How I Filmed Transitions - UA:LA | Before and After BTS (Heiki) 

Filmmakers -- Feel free to download this video and try editing the transition points for yourselves with the raw footage. It might be good practice. All it takes is a bit of reframing and a good cutting point. You might even find better points than me 👀

I still remember the first time I saw UA:LA and was amazed at how absolutely pristine these transitions were. No fan flare or masking, just real a mastery of the craft. Thanks for showing us how it was all done! Big shout out to the actors too, it was a joy to watch

This is brilliant! I watched this several times and I’m still amazed how you pull this off. Thanks for the breakdown

Man these are so fucking cool. Gonna have to rewatch UA:LA now lol

I won't lie, half the reason I rushed to see Shang-Chi was the fact that you were involved. Your quality is always top notch and I genuinely can't wait to see whats coming next, whether it be more youtube or big screen work. :D

If this crew gets involved in an official anime live action. I wouldnt complain at all. Pure talent.

The process seems awesome to make this a reality; forethought in the story for how some powers might be displayed on-screen (or a fun on-screen idea that turned out to be useful to plug into the story), and then creating choreography and studying martial movements to plan ahead for transition points. Not to mention the camera on top that blends it all together consistently. Really awesome, fight choreographers, stunt people, camera techs, everyone's got my deepest respect :)

Those transitions are the definition of CLEAN

Everything about this short is so amazing. Not only do you capture the spirit and style of MHA perfectly, all the actors do so well to develop their characters with what little time they have. Seriously good shit.

Cache was easily the best quirk in the short film. The transitions with each weapon was awesome. Anyone know what the song playing is called?

That you guys were able to recreate the same camera passes multiple times and match it with the actor's movements each time is mindblowing.

Honestly, the synergy of seamless transitions coupled with the dynamic camera movements were probably my favourite parts of the whole UA short.

When it comes to those transitions, I will always get hyped!!! Those transitions are so sick! Keep up the good work!

I still can't get over how fluid these edits actually are. Using someone's arm as a wipe cut inside frame makes it look so natural it's unreal. I may have to have a go at this kind of edit myself and try and tie it into the project I'm shooting next year. Can't wait to see what you come out with next! Your signature style is such a huge inspiration for me.

I'm still hoping one day this film comes back cause everything about it was something, from the choreography, story, characters, and cinematography.

BRO real talk years ago when I found Dead Fantasy Series (RIP MONTY BTW) I found your channel unmatched choreography for YEARS glad to see you guys popping up on my notifcations again.

Even after the showcase behind the scenes, I'm still blown away how I'm still having a hard time trying to connect the transitions. Masterful work! Can't wait for that juicy episode 1 drop!!

Honestly, id love to see more U.A L.A episodes. It's the best thing I've seen in a long time, and you should be proud of it

The camera work is what im impressed with more, zipping back and forth like that repeatedly in the same manner is amazing

That transition from Katana to Bo was so filthy smooth bro definitely had to rewind like 10 times

This is the best original live action ever created from anime for now and for a very long time, in terms of story, and visual effects. In just 15 minutes or so, it totally feels like a cinematic movie. To me, nothing will beat this any time soon.

This is a prime example of why I love editing.

Amazing work. Huge fan.

FINALLY!!! He's showing us his secrets!!! I think you are one of the most talented stunt coordinators and camera visuals out there and have always hoped you would do some tutorials

I really loved the quirk of the guy with sunglasses it was pretty creative ngl

BROOO your transitions were clean AF!!!! keep going my guy

Heiki's FF7 Sephiroth's Masamune still is the coolest weapon transition. Still amazed everytime i rewatch the video.

Yes! Thank you! This is amazing. Virtually every interest or hobby I've ever had has been driving by an insatiable desire to know "how it's done" or "how it works" so I absolutely love this kind of behind the scenes look into film making magic. Fantastic!

