We Asked a Sword Expert to Make a Realistic Lightsaber Fight
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Niko embarks on a quest to make the most famous Sci-Fi weapon more realistic. He enlists the help of Sword Expert Luke LaFontaine in order to create a duel based on real sword techniques. On top of that, he has some new ideas on how to approach the visual effects...
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Jordan's acting was really good... but the lightsaber just laying on the guy's body at the end drove me nuts!
Ha, not just me then. Also, would’ve been nice if the sparks bounced off the players a little, but you can’t have everything, eh. Still looked very, very nice.
After all the cutting through they did, you would think that would've too.
omg hard2hurt + corridor colab?
@@epsilon3569 I was waiting for that to happen
Yeah, I saw that and went 'wait a second, wouldn't that have just sunk through his body?'
I love it how he starts doing the spinning thing and the teacher is just like: 'Frickin seriously?' Before he just casually reaches out and guts the student.
But I thought spinning was a good trick
@@joev1083 spinning is a trick , but in a fight only reason you spin if you want a complicated suicide.
@@danyyilbun6736 they were referencing a star wars meme
The “God damn millennial” look
@@danyyilbun6736 That would be a funny way to go out
That was absolutely awesome! As everyone has mentioned, the energy sword laying on the guy at the end was a little annoying, but everything else was so cool that I can let that slide.
the flame at the beginning of the short is one of my favorite effects in the short, so it's super cool to know they did it by shining a flashlight through a glass of water lmao. I figured they just put a fire effect onto screen but that's so much cleverer and ended up looking way better.
Calibrating an energy sword with an allen key.... so satisfying.
Real funny, do we really think they know rvb?
@@eliwilson1146 lol
@@eliwilson1146 B.U.L.L Tech nice
Lmfaoo
*Sees the words "energy sword" and "key"*
Me: Or it's a key all the time and when you stick it in someone, it unlocks their death
the little section of the fight where he does what you’d normally expect in a lightsaber fight then the opponent just being like 😒 and killing him instantly is a hilarious touch
I loved how after the slash he kept spinning as he fell down
That was teaching the stakes... and it was a wonderful visual language of "cut the shit, this ain't a dance off bro."
It's a cool moment that shows character. Oh and it was freaking hilarious as well.
I found it to be a hamper on the intensity and weight that the first one shot in the behind the scenes fight completely encapsulated. Still a fun video overall though.
every time i watch lightsaber fights in the movies, i was like "why are there so much spinning, sword spinning, swinging off the target and wasting time not hit the opponent's vitals? just kill 'em already"
3:57 Yes exactly like the ancient swordsman Yagyu Munenori mentioned in his book "Even if someone lashes out at you with the intention of cutting you down, carefully note the margin of safety where you are out of reach and calmly let yourself be hit at by the enemy. Even if an adversary lashes out thinking he will score a blow, as long as there is that margin, he will not manage to strike you."
In modern speech that would be "just don't get hit lol".
@@randomicko542 More specifically "use your footwork to stay out of range, make your opponent miss and cut them down"
Guys this needs to be turned into a series, I would happily watch this story unfold for hours!! Its a shame YT originals isn't around anymore because I think you guys could do amazing things with this
I think George Lucas would love it. Although I think Disney would try to sue it into the ground
@@abyssdreamer6286 they can just not call it Star Wars 💀
The greatest things about this sword fight:
1) I didn’t know who was going to win at the start
2) The intensity on the actor’s faces and deliberation of their movements
3) The strikes were actually going for the opponent’s body
you also have to remember that those who wield lightsabers are force sensitives meaning to normal people their forms may appear risky but this safe style of saber combat shown above is gonna get them killed very quickly against sith lords
Damnit wish i was a movie director
At least, once they were done testing the waters. Also, when the student got cocky, and started doing all of those flourishes, he was subsequently punished for doing so.
@@MGrey-qb5xz The "safe style" would still be effective, as their force enhanced reflexes would build into the defensiveness, but you are right that that style isn't as necessary for them
When he started to lose his fear of dying and started doing spins and twirls (and still lost obviously) was both equally funny and a great narrative point.
