Weeks of late hours and panicked requests. Thanks to all who helped.
Patreon: / evanroyalty
Thanks to our backers:
-RisingJake
-Eric Topland
-GuardedHable
-Dylan Dawson
-Tyler M Higgins
-Endeavourz
-Joshua Zajicek
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
MuzTube for the modding assistance: / @muztuber
Stephen Hancock for visual effects assistance:
/ xdigitalvirusx
AfterInfinity for letting me use his music:
/ @afterinfinitymusic
Cast:
Juno | Stephanie Swan Quills: / stephanieswanquill
Alec | Austin Rearden: / @austinrearden7299
Haden | FairfieldFencer: / fairfieldfencer
Seph | Alifluro: / alifluro
Hercy | Luke Saunders: / @blackeden
Extras | Anax of Rhodes: / @anaxofrhodes
The Watchers | Me, lol.
This video had some nasty compression issues from GTA V's rendering quality, I had assumed for the duration of the editing process that this was simply part of Adobe premiere's low quality preview window, but it wasn't, and I simply did not have the time to resolve it. So - apologies.
Hope you guys enjoy the spoop! For the inevitable, the two songs bound to asked about are here: Synthetic Epiphany ft. CoMa - Volition Credits Track: Noclu & CoMa - Smile
A job well done as always man, i missed your work. Are you still making "The Wasteland"?
Yeah, but things have changed. Gonna, do an update on that later.
where have you been?
Evan Royalty glad to see you making AMAZING machinimas again!
Evan Royalty Watching on Halloween!
My wife went into labor when I got the notification for this video. Priorities, people.
False, men cant have children. Or be wives
I see... So you watched the video. Bad man!
Fantastically crafted, dark atmospheric nightmare. My kind of shit. Also grats to the voice actors, they did a really great job.
Thanks, dad.
Who would win? Hollywood and the entire entertainment industry *or* a few nerds on GTA V. lol great work though man. Always a blast to see you upload. ✊
I like how Evan is not offended.
Thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of this! It's always a pleasure working with you, Evan; and I can't wait to collaborate with you again!
Okay Evan.. My dude. I can't even find the words man.. If I were to comment on everything I appreciated and liked in this video I'd have to write a fucking book man. I was glued to this the entire time. I didn't think you would be able to top The Sacrifice but holy shit was I wrong. The story, the cinematography, the ambiance, the emotion, the character building, the writing, etc. all so well done.. The list goes on man You are one talented individual. I am so happy you have support too and you have people that are able to help out with the voice acting, it's the cherry on top man. I can only imagine the stress and hard work that goes into projects like this. Props to you and your team on this great work. Bravo man can't wait to see what's next.
Thanks for the kind words, man. Makes it all worth it.
Thank God you are back KZhead turned into diss tracks and click bait
This is Roger Deakens level of cinematography, jesus dude you've really outdone yourself!
I wouldn't ever put myself near Deakens' level, but I'll accept the compliment nonetheless.
kwl beans man, love the claustrophobic feel with the aspect ratio and color pallet, reminds me of Trey Edward Shults' 'It Comes At Night' and Robert Eggers' 'The VVitch'. Not sure about some of the voice acting, not in performance but in consistency. altogether damn good movie.
Seen both of those films. I guess it's 'the VVitch' in color grading (My Lumetri preset is literally called The VVitch) and 'Its Comes at Night' in cinematography, spare the alternating aspect ratio. As for voice acting, I agree. Would have been pickier if I wasn't rushing.
Footsteps: The Movie. Haha great video man, very artistic and dark. Glad you're back man.
I LOVED IT! I was so confused but yet so engaged on how well this machinima was. Evan you never fail! Once again a great machinima.
God, evrytime you make a new machinama it gets 100% better everytime....
You're pretty good, I had chills running down on my spine while watching this. Glad to see you back, keep up good the work, your spirits up and smile.
Was hopeful you’d make one of these around this time, well worth the wait
Wow, what a blast. I followed along pretty well, it's deep but not too deep that you can't grasp what's happening. I love your work man, just found your channel today and I've been watching videos for hours now. Thank you!