The editing was amazing but the actors also did a good job!!!! They make it so real!

the transition looks smooth because the actor is precise in his movement

i've never seen something so oddly satisfying in a while

Those transitions are smooth muah

Honestly all of the choreography in UA:LA is phenomenal and what you did with this guy's scenes just makes it that much better

Gah dayum so clean. Camera movements are so consistent, it's crazy

Still have notifications on for this channel and have no regrets

When I first saw this pilot episode it touched me and actually pushed me to never give up in life and start working out to better myself, thank you guys for all this hard work bc it definitely payed off by touching the world like never before 🙏

Anime to live action has always been underwhelming in my experience. But this?.. *chef's kiss

I still amazed by the transition. The editing make it flawless.

Dam never knew how much shooting the same angle with different adjustment could make such a difference

So well done... it's amazing what's possible if you have good actors, cameraguy, director, scriptor and cutter. All of you guys are awesome!

This… is… INSANE!!! Mad props to both your camera work and the actors who were able to do the same moves multiple times perfectly! The actor playing Heiki made it look so easy, yet if someone like me were to try to do that, there would be a blooper compilation that would be as long as the film itself! Keep up the amazing work!

That was so sick , and the actor was great as well EDIT: just realized the actor even had a part in lucifer...my favorite netflix show

Yes, those are unforgettable!

He was easily the coolest character in this short. Loved the transition work.

Bro you are a master . This is some of the coldest shit ive ever seen from an independent filmaker and the techniques behind em are so simple but take alot of precision and knowledge of the craft to execute it as clean as you did. This is inspiring thank you

whats pissing me off is the amount of........perfection the transitions are .......im like.....holy shit

Those transitions are so clean!! And Jay does so good keep the motion just the same each take!

thank you for resources like this man you're a huge inspiration to me, you should be in charge of these studios with millions of dollars at your disposal to achieve your vision and adapt the IPs you are passionate about, you produce better content than 90% of mainstream Hollywood

This video does not get old. Amazing through and through.

Waiting for a new ep, but I appreciate how much work that went into this

The edits are so smooth! It's what really brought this to a new level. Not just for Heiki, but all the edits!

This is some great bts, very helpful!! This short in my opinions is one of the best anime live action renditions. Thanks for sharing!

Please make another one of these or pitch a series. I loved this.

It’s been two years please make a part 2 for the pilot. Awesome camera work and editing btw

MAN! This is definetly the best fam made I've ever watched!!!!!!!!! Its just awesome!!! Hope to see more. Thanks for the break down!

It is JUST. SO. CLEAN.

this is what happens when you have a good director, actors, and editors. edit: I didn't know you were in shang chi, please bless uss with your passion with the series. Much love.

I will call this the "RivenX3i" transition from this point on!!!! Cause this is absolutely brilliant!!!

I remember saying something to the fact that this should get picked up by a good network your channel has grown since then keep up the good work.

So freaking cool, thanks for sharing the bts!

you are so talented i hope hollywood makes these kinds of masterpieces

He had the coolest power in the short.

It's more and more impressive the more I look at it

such a master at your craft, you make some of the most entertaining action being released these days

AMAZING stuff🔥 Time to rewatch Episode 0 for the 100th time haha The BTS stuff is so interesting to watch, thank you for sharing! Shang Chi was hella dope and hope only the best for you in the future!

What a skillful man and a skillful producer. Love the work. Its so good.

Even watching in a frame by frame mode on 0.25 speed, I still can hardly notice the transition points! The camera and actor movements are FLAWLESS! It's incredible!

