The Shepherd King (House of David) (Part One COMPLETE, Part Two in Progress)

This project is a theatrical cut of Amazon’s “House of David,” the goal of which is to repackage the show into cohesive, cinema style experiences.

This show is, in my opinion, the best biblical television to date. It is faithful to source material, while also succeeding with impressive creative liberties. It tells the story of King David’s origin, the house of Saul, his predecessor, and the early rise of his legacy.

My aim is to streamline the seasons, maintaining all of the best and most important story lines.

Part One (Season One) is complete and is available upon request. This film streamlines the main storylines of Season One, and concludes with the battle following the death of Goliath which takes place in the first episode of Season 2.

Part Two (Season Two) is nearly complete with a Work Print available upon request. Again, the main storylines are traced, concluding with David’s exile and gathering of men.

Part Two is in progress!

These are good thoughts! As soon as I get it uploaded, I’ll send you a link!

Alright. This project is finally falling together. Season 2 did exactly what I was hoping for – giving us a battle that we could end the first film with.

Currently, I’m going with the title “The Shepherd King”. Part 1’s first edition is complete. I would love for some people to give it a watch and offer some edits and suggestions.

Part One (of three) of The Shepherd King is in work print. Final run time is 3.5 hours with an appropriately placed intermission halfway through.

This movie introduces us to the origins of the two Kings, Saul and David, setting the stage for David’s rise, ending with the fall of Goliath and the subsequent battle with the philistines.

Links have been sent! Enjoy, and please feel free to leave your feedback!

First, I want to thank the editor for sharing this. I saw the first work print movie, and it was very well done. I never watched the show, which makes this my first time going through this. The editor really did a very nice job with this.

While watching this, I never felt like anything was missing. The narrative was clear and the pacing of the movie felt natural - not too slow and not too fast. I never felt that I was watching an unnecessary side quest irrelevant to the main plot threads. Everything included was essential for a cohesive narrative. Even the intermission point was relatively well placed to give the audience a nice break point if you were looking to break up watching this.

It is hard for me to say if any changes are really necessary. I know the show itself was well-reviewed. There likely is not much to cut anyway. I probably should watch the show itself to give better feedback for potential changes.

One thing I can suggest is to make your own custom fan edit introduction. Something memorable, and dare I say biblical. It could be anything you imagine. An example is posted in the first few seconds in the video below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOP8U9g-4c

If anybody comes across this, I would strongly recommend watching this edit. I think this edit could draw more interest if posted in other forums such as the fan edits reddit forum that is the most popular for spreading fan edits.

Wow. Thanks man! Appreciate you taking the time to watch it as well as review!

ianrilofneither said:

Season 2 did exactly what I was hoping for – giving us a battle that we could end the first film with.

Hi can you expand on this for me.

If you’re doing one movie per season, meaning eventually 3 movies for 3 seasons, how can the second season end be the ending of your first movie?

Also are subtitles included? thx

submachina said:

ianrilofneither said:

Season 2 did exactly what I was hoping for – giving us a battle that we could end the first film with.

Hi can you expand on this for me.

If you’re doing one movie per season, meaning eventually 3 movies for 3 seasons, how can the second season end be the ending of your first movie?

That was (and still is) the default goal to the project. But for a complete cinematic experience, I felt that the battle at the beginning of season 2 made the best ending for the story of season 1. So my final edit of the first film now includes this.

The next movie will pick up directly after

submachina said:

ianrilofneither said:

Season 2 did exactly what I was hoping for – giving us a battle that we could end the first film with.

Hi can you expand on this for me.

If you’re doing one movie per season, meaning eventually 3 movies for 3 seasons, how can the second season end be the ending of your first movie?

I just realized the main part of the confusion. So for clarity: the FIRST movie ends with the FIRST episode of season 2. The second movie will pick up with the remainder of content following in season 2

For anyone interested, I have the work print version done for The Shepherd King – Part Two (Season 2). I also have an updated Part One with minor adjustments on the ending in light of how Season 2 transpired.

Is it in the same link for your original version or a new one?

New links for both!

MOVIE LAYOUT UPDATED:

This project is a theatrical cut of Amazon’s “House of David,” the goal of which is to repackage the show into cohesive, cinema style experiences.

This show is, in my opinion, the best biblical television to date. It is faithful to source material, while also succeeding with impressive creative liberties. It tells the story of King David’s origin, the house of Saul, his predecessor, and the early rise of his legacy.

My aim is to streamline the seasons, maintaining all of the best and most important story lines.

Part One (Season One) is complete and is available upon request. This film streamlines the main storylines of Season One, and concludes with the battle following the death of Goliath which takes place in the first episode of Season 2.

Part Two (Season Two) is nearly complete with a Work Print available upon request. Again, the main storylines are traced, concluding with David’s exile and gathering of men.