I dont know where to start, I just stumbled across this. The choreography is superb, I have studied the art of the sword for over 20 years, and lightsaber dules have always made me cringe so hard, this really shows what it would be like in my opinion. The part where the student gets cocky and starts doing the spinny stuff and his rival just simply slices his torso made me laugh so hard. I used to teach a few people here and there and inevitably they would do that spinny star wars crap and I would do the same thing smile, short lunge or slice game over. I don't personally like the sound design for the lightsabers themselves but it's an artistic choice grounded in reality so I can respect it. Overall brilliant well done.
toooo be fair with the lightsaber duels making you cringe, which I completely understand for swordfighting on our world, you’ll see a lot of people writing this, but jedi do have the force which means they can somewhat sense what the enemy is going to do next, which means much faster reaction times. So inherently it’s going to be different than human swordfighting because their abilities are different compared to real humans. But of course me with no swordfighting experience can’t say much about swordfighting compared to you, but just felt like putting this here
@@kevinl2482 That is fair, sadly for me I when I see a movie of any kind im paying more attention to the technical details then the story anymore, I fear banality has taken its hold on me.
@siv_mist I love that all you bring up is spinning when I didn’t mention spinning once. I wasn’t even thinking about spinning when I wrote that. Also trying to make someone feel bad by trying to make them feel stupid(your entire last paragraph) is not a good way to go, my friend
@siv_mist lol technicality I'm the one who said spinny star wars crap, and I haven't taken offense to anything any of you have replied with. When it boils down to it it's all fiction and awesome not something to go to arms over. I just thought it was funny when the senior student did that, since I've done that lol.
@siv_mist And what makes you think I took offense. So many assumptions. Notice how I talk about the part that makes NeoCrypter cringe, not laugh. I'm sure he does cringe at that and he probably does laugh at the other things but the spinny stuff was not what I was referring to, and I feel like that is not the only thing that makes him cringe. The argument is not stupid until you expand it as if I'm trying to explain everything with it which I assumed I didn't need to clarify I wasn't trying to explain everything with it.
You should have credited Ryan Wieber at 12:20 when you show his 20 years old video tutorial. With his lightsaber tutorials, he did such a great deed to the fanfilm community that he definitely deserves an honorable mention.
💯 I grew up on Ryan vs Dorkman,
Despite the nerve racking moment the lightsaber just was lying on the masters body without it doing anything, the cinematography, the choreography, and the acting was so incredible, all of it made for a great little story about this dualing school.
I clocked that too. I was thinking 😳 ‘bruh… youre about to be 2’
Yeah I seen the teacher just disappeared twice and the light saber should have cut him in 2 for added affects: but maybe thy are designed to not cut the owner
The acting wasnt good at fucking all
*dueling
You really gonna let him die with his lightsaber just chilling on his belly not cutting him in half?
Exactly what I was thinking. Tried to make it more realistic and then missed something so obvious.
Yeah I think that’s the one more noticeable mistake
Well maybe it did cut him and the guy just stitched him back together
They probably noticed in post but then what can you do
Just before the teacher took the hit, the students' hair got singed. Guess keeping that after words when they congratulated the student for the win was a bit much, but something I noticed. Yes, noticed the blades not casting light on the background too, but someone commented on that already.
The move when he takes his hand of the grip so it doesn't get cut of is so genius. Its simple but soo good
Okay, as a film student interested in going into fantasy/sci-fi, this is everything I’ve ever wanted in a fight scene. Thank you for doing this. I look forward to seeing more!
Brett demonstrates complete force mastery by rendering himself invisible at 17:12
Lol I thought I was Tripping when he disappeared
17:06 as well
I saw it at 17:05
He Batman'd them.
Holy F... I was really drawn into the fight that I didn't notice Brett being THE Jedi at back :D
“However we don’t have expensive equipment so we’re going to settle for a 12,000$ 8k camera” gotta love corridor man
😅
and $500 light sabers
Was thinking the same thing lmao
In a world where movie cameras can cost in the six figures, $12K is cheap.
@@phanorkner truuue
@Corridor Crew , There was a flaw in the last fight sceen, where the white fighter's blade was still turned-on when it was laying on him. It technicly should have burned right through his body but it didn't. Good stuff gang!
Really well done- bravo! Not just the special effects- the acting, the concept, camera work, choreography - all good.
"Perfect distance at the right time." *Background guy vanishes*
I was hoping someone else noticed he was missing.
@@sleePerCore lol, i was thinking the same thing
true, just like how the v "wanishes"
I noticed that too
You need to vanish half of your w.
"Let's try spinning, that's a good trick!"
Nope... In short, that's never a good idea
except when it is
@Jonathan Wolfe or if your using the momentum
It is not bad for suicide if you are a masochist....
Yup
The Indian martial art Kalaripayattu requires spinning your body as well as the weapon in order to generate enough physical momentum to break through your opponents defence. Often it is with short swords and rounded buckler shields.
