Samurai Jack: Live-Action Fan Film mini web-series
Part I: • Samurai Jack: Live-Act...
Part II: • Samurai Jack: Live-Act...
Part III: • Samurai Jack: Live-Act...
TO BE CONTINUED!
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Our adaptation focuses on the beginnings of Jack, specifically the first 3 episodes - 'The Premiere Movie' (‘The Beginning’, ‘The Samurai Called Jack’, and 'The First Fight'). Although the plot sets similar to the 3 episodes, it will not be a shot-for-shot remake. To pay homage to the entire series, we include many themes, characters, and visual settings, etc. from many of the other episodes such as ‘Seasons of Death’, ‘Jack vs. Aku’, and ‘Jack and the Spartans’ (just to name a few without giving too much away). So pay attention to catch Easter Eggs when watching!
We really wanted to create our adaptation with minimal VFX, minimal CGI, and minimal green screen. And shoot it in real scenery and real locations, so we had to shoot it in a very old school approach. Each scene in our adaption sets in a different season, therefore we waited for each season to arrive. In addition to different seasons, to create Tartakovsky’s unique style, we planned many of our scenes in different sunlight - magic hours of sunrises and sunsets.
The original cartoon includes homages and references to many masterpieces of cinema; therefore we drew many inspirations to be included as well, such as the samurai films of the great Akira Kurosawa, old-school Hong Kong Kung Fu films, and sci-fi classics.
Parts I-III was edited as a 28 minute short film. It has been selected in the following film festivals:
Action On Film International Film Festival - LA, California, USA - 2016
MartialCon Film Festival - Monrovia, California, USA - 2016
Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival - NYC, New York, USA - 2016
Fan Film Awards - LA, California, USA - 2017
Super Geek Film Festival - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA & Miami, Florida, USA - 2017
Gen Con Film Festival - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2017
Iron DragonTV Action Fest Film Festival - Austin, Texas, USA - 2017
Worldcon 75 Film Festival - Messukeskus, Helsinki, Finland - 2017
Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - 2017
Tri-Cities International Film Festival - West Richland, Washington, USA - 2017
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4 авг 2017