Dude, I've been on a binge watching your videos best summed up with one word : AMAZING!
This should have more views. I can appreciate the work on this as fellow machinima creator. Even after watching the entire duration three times now!
As always, great job! Glad we waited patiently for this masterpiece :))
NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO FAST IN MY LIFE!!!! Welcome Back Evan! How's It Been?
Good, worked on this every waking moment for the past month just after moving house. Glad to be back.
Cool! Hope You Settled In Well! Just Starting Working On My Machinima, Got Any Tips For Like Camera Basics And Stuff? :)
Rule of thirds: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds 180-Degree Rule: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180-degree_rule Everything else can only work in accordance to whatever drama you intend to present, and is thus, only for you to decide.
Everything flows together perfectly, well done!
Man. Awesome work! This was well made. Man I wish I could make machinimas like these. Everything from the story, mood, voice acting and cinematography is amazing. Excellent work good sir!
I've been meaning to watch this since you uploaded it. This is some good work dude!
A day is always great when Evan makes another magnificent creation
damn, just look who's back let me grab some kielbasa with bread and I'm ready to go on this ride
Man, this was so good. I can't wait for whatever's next!
Oh mah lawd he back lol Made me so glad to see this notification man, awesome job as always o 3o
Thank you for all your hard work to put this together, you are a huge inspiration, thank you again!
I love those short movies that you make i hope you are gonna made more in the future. You probably know that, but the video editing is just amazing and the story of those short movies are pure art.
Great work, can't wait for more.
Had absolutely no clue what this all meant but a quick google search definitely helps make it somewhat clear Katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, from κατὰ "down" and βαίνω "go") is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, A TRIP TO THE UNDERWORLD, or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. Always love the word evan, even if it is a lot of metaphors. (Or maybe im wrong completely and missed the whole point or something, never really was good at figuring out films)
This Is some *complex* but awesome piece of art right here
I have never been disappointed by work, you are part of my inspiration!
Gotta say, I am LOVING these trippy, artsy, horror films you've been doing recently! Horror isn't really my type of thing, but something about this is just beautifully horrifying! Great work as always, Evan!
P.S. Still holding out for True Crime 2! (Please, maybe someday)
Beeenn sooo longgggg Evan man I miss making these with you man.
This is fuckin awesome, gald to see you back
Loved every second of it... but I am very confused lmao
Goddamn, I thought it was good but once it got towards the end it was fucking amazing!! Good work!
Welcome Back!
C'est un chef-d'œuvre mondial !It's incroyable !
Your videos are so amazing
You’re back we missed you
👍big fan
the sound design is 👌👌👌 love it
Wow, amazing vid Evan, great to see u back. How have you been? 👍👍👍
Just glad to be back.
Evan Royalty wow, u replied, no KZheadr has ever replied to me!
IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR UR RETURN
Thie is amazing better then Movies i love it, gives me the chills u deserve more :D
Amazing!
The color grading is pretty good in this. Reminds me of The Witch
When this video first showed up in my subscriptions I actually didn't comprehend that it was a recent release. Took me about 5 seconds to realize that Christmas came early to KZhead. Amazing work, as always. I am wondering though, is this something that was in the works for a while, or was this a spontaneous idea you gave life to? I remember you saying that you were doing a bunch of meticulous work with the Wasteland script and filming, and that you had videos that you wanted to finish editing to put up. Regardless, I hope you are doing well and love watching these machinimas.
Literally came up with the idea a few days before writing it. Knew I wanted to make another Halloween short.
Shit! Everything is perfect, Good job mate 👍👍
I had to come here and also comment. Lol awesome dude!
