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I’d say the odds of a live action YouTube clips sent to Kotaku not being terrible currently stand at around 1,000 to one. Thankfully, this Zelda flick is pretty amazing. Short, but amazing. It sort of gets me wondering what Somewhat Awesome Films could do if they had the resources and time to make something a little longer. Great work!
Just visually, it’s quality. It’s well shot, looks great, and doesn’t have that terrible ‘homemade’ feel that most of these clips tend to have.
In the unlikely event that a movie was made who would you like to see cast? Im sure there’d be better but you could do alot worse than Orlando Bloom. He’s already known for acting and voicing an elf so it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to play as Link.
Nice looking atmosphere. I think the problem is resources. Real movies use set lighting to bump out contrasts and highlights – natural lighting on film looks… un natural. I’m no film making buff, and am not slagging it off – but with some more $$$, this could be loads better.
The video itself looks nice, but there really is no way to make Link’s outfit look good in reality. It’s just too.. cartoonish to work as an actual costume. The hat in particular is just odd. If his clothing was more like chain mail and less like silk and fabric it would probably be more believable.
I remember when I played through Link’s Awakening (the first Zelda game I ever owned) I kept thinking how it would make a great movie, or miniseries – I think a Zelda movie is on the wishlist of anyone who has played through one of the games – that alone makes me think that eventually someone will make one and it’ll be good too.
Wow. I think I sold them that Hyrulian shield, I remember talking to one of the guys. Good job. I feel honoured 🙂
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