Was finishing up a kendo class when my student came to me and showed me the video you guys made and wanted my thoughts on it! I absolutely loved the flashy part where he immediately dies cuz most flashy stuff is useless lmao, and i love the hand guards on the swords! I asked what show it was from, then i noticed that it was your guys video, and sadly realised that there wasnt a whole season or 2 to binge
The sincerity in the thank you bit at the end is really lovely and refreshing to see. The mixture of humbleness and gratitude that you guys show to every guest player that enters the game, really is the reason I come back for every video
Technology is steadily breaking down the barriers for small teams to achieve major studio quality, and I love it.
And with much better stories to tell than the big studios approved copycats :-)
They should make a fan film, plot device is that healing thing, set around 10000 years after the films.
Every time I watch these I'm reaffirmed that the big production studios are so stuck in their ways, they have actually become horrible at their jobs.
The fact that a ~5 man team can put together a scene which visually (sounds was pretty lacking, but this is a team of VFX guys, so expected) challenges any of the big Hollywood studios multi-year, multi-million dollar productions is a crying shame. Imagine what studios could do with that budget if they promoted innovation and creativity over finding the safest buck?
Love that as soon as he does fancy spins the teacher just rolls his eyes and cuts him down instantly.
That scene honestly cracked a huge smile on my face.
As far as I got it, it's his training partner / collegue, the trainer is the man in black. However, the scene was brilliant, especially the killed dude's face as he does his dying spin. =)
@@marcfuchs6938 the owner of the school specifically says "right now the teacher controls both" pertaining to the guy with the yellow sword. The guy with the blue sword is the guy being assessed. but yeah its was a great sword fight.
In my head-canon, the justification for putting effort into lightsaber swings was that the electric current flowing through the plasma of the blade would create a Lorentz force when the blade is moved, though that *may* be putting too much thought into a children's movie about space samurai.
In the original Star Wars trilogy, they didn't actually paint over the film to create the lightsabers, they did the exact opposite: They cut slits into the film where the blades were, shone a light source through it from the back and took a picture of the resulting image.
Love it! Your approach to the on-switch was fantastic. (Still love me some thrummmm - but really nice soundfx overall). Also- the human-repair rig was sweeeet! Chef's kiss!
One aspect of a lightsaber duel that I would like to see choreographed is the fact that the saber can be turned on and off during the fight. This would lead to some interesting tactics that would not be possible with a real sword.
I saw that fan film also but I watched so many, I forgot the name of it. If the sabers can turn on and off fast enough, that would be my whole tactic. LOL
@@genericdolphin9242 Try "Ryan vs Dorkman" or another of the films by those guys. I think they used that move in one of their videos and the choreography is great.
There are a few dueling styles which actually cover this within legends. But it is known to be only for the most skilled, there is also a style which one changes their blade length during combat as well as wielding multiple blades through the force.
First episode of the Star Wars: Visions Episodes show exactly that tactic =)
@@g0rn1st I dont think its the first episode, because for some reason I thought it was too and went to check! Ep 7 - The Elder, has the jedi kill the darksider when he switches his lightsaber off, steps out of the way of the sith lightning his saber had been blocking, and then ignites his saber again as he stabs the darksider. As that what you were thinking of?
I liked how authentic the duel was, ESPECIALLY the “Really? if you’re going to twirl, I’ll just gut you.” When the lightsaber was resting on the instructors body at the end was a bit of an oversight. The dialogue was unexpected, I thought it would just be a sword fight, but it would make an interesting premise for a story.
I also really appreciated the descriptions and explanations at the beginning of what the real blades would actually do and how the special effects on them could be improved for more realistic accuracy.
I think this could actually be a good intro for a much longer film
Can the Corridor Crew PLEASE do all the VFX on the next Star Wars Movies, Disney? Thank you.
They actually spoke about this, a while ago. They gave up on that path, exactly because of all the bullshit and the toxic creative manipulation of Hollywood. They just want to do what they want to do, and it shows. Freakin' amazing, Corridor Digital forever :)
INCREDIBLE! This level of art, passion, technical follow-through, intention, and depth needs to be put into a full series. Hit this one clear out of the park y'all, well done!
I need somebody to bring that revive machine to the gym after sparring 😂😂 well done though. The hair singe bit was really freakin cool
you and hard2hurt should react to some sword or weapon fighting scenes and rate them on accuracy to real life, also love ur content, thanks for putting urself out there for us
You plan on getting killed that badly? Lol, just kidding of course.
