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     This week in DarkTriforceFilms, we lost all our savings. That's right folks, we've officially finished with all the backlog videos from 2022! Yesterday The Intervention officially hit the internet, and after we had filmed that we had gone into production for BACON (which of course has all already came out last fall), so it's officially time for us to put our boots on and get to filming for the rest of the year. But that's all talk for future editions of The Report when we actually plan out what that'll look like! For now, let's talk all about The Intervention!

     Based only on the first day, the response to The Intervention has been great! This was one of the videos where I've had multiple people reach out separately saying that they thought it was really good which is very nice to hear! There were a lot of wrenches thrown into this video, so I was worried on how it was going to turn out, and it's a big relief to see it turned out so good. The editing for this was really down to the last minute, I finished editing the day before it was supposed to be uploaded!
​     I had a lot of extra time between when Gag Reel #10 was uploaded and the release date of The Intervention thanks to March's plethora of Fridays, but going into the last 2 weeks I was finally got by Covid, which really halted my editing as I laid in bed all day - along with that there were a couple of last minute things I had to scrounge around like Woody asking Cameron "Are you afraid?" which we apparently never recorded and so Woody had to do on his phone a couple of days ago, or making sure I had all the footage of shaved Woody at the end which was filmed on Woody's phone and wasn't with the normal footage for the rest of the video.

     If you remember the Report from last year after we initially filmed The Intervention, you might recall we had to do a lot of last minute shuffling of the script due to some scheduling issues - which is the reason the video starts out with a cast of Myself, Cameron, Kip, Alexis, and Woody, and then ends with just Myself, Cameron, Charles, and Woody. When we were filming I remember being worried of how that was going to translate once I started editing but it really doesn't feel too bad, Kip and Alexis both actually exit the video and don't disappear so it doesn't feel too jarring when they're not there at the end. 
     In the original script, Kip and I both attack Cameron and Charles and it plays out similarly with Charles getting "mustached" and Cameron being the last one left - but then Alexis returns and saves the day by ripping off Kip's mustache and so on and so forth, ultimately Cameron throws the shaving cream grenade and the video ends pretty much the same way. Since Kip and Alexis both couldn't make it to the second day of filming however, the rest of us just kind of abridged that portion of the script, dealing out the lines and actions to who was still there and it ended up how it did in the video, leaving really just the question of what happened to Kip and Alexis up in the air - cliffhanger! Although if you ask me I think the answer is that Kip went and found Alexis and "mustached" her starting the mustache invasion all over again.

     There was also a scene we filmed that explained what happened when I pulled Kip out of the room and how I got "mustached" that was ultimately cut (the photo above is from it)! When I wrote the script I wrote 2 endings because I wasn't sure how or if we'd be able to do the "yassified Woody" ending (as Woody named it) and then because of that there were a couple of different endcard scenes written for the video as well, one where Woody wins and the endcard is the news of the new Mustache World, and one where the whole video was revealed as a commercial we were pitching to Gillette. I'm not sure why this of all videos ended up being our one full of alternate endings and trivia, but at least it gives me a lot to talk about here!
     Anyway, the aforementioned deleted scene was going to be the official endcard and is what we filmed it for (it wasn't in the script at all), but as I was editing it felt weird to jump back into the middle of the video for the endcard so I changed that to the silly little edit that is there now, and decided to cut the scene altogether because it messed with the pacing in the middle and ruined the reveal of Woody using me as a pawn. If people are interested, I might cut that scene together and release it here on the website or as a bonus video or somethin!

     Editing wise, this video came together pretty quickly, we filmed pretty much in order and only 2 days of filming made it a lot easier to find what I needed compared to editing for The New Logan which was all over the place. I also found that getting music for this video was a lot easier than The New Logan because with that I was trying to find a very specific vibe with the background music, something subtle that didn't outweigh the comedic scenes it was behind and it was a lot harder than I was expecting (although mostly because I am very picky with music) - with The Intervention, a lot of the video is some sort of big fight scene, and getting something that sounds epic and like a big battle was a lot easier for me to find. And just giving the actual intervention part of the video room to breath without any background music for it.
     Weirdly enough, I think the things that took the longest were trying to find stock video for the exposition shot because we forgot to get one of Woody's house, and the silly edit during the endcard. After that it was trying to make sure the footage of shaved Woody looked good, I mentioned before we filmed it on his phone - that was because we used Snapchat to put a filter on his face and recorded it through that. I think it's very obvious it's not on our actual camera, but it isn't too jarring in the final edit.

     And that about does it for all the little trivia and tidbits I have to say about The Intervention! I'm happy it's finally out, it's been a long time coming since I originally had the idea for the video (in between the idea and the script being finished I think Woody shaved and regrew his mustache) and for a while I didn't even know if we'd make it cause I had no idea where to go with the script! 
     Coming up in April, we should have a new DT Life from when Woody was here of us going through a sort of escape room - but of course there'll be more on that once it comes out. That'll be our side video for the month coming out on April 22nd! Now if you'll excuse me, I really gotta get to planning for the rest of the year now that the well has run dry - so until next time, this is Logan, signing off!