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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.
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.
WOW! WOW! WOW!
Time for some hollywood company to give you a few millions of dollars, so you can make it a fully fledged cinema movie. I'm so waiting for a Drizzt movie.
I would buy this film, if it comes out on DVD!
You and the other guys that made this film are my heroes! Thanks!
Greetings
Firzair
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You know what doesn't sell me on fan-made films? The lack of dirt and stains on costumes and in the hair, or the telling of wear and tear on their cloaks, boots and swords.
I recommend following the link to YouTube and clicking "Watch in HD" below the video.
The costumes are covered in mud, stains, sweat, holes, and are very worn. Not one costume is even remotely prestine. A lot of time went into making them look authentic.
Very nice. With a budget for special effects and some more editing, this would probably look better than the two "official" D&D movies. The acting is already ten times better...
Very cool. You guys did an amazing job, especially considering the budget you were probably working with.
It seems like you incorporated a lot of different books and stories into your short but I'm curious, if you were really going to make a Drizzt movie would you really incorporate as many novels into your movie as you did in your short or would you instead focus on one novel and tell that story? If you did focus on one novel which one would it be?
Most people would choose Crystal Shard but the problem with that novel is Drizzt is clearly not the main character in that story. Wulfgar is. It would be impossible to be true to the novel while still changing it enough to make it be Drizzt's story. You can't do both.
The next logical possibility is to start with one of the Menzoberranzan (however you spell it) novels but I'm not sure that's the one most people want to see.
Good effort overall, I agree with whoever said it already looks better than the DnD movie and probably the Dragonlance too though I've never seen that.
The guy playing the Drow wasn't bad, the dwarf and the girl were ok, though the Dwarfs axe was ridiculous. Drrzts outfit was reasonably good.
On the downside, the barbarian was totally ridiculous, his hammer looks absurd (esp. when it magically re-appeared in his hand) I know thats how they look in DnD but seriously, it's impossible to look at that and not laugh, and his costume is strait out of Thundarr the Barbarian. Might want to rethink the look, he makes Beastmaster or Xena look plausible by comparison. The other guy (cleric?) looks like Kevin Smith doing a cameo. He came across like a joke. So did the romantic scene there between Drrzt and the girl, I thought that was a parody for a moment.
On the other hand the fencing was surprisingly good, a lot better than I would have expected. A pretty convincing two-weapon style that looks very Drow, but also plausible even to a trained eye. And the villain wasn't too bad.
I expect at the very least the guy doing Drzzt and / or your fight coordinator can get a few nibbles in Hollywood.
G.
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The single best bet for good D&D advertisement via Cinema would be to do a live action Drizz't movie. Bar none, he's the favorite character and has made inroads outside the D&D community.
Your effort shines. WotC should take notice and put forth an effort for a REAL D&D movie.
(Relatively) cheap proggie for making great special effects: PARTICLE ILLUSION by Wondertouch
Use that for doing lot of the SFX on my renders and some animations.
My animation skills *suck* not my thing, but to show what you can do, and it is meant to be a tad silly...
(Quicktime file) http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com...elljammer1.mov
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