I think this video needs a Sensei Seth breakdown! Love your content. I always get a good laugh :)
If Annakin had that revive machine he wouldn't have needed to go to the dark side,
Or a day at the office...Need a brain reset machine at times.
I love how this is both a subversion on all the lightsaber tropes, but also kind of a reinvention of the tropes, because while the stakes are there, the "resurrection" mechanic does temper the stakes a bit. I loved seeing the student trying the "flashy" swordfighting for a bit.
Yeah I mean I think they did that just to show how stupid all the flashy crap in the star wars movies are - otherwise they'd have to have like 6 sword fighters to stroll in one after the other.
I kinda dissagree the resurrection part cause mostlythe lore they put up wouldn't make sense if it didnt doesn't mean they could have tried more like a normal fight of bad and good stuff but the story would be hard to set up
@@inochifumetsu is correct I think. The resurrection + janitor x mysterious dude bits were for the narrative. It was all about telling the same story about their idea that the behind the scenes bit covered.
@@inochifumetsu tbf the flashy stuff isn't all bad
@@novathepug6692 It's good in terms of "giving the audience something cool to look at", but the whole point of the video was about realism.
Awesome. I watched the short back when released and loved it. But back then didn't notice how much of a technical achievement it was. Good job!
This was a 1000 times better than I've seen in Hollywood lightsaber duels. You didn't have all the needless acrobatics. It had the right amount of emotion and inspiration to it, as well.
Very, well done. I look forward to more.
Other than the "million degree energy sword" resting on the downed teacher without burning through him and the floor at 20:02, this was really fun to watch.
Exactly.
@@inzane1260 I'm going to act like you didn't just say something so ridiculously stupid. First of all, how many lightsabers have you watched be thrust into solid doors and start turning them into molten metal? Second, the narrator of this very video said "million degree energy sword"...that's why I put in quotes. So maybe you should reflect on those two things.
@@yobogoya4367 what a burn
@@inzane1260 Your brain doesn't generate any heat.
@@inzane1260 Its true how many scenes in star wars have doors being turned to molten lava or whatever it is by the heat.
I love how they showed the behind the scenes but the actual fight was still surprising and entertaining
Very well done holding back the resurrection aspect until we saw it.
Yeah I enjoyed getting the whole package but I felt the bts fight using the one shot conveyed the most emotion.
the short was SO beautiful!! i love how it felt. the fight was stunning but the mood of the whole thing was so intriguing. love love love
Incredible how you guys made the lightsaber effect.
Other than lighting up After Effects Saber Plug-In, you could proberbly do what you guys did too with certain shots
The final section of the fight was really satisfying as a single take like that!
Only nitpick I have is when the teacher falls and his saber falls onto his body because there was a huge emphasis on the danger and efficiency of the saber that he'd be sliced down in half
Yes
I mean that's the only thing that got me. Exceptional video, just that seemed a particularly weird thing to leave on the editing room floor, otherwise a solid 11/10.
same here it killed the mood, also the perfect shirt when he stood up after the slash, and I noticed because they had the effort to burn the one of the student
im glad i wasnt the only one who saw haha, their cgi videos got me looking for stuff like that now haha
that oughta show up in a vid where they react to their past cgi
The only two things that took me out of the scene were the moments when the observer was missing in the background and in the final moment when the teacher went down his sword landed on top of him and wasn't burning him. And even with that I was deeply enveloped in this entire scene for every second, I even had to watch it twice. Every clip you guys create shows just how much your skills progress and evolve and I love it more and more, I saw dubstep guns as a kid and that video alone made me want to get into film making and cgi and I love this entire Chanel. Can't wait to see what story you give us next and I'll be sure to be around for all of it!
this!! but at the same time, oh my god that was great !!!
Everyone involved did a great job, especially the primary actors. Pourya Rahbar did such a good job as the owner/headmaster of the school. His simple narration was concise, perfectly delivered, exactly what I'd expect from someone who runs a school like this.
Saying you nailed it is an understatement. I watch everything light saber in movies and online, and this is the most realistic and intense scene ever made to me. Huge props guys and gals!
Not gonna lie:
This is a series I would watch.
Underrated reaction. I would love to see this as a series.
A series everyone would watch, far better than anything hollywood has put out in years
Same
Why would you lie about that?
I would love to see this
Notice how Luc is consequent with his logic: The only power strikes we see in this choreography are either bad moves (i.e. exposing yourself to a cut) or done in a situation where the opponent can't take advantage of it (when swords are locked together and one fighter pushes the other blade away and regain distance).
This is only one bit of the awesomeness of the whole thing, but worth mentioning.