Hey Evan, I loved it so much! The voice acting just makes it so much better. If you need another voice I'd be ready to help you out. I'm all set up. *About the compression problem:* Did you use "Extended Video Export" for rendering from GTA? I have a tutorial on my channel for this. It really improves bitrate especially for dark shots. Also, even if you edit in 1080p it might be worth upscaling to 4K in Premiere because KZhead allows higher bitrates for 4K than for 1080p. I did the same for my recent video "Halloweenception" in case you wanna have a comparison. If you have any questions hit me up on the SD discord.
whanowa hey man, I’m trying to make a gta machinima series over channel called Team Chuck, if your interested. I need some good, reliable voice actors.
The cinematography in your machinimas is great. I feel like I'm learning in a way when I watch them. Also, this in a way reminds me a bit of Oxenfree. Did that have anything to do with the writing?
Nah, but I feel they probably took similar inspiration. Thanks for the kind words.
Brilliant
This notification bell needs work. How did this never reach me?! Ah whatever. Better watching late than never lol
YAY MORE MACHINIMAS
I’m just a little confused to what is happening?
Katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, from κατὰ "down" and βαίνω "go") is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, a trip to the underworld, or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. I know that doesnt exactly explain it but im sure it can help make sense of it. Evan is very vague wit his movies and very rarely gives explenations himself
The woman's sister died in a crash. Then her and a few people did some sort of ritual to go to the afterlife-purgatory, so she could see her sister again. As far as the other guy's she was with, i don't know what their motivation was for going.
Evan please give this a prequel
oh thank god its not the wasteland but i am more than content with this much appreciated these jawns fantastic
please tell me there’s a pt.2 this is too amazing not to have a part 2
In love with CoMa
A great movie, good work! I got a suggestion can you make a movie about Yellow Eye? It would be awesome!
Yyeeeeeeeeee boiiii
Nice Movie!!!
Does this tie in somehow with the sacrafice?if it does that would be amazing.like some dark evil gta universe.and at the end is the real big bad that controls this strange universe and every main characters in your vids have to team up and fight it.Plz respond
What font did you use for the intro cinematics (from ~1:00-1:26)
www.dafont.com/futurist-fixed-width.font
That voice at the beginning is too creepy😱😰
my homie, you look like a FRIED CHICKIN NAGIT
The video ended and I said "DAMN IT"
BEEN TOO FUCKING LONG lol Liked before hitting play let's go!
Nice
Where do you get a lot of your horror ambients, amazing job btw!
Had most of them made by a friend. All else is from this website: www.epidemicsound.com/
Evan Royalty thank you! If you have any tips for making GTA rockstar films please send them my way, i really appreciate it!
Mah boi.
Before the Death Stranding...
Oh dip damn
You got fucked over by the subscription box. I just found this lol
finally
THE AUDIO IS FUCKING ORGASMIC
Awesome! How did you put the Dialogues ???
After you export the videos from gta v, you using a video editing program.
When is the wasteland coming out?
Can you please, please mention the name of the mods you used for making this machinima?
27:57
+Evan Royalty Really liked what you did in your machinima, The sacrifice
Tip: can u make the black border a little smaller? I know it can add effect but I only have a small phone. Thanks👌❤
Even after wasteland u should do somthing with drug cartel
I feel like I didn't understand 80% of what I watched yet everyone else did. Confused af.
What was going on?
sad it has only 19k views.
W O W
🔥👌🏾
Bro I got an Idea for you Make a machima about a guy who is a secret agent who is hunted by Ash and then the real enemy comes and they both have to work together (i know it sounds chessy and horrible)
Can somebody please explain? ?
Different
is that shot in 4k?
The image ratio is not flat and wide enough
mods used please? :)
28:01
Great vids, but please for Gods sake use Redux graphic mod, GTA looks better than real life with it...
Why? It looks better with lack of color...
Awwww yeaaaa booooiii
What are You doing her boooooooom
Я ничего не понял, не знаю английский, но это было круто.
What happened to you?!?!?!
I got caught up in moving issues: i.gyazo.com/f1dc7446499cb794060b249523225ca7.jpg
Evan Royalty lol, what happened to your Life is Strange videos?
Deleted a lot of old content I thought was poorly produced.
Evan Royalty oh, I actually really enjoyed.