The smooth camera work made me think this was a more complicated fx then it was. Heiki's quirk is the coolest 🙌

Smoothest transitions in action, hands down

Lol, I just rewatched the mha videos after 2 years and this drops

Oh man what an awesome breakdown on how you accomplished the effect! Every bit of it was so smooth, I found myself going frame by frame on your original trying to deconstruct how you were doing things... Including the teleporting and the super speed. Still my favorite fight sequence from all media ever. I must have watched it over 50 times now....🔥

This was so interesting to watch!!!!! I loved watching the final result but seeing how it's done before just shows how much dedication and finesse goes into this. Like the cuts are so quick that they look so seemless. Seeing you talk about it on the Corridor Crew channel has been eye opening. Like doing the same actions with the different weapons is so smart and sick

Hell yeah! The transitions are genius! Watching the episode I never would have guessed that there was overlapping choreography and overlapping kamera-movement (in that case also choreographed) involved. No wonder the transitions look so fluent in the final result. I still hope that you get the chance to actually create an official life-action spin-off. Also Jay with Nun-Chakus is my favorite. He looks like he's about to bitchslap Nathan xD

Thanks for this insight! It makes those sequences even more outstanding to watch!!

Yess! My favourite Character! So keen on more!

I don't see to many people asking questions, but I'm so interested in how you got consistent movement, because when I played with the footage it really cut together much easier than I thought it would. Before I saw this I really thought you needed motion control bots to get this to work the way it does! Great job!

the best stiching I've seen for choreographed fights

The passion is palpable.

Guys your really awasome!! . I hope to continue seeing more of this series

AMAZING! Man I'm still waiting for Paramount to let you guys film the entire season, because UA:LA is the ONLY Live action Anime I want to see, and you guys nail it perfectly!

Somebody get this team a freakin' MHA movie deal!!!

Can yo believe that UA:LA P2 Released 2 years ago... where has the time gone. As always love the Work and i can't believe i only recently found out about your involvement in Shang-Chi. No wonder the movie turned out so great!

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the camera work 💯

Everything about this was awesome but those transitions were so sharp!

it's so nice and smooth. Really high quality stuff! Love it!

Finally!! This is truly beautiful! I love Heiki's quirk in this video and always love to see it changing time by time!

Cant wait for you to teach us behind the scene of the teleportion! Thank you for this video too!!!😆

Riven, in all seriousness, you are by far one of the best action fight scene directors I’ve ever watched. I’m by no means a film or choreography expert, just a fan. I think I speak for all when I say, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make more episodes. I can’t stress enough how truly remarkable you are to the anime live action genre. There have been so many BAD attempts that you are needed to pave the way for the future! All companies that wish to pursue live action anime NEED to contact you and have you direct the fight scenes at the VERY least.

If theres ever a mha live action movie, i want it done by these guys

I can't wait to see what your future projects are. You are a talent to watch.

The end result still blows me away, great effect and such a cool power, great work by the film maker and actors/stuntment

Thank you so much for this breakdown. This was one of coolest things I've seen on the internet. Truly inspirational and helpful, especially for me just starting to do my own shooting.

Uuuuuugh. I need more of this. This project is amazing and it's fantastic to see a live adaptation that's worth being excited about.

I am so looking forward to the continuation of UALA. This is so hype.

Okay so ngl, I didn't appreciate this as much when I watched the original video BECAUSE IT ALREADY LOOKED SO GOOD AND SO FLAWLESS! This is awesome!

You’re sooo extremely gifted bruv 🤦🏽‍♂️🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✊🏽👑🖤🔥 I remember seeing the final project several months ago for the first time. My bruv Nate’s in it. You did ZERO wrong in this, king👏🏽👏🏽 I need this video to have millions of views ASAP. Perhaps we’ll work together soon👊🏽😁 If you already haven’t been on, they and I need your gifts on the big screen ASAP.

Ah yes, my all time favourite video on the internet.

the camera work and editing on this is so good! those transitions are fucking flawless man this shit genuinely amazes me so much

Mind = BLOWN. Brilliant camera work and flow. Gonna need to borrow inspiration form this for my next movie trailer chris!

I love the transitions. After watching the videos I just watched them again to look at those. Really an incredible job.