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FR4Life
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 20:03:19
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Originally posted by FR4Life
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
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. |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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bitter thorn
Learned Scribe
USA
184 Posts |
Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 20:37:48
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Cool  |
"Nobody listens to the Ranger!"
Our groups are all sticking with 3.X classic Realms. |
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ErskineF
Learned Scribe
USA
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
933 Posts |
Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 21:06:14
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| Good work! |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 22:18:00
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why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
Magister's GAmbit
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Thalos_Milathriel
Acolyte
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 22:44:08
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Wow! Nicely done. Drizzt was pretty good, nice makeup and costume. Wulfgar's hair is a little too pretty though. Great swordplay. You rock!
I'm going to feature this video on my blog. |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 23:18:45
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| Well done indeed. Thanks for sharing |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
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Julian Grimm
Seeker
86 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:23:57
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| That gave me goosebumps! |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:33:46
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Well done. Congratulations.  |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
twitter: @yuripeixoto
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
933 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 00:49:59
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| Are you guys shooting in LA? |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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FR4Life
Acolyte
9 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 02:30:36
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| No, we shot everything in Texas. |
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Rabiesbunny
Seeker
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 02:59:08
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: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! |
"Then I was right. Jobe has all his children killed, and Michael Bay gets to keep making his movies. There is no god." |
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 03:18:26
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| That's amazing! I always had a hard time imagining how it could be done as a movie before, but you captured it perfectly! |
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FR4Life
Acolyte
9 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 04:23:02
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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. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 10:41:59
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This post was inappropriately placed elsewhere, so I'm re-shelving it here:-
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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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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 10:59:51
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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.  ) |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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FR4Life
Acolyte
9 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 15:16:32
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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. |
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sparhawk42
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 18:50:41
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| Really cool. A very nice job! :) |
You never fail until you stop trying. |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 19:17:26
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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! |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 19:45:02
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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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Julian Grimm
Seeker
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Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 20:44:53
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| 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. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 21:49:35
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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 |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 21:58:30
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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.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 02:22:39
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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. |
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FR4Life
Acolyte
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Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 02:25:02
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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 |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
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Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 08:24:22
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BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 15:12:11
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 17:29:33
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| I enjoyed it--it had me laughing out loud a few times. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Raith
Seeker
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 18:46:27
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| 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. |
"Power and dominion are taken by the Will. By divine right Hail and Kill!" |
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FR4Life
Acolyte
9 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2009 : 19:51:52
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Originally posted by Thalos_Milathriel
I'm going to feature this video on my blog.
Hey, that's great! Thanks  |
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Update! New Drizzt vid & sword fighting blog