Now add in something like the Force and all of a sudden there's the potential for logical progression. Need space? You can leap backwards a dozen feet or so without flipping or turning your back on your opponent. Outmatched in swordsmanship? Fling some stuff at your opponent or temporarily blind them with some Force Lightning to the face.
I loved the moment at 8:08 where you see they tought about how it would look using lightsabers rather than conventional weapons as well. The guy in black is completely open to a coup d'estoc if we were using simple swords, and would have no range to wound the guy in white with an effective cut. BUT, these weapons don't need momentum, they melt your face off, so the guy in white has to retreat unless he wants his back cooked to a crisp. Historically, duels ended quite often in mutual injury. One lighter than the other. But with these, the wounds would be disastrous every time.
This is actually a lot more fun to watch than Hollywood fights
No. Nothing that wasn't done in the fights with Dooku in terms of movement and style. This was inconsistent and annoying. They forgot that the swords were energy based and had them lay on cloth without burning it and produce silly sparks just because they had a spark toy they wanted to use. Introduce realism in one part and ignore it in another. As a fencer and Star Wars fan I was hoping for more.
@@timsbird1971 🤓
@@just.do.it.do.it.2908 🗿?
@@ZaborAmango bro, wtf, your profile picture.
@@timsbird1971First off you're being insanely picky, second off as a fellow fencer I quite enjoyed the fight.
Cool plot and awesome work! The redesign of the lightsabers adds so much to it!
I think the fact that EVERYONE in the comments is talking about the light-saber laying on the dead teacher at the end really shows how well you guys told the story highlighting the danger of the swords. Good work bois!
Unique way to look at it but valid non the less. Well said
Agreed. If it had been any other lightsaber fight, I may have noticed that, but wouldn’t have been so bothered. The emphasis these guys put on how dangerous these weapons are really affected my reaction to that mistake.
I didn’t think about that
Good eye
Or maybe they did it on purpose to check how many would have been bothered by that 🤔🤔
Let's make this a series!
Hear hear!
We need a series
A little bit of mixture of both styles of choreographies,
But still maintain some realistic of it.
I saw a bit of authentic kendo-jutsu in there
Somewhere. Your theory is Impressive,.....Most Impressive.........Keep it Up y'all.😎☺️
I was thinking the same thing. That last sentence "so, do you wanna join?" is totally asking for a series.
I would binge that! WE NEED A SERIES
I came over this short film, and went straight to searching after where I could watch this. Hoping it was a whole film/series. I’m sure I’m not the only one who would love to sit down and watch a whole film/series of this and enjoy it. All the characters shown here makes me want to know more about them and it really makes me want to know more. 🍿🎬
stellar production guys, seriously really well done. It is rare to make real sword fighting look truly great on film. You guys nailed it.
Corridor: *gets tips on Lightsaber choreography from a guy named Luke*
*"Oh, it's beautiful"*
This should be a whole series i would pay to watch
That’s what I’m sayin’, we need a sequel
Yes definitivly, but it would get sued by Disney
That short film was nothing less than awesome. It looks fantastic, the writing is marvelous and the choreography is stunning. The only bad thing about this now is that i want more of it xD
I thoroughly enjoyed this… you all have made in just a short time what took vfx artists years to develop long ago! I feel as though the true idea of the lightsaber is somewhat lost. It was originally explained as not just a beam of energy… but a controlled loop of energy that gives off light and is so powerful in the way the energy is emitted that it causes a ‘twisting’ or ‘ torquing’ of the hilt. Thus, the saber would be usable by anyone, but only a Jedi could control. I mean no disrespect for anyone involved in making this video… it was truly amazing. I definitely don’t have the skills it takes to do any of it. Hoping to see lots more videos!
This needs 9 movies and spin-offs, this was so well done. There is so much untold story behind this yet what is told world-builds so well that I still feel immersed in it. Absolutely amazing storytelling and cinematography, and this is just what lightsaber fights needed. Job very well done, gentlemen
Chill its not that impressive lmao
Fr I love this channel but I actually thought they should have focused more on the fight instead of all the creepy, lazy and frankly dumb plot devices.
@@buskool5491 actually it is
@@Lemash anyone could come up with that plot... it's literally just a futuristic sword fight academy using the most stereotype sci-fi elements
@@buskool5491 it's look like just a beginning, the potential is high
As someone who fights with medieval weaponry for a hobby I really appreciated the difference in choreography. Really nicely done overall, apart from two things:
1) The fighter in white had his weapon laying on his body when finally struck down.
