This week in DarkTriforceFilms, we lamented the how long March is. Did you know there were 5 Friday's this month? As a channel that uploads on Fridays, you'd think we'd be more aware of the amount of Friday's a month has and plan ahead but we are adamant about sticking to our schedule!
But before we talk about the rest of the Fridays, let's talk about last Friday when we uploaded Gag Reel #10! 
Now, I'm aware this edition of The DarkTriforceReport is a bit late, but last week I was busy experiencing a live rendition of the Into The Spiderverse score - but yes, our second video of the month did release, and it was our 10th Gag Reel! That's some sort of milestone, right? This video included bloopers from Narrator, Time Capsule, and The New Logan - and while I did expect it to be a bit shorter due to Narrator and Time Capsule both being shorter videos, there were also a lot less bloopers from The New Logan than I was expecting for a 10 minute video. Our last Gag Reel clocked in around 9ish minutes (I say confidently, without checking) and this one only was about 5!
But, this brings us back to the topic of March's plethora of Fridays - as we discussed in the last Report, our schedule has us uploading on the first and second friday's of each month, so 2 weeks with videos and 2 without, usually but March has 5! That's crazy! We have discussed getting a bonus video up this month for that last Friday of the month, but we aren't entirely sure what we'll be doing for it and don't have anything in the vault right now to use, so we'll see if anything does end up happening. That's the thing about a bonus video though, it's always a surprise! To wrap up this shorter edition of the Report (which is what happens when you get a Report on a week we don't upload but the month has extra Fridays) we've got some more preview shots (seen above) for The Intervention, which comes out next month! Hopefully on April 7th! Editing is going smoothly for it and is honestly coming together a lot faster than I expected it to. The script itself if around the same length as a bigger video like The New Logan from this month, but we had to do a lot of rewriting and restructuring on the spot while filming (that and the script has like 2 alternate endings on it we didn't use) so I think it's gonna end up somewhere in the middle of that and shorter video like Time Capsule.
I'm very pleased with how a lot of the shots came out in this video, with the gap between filming and editing I didn't remember how the video looked, but each shot looks really cinematic and I'm surprised considering we were just using one light and then whatever natural light came into Woody's living room. But this was the first video we used our shoulder rig on so I'm sure we were pushing for more cinematic looking shots with it. And the process for April's second video has also started, with Cameron Kaercher again editing for the DT Life we filmed while Woody was in town, thanks again Cameron! 
Well, that about does it for this edition of The DarkTriforceReport! As a reminder, go watch the newest Gag Reel to make up for me forgetting to post anything about it when it came out, if it interests you at all, Woody and Charles kiss more than twice in it! In the coming weeks I'm sure there'll be more to talk about as these video release and we get back into filming as our vault runs dry and the weather gets nicer - but until then, this is Logan, signing off!
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This week in DarkTriforceFilms, Woody returned from Florida. That's right, it's Woody week, so DarkTriforceFilms has been getting as much done as they can during the short amount of time that Woody is in the same state as the rest of us! That includes filming 2 new videos that will be coming out later on this year - and to provide a bit more clarity on that, we have officially decided our 2023 schedule, with a whole graphic to boot! (the graphic is NOT a boot, just to be clear)
So here it is - 2 videos a month is our goal, one main video, a side video, and possibly a bonus video if we have something extra to put out! Last month saw Time Capsule and The Tymoso DT Life as February's videos, and now as we're going in to March, we've just released our week 1 video, The New Logan! That's right, the video that I've been writing about here since July (yeesh) is finally out now!
I already talked about the plot of the video in the last report, plus the video is out now on YouTube so go and give it a watch if you haven't already! It's a lot of fun and our first "long" sketch of the year, and I think it feels different than a lot of our other videos, of course attributed to the different writing styles of Charles and Woody who wrote it - but it still has the tone and vibe of the DarkTriforceFilms brand. And now that I can say it without spoiling anything, a big special thanks to Ashley Clemens for starring as the titular "New Logan" in this video! This was the first time we'd worked with her, but she also appeared in the first episode of Bacon (which was uploaded far before this) and she was great!
Following The New Logan as this month's side video will be Gag Reel #10, featuring bloopers from Narrator, Time Capsule, and of course The New Logan - it's crazy that we're getting into the double digits for Gag Reels now, but this one is a bit shorter than previous Gag Reels since we have 2 short videos starting it off. It'll be live next Friday, March 18th for all your blooper filled needs! And as we all say here at DarkTriforceFilms, "There's plenty more where that came from!" So let's get onto what else is upcoming and what did we work on during Woody Week? 
For Woody week, we had 2 videos lined up to work on - special reveal, the titles of those videos are The Bag and Stick to The Status Quo - these videos will be coming out further down the line, as with our current schedule - we're booked at least until May with videos that will be coming out. The photo above is from Stick to The Status Quo, featuring a gag where we had to make it look like Woody had wet his pants - and Charles with his smart thinking suggested we use a spray bottle! Filming for this video went relatively smoothly, but we had to cut it short due to other plans that were scheduled, so to make sure we got what we needed, we finished up all of Woody's shots in the video and we'll be meeting up again at a later date to finish the rest of the video. Similarly, the other video we filmed, The Bag, had a very similar filming process, we just got together to film 1 scene, although this scene took place outside in an abandoned parking lot, and man was it cold. We were able to get it done, albeit a bit frostbitten, and despite the fact Woody was asleep when we met up to film.
Alongside the sketches we were filming, we also went out and had some real life experiences that we vlogged a bit for a future DT Life! We went out to a local "escape room" type place named 5Wits and we went through a Tomb themed room and a Space Themed room (but we really only got footage from the Tomb one) and that will most likely be coming out as a side video next month. We might be filming a few more in the coming days/weeks, so DT Life should be sticking around more often on the channel!
And so forward we go into 2023, the year is feeling productive and I'm happy to be uploading on a more regular basis now! While the videos from last summer have taken forever to get posted, it's nice to have them as a backlog to make sure we can upload consistently. There's one more video from the summer batch, The Intervention that'll be coming as next month's main video, and then we'll be getting into things filmed more recently. That's about all there is for this edition of the report, so go on your vacations around the world until the Gag Reel comes out! I gotta go warm up after standing in the cold and snow the past few days, so for now, this is Logan, signing off! |
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