Ryan vs Dorkman

Added: Mar 14, 2006

Duration: 5:9

RYAN WIEBER VS. MICHAEL "DORKMAN" SCOTT What began as a friendly rivalry between two effects artists explodes off TheForce.Net's FanFilms Forum and into the real world in a lightsaber battle royale. Originally created for the forum's lightsaber choreography competition, this fight to the death will decide once and for all who is truly most skilled with a saber. There can be only one. (I did not make this short film, stop asking me how I made the special effects. Its a mix of rotoscoping, photoshop and After Effects.) Visit their website at http://www.ryanvsdorkman.com for any and all info concerning how to make this video, how long it took, or to meet the real creators of the fanfilm. FAQs (from ryanvsdorkman.com) How did you do those lightsaber effects? We used Adobe After Effects to rotoscope the prop blades and add glows to them. Essentially the same way ILM does it. After Effects was also used for a variety of other visual effects you see (or don't see) in RvD. How long did it take you to make this, and when did it come out? We choreographed and filmed over the course of three weekends, and spent about 4 months on the effects in our spare time, finishing March 1st, 2003. Did you guys have any martial arts or sword training when you made this? Neither of us had any formal training of any kind at the time of making RvD. Just watched a lot of movies. Where was this shot, and what is that thing in the background? RvD was filmed at Carco Electronics, who built flight simulators for the aerospace industry. The machine in the background is a satellite tracking positioner, the specifications of which were top secret. After the machine was finished being built, it was shipped off to an "undisclosed location". Where did you get the lightsaber props you guys are fighting with? The saber props were actually built for this. They were made in several parts using a lathe, mill, and other metalworking tools. Aluminum tubing (like you can find at your local hardware store) were used for the blades. What kind of camera did you film with? Canon GL-1 camcorder.

Channel: Entertainment

Tags: battle dorkman force lightsaber starwars

Rating: 4.83 (22812 ratings) Views: 3603632' favoriteCount='36903 Comments: 25

SuperEpicHappyGman Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Madness? THIS IS EPIC*Kick*

kurtzyboy Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - it looks so fake. that was funny when dorkman just turned around and died.

ginajoemovie Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - This was amazing. haha :]

chbreaper Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - dorkman is definitely dork..

windslayerr11 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - 4:22 totally random...but funny

pinkyhommies666 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - from 2:32 - 2:37 how the fuck did they not cut themselves?!

crow984 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Pwned lamo XD

watts300 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Watch again closer, the light sabers are above their heads.

jonlee29 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - What does pwned mean? ive seen it used in a few different contexts..

Portugal535 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - didn't make much sense

Karutano Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - dont got to lol aslong as it is kick ass

Ock50 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - epic

Bllue Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - it's the nerd's way of saying owned.

Bllue Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Hahaha, you guys have too much time on your hands, but this was great. Totally didn't see the end coming.

Blisterandburn Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - very well done best ive seen so far

DavidFrommi18 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Great Cinematography,effects and choreography work Keep it up !!!!

Sever607 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Wow if they didn't do it themselfs I swear they used almost all of the Lightsaber Combat Styles in this movie.

Sever607 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Ryan brought his clone.

effinretards Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - diffrent way of saying owned cuz pwned sounds cool when u say it out loud

mapasheno79 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - that was awsome!! 10 points

jonlee29 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Cool, cheers for that i thought some ppl had just hit the p by mistake coz its next to th o lol... my bad =OD

Kraegon1337 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - That was some good computer generation :)

willFNsmith Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - bravo a young George lucas. only a lot worse. and kid in the blue kepts getting b*tch slapped.

MortenRoarBerg Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Nice nice nice nice

DoranIrae Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Einer der geilsten Fanfilme die ich je gesehen habe ! Hut ab vor den Machern !