2) The watcher of the fight disappeared out of some shots, in a weird continuity error.
Keep encouraging more filmmakers to improve, though. I have so many films/series where I go off them so fast because of nonsensical fight choreography.
then again, for a youtube video to look better than billion dollar movies is pretty insane.
A lightsaber works with a dead man switch so when not pressed, it turns off immediately.
This was brutally amazing! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! Everything just WORKS what you added!
love the whole premise of this short... the choreo was excellent. Definatly felt more real and less melodramatic. I just never believed that a light sabers should spark in the same way metal sparks... sparks to be gives a sense that there is some sort of material being shed from the blade, i.e. pieces of metal blade that break off when two metal blades impact... or like when you strike a match on a flint or like when liquid metal is poured from a crucible. I've always felt that when two light sabers connect it should either emit some other light source or, flash of lightning or electricity or something that is not reminiscent of metal or metal on metal.
When White shirt died he draped his sword across his chest where it sat there. Bit of an oversight that it didn't keep cutting but overall amazing video showcasing the quality of the perfect camera.
I noticed the burning sound effect, guess it requires some bit of force to actually cut trough, otherwise it just burns the surface, remember it doesn't have mass, maybe it needs some greater force than just gravity to cut something with actual mass...
At 17:00 the sensei dissapear
I noticed the same thing. Still an awesome film.
@@majoras2700 its supposed to be liquid plasma which is so hot that it melts metal doors so even without force lightsaber should melt its way through his chest and floor even if its activated
@@matijaradulovic422 If that's true, you're right, but then why aren't they called plasma sabers?
After the initial shock of the novel sound design, I was really digging it. Something really satisfying about the *thunk* of the blades hitting each other. Also, the little jab at the prequel spinning choreography actually had me burst out laughing. Amazing work
By prequel you mean sequel, since it was a laugh at Rey's handling of a light saber
@@ldgarius No, definitely the prequels, they showed clips of some of Obi-Wan's fights where they're both just standing there spinning their lightsabers.
You're not alone either on that sound design. It was weird at first but now it's amazing. You really feel that *thunk.*
@@Anaerin They were both feinting, albeit in the most majorette way possible. Come on, years later and people STILL don't get that?
@@harvsthenerve4136 it looked stupid, though. If people still don’t get it YEARS later then I can hardly call it a choreography win
I'm a little late to this video, and reading some of the other comments said at 17:07 the regulator was out of the scene and snapped back in, and in 20:02 the blade was just resting on the (what I assume to be) his teacher or fellow pupal. This was still amazing. I absolutely LOVE your take on the light sabers and hope to see more like it!
The short came out great, particularly the VFX and stunts. It's definitely a re-imagining of what a lightsaber can be, and I'd say I'm split on preference. There's no denying the iconic sound design of the OG, but I do like the refinements in visuals and the sparks from yours. Great work!
The scene where he ‘tunes’ the lightsaber is far and away my favourite.
It tells you everything you need to know about the weapons, with no fuss, no technobabble or exposition, simple uncomplicated actions, and no obvious flashy bells and whistles.
Bravo 👏
I would've loved for them to have focused slightly longer on that. If the officiant spent just a little more time "dialing in" the beam, something like slowing down the turning as it came into focus and maybe turning backwards because he overcorrected would've really emphasized how seriously he took the role and getting things just right
Corridor and their associates just ooze passion and expertise. That fight was so much more than promised. You guys always overdeliver. I love this content.
I love corridor crew for always trying to find new ways of doing VFX and special effects, i looked up to them growing up when i was learning VFX back in high school days, they really showed me how a small team of passionate creators can compete visually with bigger budget hollywood films, thanks to corridor crew, i was able to learn VFX in a way that's cheaper and really able to pull off with just only one person, keep inspiring people guys!
Great work! But when I saw that sparks were being added all I could think was "Oh no, a universe where the Jedi have to wear safety goggles"
As a person who’s been scrolling through Netflix not being able to find any good movies I say this with pure honesty, PLEASE make an actual full length film like this, the internet needs something this good
Oh God no. Not until they get better at all the other pieces that are NOT VFX. Their storytelling and acting is not strong enough for full length
@@squidge903 then I shall wait
I feel like their youtube channel letting them try new things all the time is what keeps their ideas and creations fresh, if they had to go into full production for 2 years on a show you wouldnot get such varied content on here.
Their role is to inspire aspiring vfx artists to go into the industry or create their own stuff, not to become another production house that gets burned out by Hollyweird.
