, it was awesome! VERY well done! |
| FR4Life |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 02:30:36
No, we shot everything in Texas. |
| Arion Elenim |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:49:59
Are you guys shooting in LA? |
| Chosen of Moradin |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:33:46
Well done. Congratulations. |
| Julian Grimm |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:23:57
That gave me goosebumps! |
