Filming wrapped for Ep 3, 4 & 5.... Now more editing!
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Teaser and Behind-the-scenes
Hi Everyone. We are getting in the final stretches or Ep 3 and 4. This has been the toughest stretch, as we've needed to film 2 small remaining scenes, but run into our first big scheduling delays with the main characters. It's also time to polish up everything that has been edited so far into a final cut, which is the longest tedious part of editing. That said, we're hugely fortunate that we shot so much of 3 and 4 without scheduling issues, so it probably all evens out. And we're getting together in about a week to film the final scenes for 3 and 4. In the mean time I'm trying to get all the editing in place - so we can knock any remaining audio dubbing work while the actors are here.
During our ep 3 and 4 delays, we went ahead and flew in our pal Eric Jacobus - a stuntman from San Francisco - who will appear in episode 6 (or around there). So we actually have a like, 4+ minutes of episode 6 already cut. It's probably the best fight scene we've ever made.
If you'd like to check out a 30-second teaser of Eric's scene, and a little sneak peek of eps 3 and 4, you can check out this teaser. WARNING: There's a small bit of colorful edgy language - so it may not be work safe.
http://youtu.be/K62vNLTxvKA
Our awesome behind-the-scenes cameraman Mike Leonard has cut together a video of us working on Episodes 1 and 2 - so there's no spoilers....other then seeing the work behind the movie-making magic. You can really get an idea of the small crew bringing this all together.
http://youtu.be/mncujPFngTk
Thanks again for your patience and support. It's what keeps us energized and inspired during these tough stretches! We can't wait to show you more Mario Warfare! Thank you!!!!
Full Speed Ahead.
It's been a while since I've checked in. And that's actually a good sign. ;o)
It's because we've been going at full speed. We've spent many weekends pulling off long but rewarding shoots. We've knocked out 3 major fight scenes and some smaller brawls. One of the fights includes more flips and stunt falls than any fight we've done before. We still have two dialogue scenes to film for Episode 3 and one big dialogue scene for Episode 4. Then lots more editing and post work. ;o)
I now have the first 6 minutes of Episode 3 rough cut, and I'll be sending that part to our composer soon.
If you want to see a few new images you can here, but there's at least one SPOILER in there, which some of you may already be aware of:
https://picasaweb.google.com/117525691753301787933/April22013?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjQs7P7pLSBPQ
I've really wanted to show you all more, but basically anything I show from Ep 3 or 4 will be spoilers. There's a lot of surpises coming up.
We're working hard on shaping up Episode 3, but we'll have a brief interruption in mid April - a pleasant interruption - when we will be visited by our favorite indie screenfighter Eric Jacobus who has agreed to take on the mantle of Waluigi. Waluigi was originally going to be played by our friend Emmanuel Manzanares who then got a call to do stunts for the next Watchowski siblings film (makers of The Matrix)....which we encouraged, lol. But luck has it that Eric was available, which has us really excited. Years ago Eric made an indie action movie called Contour that actually helped inspire the creation of BDB. Here's Eric in a fight scene from Contour:
http://youtu.be/zZp8j6xoDeg
Our fight scene with Eric will probably be for episode 5 or 6.
I also put up a breakdown of our filmmaking process that might be of interest to anyone that is considering getting into indie filmmaking. It explains where a lot of our time is spent behind the scenes:
http://www.beatdownboogie.com/2013/04/01/what-weve-been-up-to/
This update was a stream of consciousness, as our shedule has been intense, but I wanted to include all of you on it. I'm feeling really good about what is forming for Ep 3 and 4. (And beyond.)
Cheers and thanks again!
-Micah and the BDB crew
Quick update!
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Mar 18, 2013
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Yay, we've been busy shooting Episode 3 and 4!
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