@@squidge903 Instead of writing a long comment I sum it up to one question.
If one using force can predict the near future, see around them self with the force and can boost up their physical strength (super jump for examples) how would the fight actually look? This shot looked like 2 humans without force fighting :D
@@xezzee Well one thing is certain. They still wouldn't be doing spins & flips while wielding their saber like a polearm. If anything the force would show you why NOT to do that.
The directional sparks that interact with the floor was my fave part of this.
Makes it look soooo good.
Super dope, I know I’m late but after watching a lot of your stuff lately I found this. At first the resurrection device through me off but if you think about it, you don’t kill your second best students off. So nice work around, great bit of sword play too.
Awesome. Seriously... well done! This is better than any sword fight I have ever watched in any movie.
I've been doing kendo for 17 years, practicing longsword for 4, and have been a SW fan for more than 20.
Thank you for bringing these together in the best way to date.
I've been pooping since I was born and reading comments on the internet since dial-up.
Thank you for bringing these together in the best way to date.
@@robliefeld2646 soooo... You're like an expert on pooping....a master, even!!!
@@Supernaught00 He's a mass-turd-debater.
@@barence321 AHHhhhhh. Yes, that makes sense.
@@Supernaught00 form one, Brown Rope style. Form two, Spray and Pray Style...
Corridor: "Let's make a realistic lightsaber duel."
Also Corridor: *adds a machine that literally brings people back to life*
If only they had that machine in Star Wars!!!
And makes a weapon so hot that it should cauterize wounds make blood instead 😂
Its a combination dermal regenerator from star trek and defibrilator from modern medicine...
They said light saber…..not a Star Wars fight……
What really kills? One: A lack of energy to power your body. So a lack of oxygen or bleeding out/stopping the heart. and Two: Damaging the control center so that the body can't recieve the signals to function properly. So destroying the brain or prolonged upper spine/neck nervous damage.
Theoretically, as long as your brain is not damaged and you can repair the body quickly enough to continue supplying the energy it needs, you wont die.
Brain can survive 5 min without oxygen/energy, they were healed of their injuries well within that time frame so never actually "dead". Just OP futuristic healing.
I'd really love to see an in depth tutorial on how he achieved that effect with the lightsabers. It looks easy but I'm still new to stuff like this, lol
💚👍👍😮 everything about this is so much better can express how crazy good this is been the music of choice for the background let alone choreography and everything else and everyone else that did this insanely talented and better than what's been given you guys definitely raise the bar against the pros out there and can't stop watching it. Brilliantly all-around well-done put together pure awesomeness and story! I would like to express my appreciation and respect for this what you guys pulled off and executed. Mad respect!
The simple belly cut when he was whirling was the perfect response to every star wars fight scene.
Maybe, but they forgot one important thing about the physics of lightsabers; they have mass and are not as easy to move as that "sword expert" thought.
I dunno, if you're a force user moving at faster than normal speeds, you might be able to counter while spinning your sword. I mean the forms are a thing for a reason. I mean that's how I've always made sense of it🤷🏾♂️
@@TheMessenGerrrGaiii exactly...in that spin a force user would blast the opponent with a bunch of force attacks...
@@Kolonol1 Yeah. Or they would try to belly cut him n still get blocked🤷🏾♂️. Force users have a sort of precognitive ability that allow them to kno where things are coming from without looking. So if you're not fast enough, a force user can still be spinning his blade while he's defending against u. Or even when on the offensive. All of it always made sense to me, becuz at the end of the day these aren't jus normal people, they're highly skilled Masters of The Force. Meaning they are basically superhuman Space Wizards. They can fck around n not actually be serious, spinning and twirling their bodies n sht, and you STILL wouldn't be able to stop them.🤷🏾♂️😭😭
@@TheMessenGerrrGaiii exactly my point
19:12 I wheezed so hard at the yellow-saber guy disappointment at the flashy sword whirling 🤣
Great story-telling and a nice meta nod to the realistic shtick!
I love it, it's basically 'Hey if you that shit in a real fight, u ded' 😂
That was brilliant it would be cool if you made it into a series
I love him tweaking the saber at 14:28 _sooooo much!_ it's like a plasma torch
The saber blade laying on the instructor at the end was the only detail that I feel was missed. Everything else was awesome, the concept for the school, the medical machine, the dialogue, and of course the choreography and effects. Loved the instructor's reaction to the student doing the Prequel-esque flourishes.
I see another mistake at 18:58. Teacher's lightsaber cuts off both of pupil's arms, even though the blade only really goes through one.
