A Tale of Unspoken Revenge Reflection

I was going to do a video reflection but I'm being lazy so I'll just stick to this for now.

A Tale of Unspoken Revenge was technically a very neat film. Other that some less-than-stellar Steadicam shots (by me), every angle benefited the film and showed exactly what needed to be shown. I dedicated a lot of our film time getting the tripod down and getting exactly the angle I wanted. Even if they were a teensie bit off from where I wanted them, I asked to start the take over again because I wanted to be picky.

I realize it starts out slow, but that's what I like about it. The story begins with two guys walking to someone's house, and then they break in and beat the crap out of him. Then it settles, talk talk talk, babble babble babble, whoa what the hell, Ryan escaped and beat up Julien! That's when it got good for me. It starts out slow, and I'm not sure how many people can sit through it, but if you watch till the end, it turns out great. I loved the scene where Ryan untied himself. I couldn't have asked for a better turnout than that.

The fight scenes were awesome. We made up those fight scenes on set and on the spot between each consecutive take. I think it ended up very smooth-like and was a good ending to the video.

The tackle scene was accomplished by placing a ton of pillows in front of Julien. Once again, taking time in between takes for scenes like this was crucial.

I loved how Jared was able to pull off his talk scene with Ryan. Albeit, it took a few tries, it was extremely funny in the end. I would have never been able to pull such a scene off. Special thanks to Jared for being awesome there.

We took our time because we had a lot of time. For longer videos, I can see filming spanning multiple days, but for now, I won't go over two days for a video. The filming for World War Z was ridiculously tiring because we were so short on time, and frankly, it just was not fun at that point. When you're in a small group, taking your time, and focusing on quality, I find it a much more enjoyable experience. Lesson from World War Z and Blood Exchange, do not rush your videos, and do not sacrifice quality.

Overall, I'm mucho proud of this video. It sets another standard for me in quality. Taking the scenes slowly with care pays off massively in the end. It showed me the power of the tripod and that I need to practice more with the Steadicam. Until next time, with my next big feature!

A Tale of Unspoken Revenge

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A Tale of Unspoken Revenge

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Another Video in Secret

I spat out another video idea. My goal this time was to avoid guns as much as possible. However, I wanted to make some kind of action flick too, so, we did a break-in.

A Tale of Unspoken Revenge is a story about a guy seeking revenge on someone for something. I won't release any more information about it because it's almost done anyway.

I called in Ryan, Julien, and my friend Jared to star in this film. Ryan has no lines in this video. I decided to make him mute, hence, Unspoken Revenge.

I had Kristin come in and be my behind the scenes photographer and make-up artist. She drew a blemish on Ryan's face, but I neglected to get a good angle to see it. Sorry Kristin D: But thanks still! She was a great help being my script supervisor and photographer.







Expect to see the video coming out this week!