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Sorry if this is a repost, but I found this via a different site: http://videosift.com/story.php?id=630
It’s actually not bad, although the ending was a bit of huh?
Fanmade Lightsaber Fight - fan film
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It's his clone dude!
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...AWESOME!
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I was actually the 'official' host of this video for a fair while, back before it was hosted by TF.N.
It is Ryan that now works at LucasArts, but it wasn't solely because of this video (I think most of the effects work on that particular video would have been done by Dorkman), his other projects would have been what really got him the job. His employers were impressed at his inventiveness and ability to figure out ways to duplicate effects, etc.
He was most well known at TF.N for developing a technique with a friend for rotoscoping lightsabers in Photoshop or After Effects. This method looked better than nearly everything that was done in fanfilms before, and a lot better than was done on the last two prequels. I believe some at LucasArts petitioned ILM to use him for some of the saber work in Ep3, but that never came about. Though now you can see one of his sabers on the Ep3 DVD in the doco about the Ep3 video game; at the very end of the video Anakin fades from actor to game character (I think, been a while since I saw it) and ignites the saber. If your eagle eyed you'll actually spot him in the background of the doco several times during the lightsaber training sessions with Nick Gillard and Hayden Christensen, unfortunately never actually fighting. Funnily, the reason why he is only ever in the background is because he was too good and these LucasArts employees were meant to look like they were learning! If I remember correctly Nick used him for demonstrating most of the lessons, but I think he missed out on working with Hayden.
Just read through the linked comments and looks like RvD2 is in the works, they just need donations to hire the location (it was donated to them last time). If you're interested visit ryanvsdorkman.com.
Their effects work can also be found in a few more fanfilms at TF.N, including the cool The Formula. I think they may have even contributed a little towards Iron Fist of the Obsidian Sith, though that may have been a bit before their time. I've been out of the 'fanfilm scene' for too long, so I don't know of their recent work. I think I might download some fanfilms this weekend!
Ooh, a laserdisc. The Cheat's playin' something on a laserdisc.
Everything is better on a laserdisc. Whatever happened to the laserdisc? Laserdisc!
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Fighting the frizzies, at 11.
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