@@SirConto it looks like it, but to cut the left hand he has to go over the right hand first, and it looks like the blade only goes through the left one
There are also two continuity errors. At both 17:06 and 17:12, the teacher in the black suit is missing
@@grogcito my point is, it doesn't go through the right arm. When you look at it frame by frame ( ; and : keys on youtube) you can even see the blade move past the right hand already, missing it, before it falls off anyway.
I was going to point out the same thing.
Ok, the first shot of the lightsaber being adjusted is FUCKING AWESOME.
that was my favourite bit of the whole thing. great idea
the fire was cool, but as soon as the beam comes out is corny and scuff lol...
The tool didn't look like it was engaging or manipulating anything at all and seemed cheesy to me. The effect from the sword was awesome.
6:13, in the background: “WOOOOW!”
I'm a fencer andI loved this fight scene so much! I could really fell the tesnion and narrative that goes into a fencing duel. Thanks!
15:55 “please tell us what you think”
I felt like Spielberg or the Wachowskis just asked for my opinion. Truly an honor when someone opens up their work, their art, and says “whatcha think?”.
Scene was fantastic!!
Scene was fantastic..
Zen Master "we'll see" ;)
Great work and very grounded sword movement here, it looked like they were both genuinely in danger at all times. Big shoutout to the shot selection and camera operation, that’s not easy.
As soon as I saw the resurrection of the fallen student, it no longer felt anyone's in danger. Another stupid concept from a hollywood-esque indie filmmaker.
@@Waterbug1591 Pain isn't a good enough motivator?
@@Waterbug1591 It's a school. Experiencing death battle. They don't want to kill the students but give them the experience, and it's explained what each of those deaths/defeats meant towards the progress of the student. Although yes some schools of sword fighting would do a life and death battle to determine the successor of the school years ago.
@@lebotix2533 The conversation between the two bystanders is literal cringe. Experiencing death and coming back from death actually removes your fear of death, there's nothing at stake here, keep dying and come back because any grave mistakes are forgivable, right?
@@Waterbug1591 That's a slippery slope. Who's to say the students will equivocate this test as being a true life or death situation? The theory makes sense. The student needs to learn the right balance of offense and defense and learn from their mistakes.
Wow! After I read the title, I thought it's gonna be a very "realistic" recreation of Star Wars lightsaber duels. But that is crazy! I wasn't expecting that, but it went out really cool. Keep up the excellent work!
The story is very good. I loved the visual effects. I learned a lot. Thank you very much for sharing.
The one "miss" is when the white shirt guy goes down, his lightsaber lays on his chest and it doesn't cut him. everything else about this fixed so many problems I have with the star wars universe
20:06
Huge kudos to the choreographer and the actors here. Instead of just repeating a series of pre-learned moves, it actually looks like they're making split-second decisions based on what the other is doing. That long take was absolutely fantastic.
i wish i wish with all my heart to get corridor crew style videos about music and sound design, it is excellent in this short film
Wow. This is so much better than all the fighting cenes in Star Wars, I just love how realistic it looks and that they aren’t doing a lot of tricks where you can get hit a lot of times!
Great work as always 🎉
This duel actually evoked a lot of emotion and tension. Something that the hyper-frenetic modern star wars fight scenes do not. Excellent job! Maybe you can help with the next Star Wars movies haha :)
One oversight guys. When the teacher falls at the end, his blade lands on his body and doesn’t cut him in half or shut off. Might need to fix that for continuity.
defintely, maybe they ran over time?
are you sure the blade is touching his body? looks to me like like the hilt is in his hand, resting on his torso, still projecting the blade at an angle close to the body that doesn’t actually make contact…
could be clearer tho
Looking for that comment!
This was awesome. There where some flaws that have already flooded the comments but the feel that seemed to be a focus point was perfect. Favorite lightsaber fight I’ve ever seen.
I want more lore and an actual movie based on the janitor's experience in this school. I really enjoyed this.
The way the "lightsabers" are actually just hyper-focused fire reminds me of the real-life lightsabers the Hacksmith made. The sparks are a nice touch as well. 👌
Hate to be a discord user but he made the proto Saber the difference is the proto saber has a satchel or side pack
I mean its canonically plasma in a magnetic field
So not actually fire at all
@@togiisuperheavytank Yes and they point that out in the Hacksmith's video too so.
Why does everyone forget about Alex labs?
@@maybeharold fire is plasma
I like the idea of the lightsaber blades having a magnetic effect that makes it difficult to exit out of a bind (unlike metal swords). It would also makes it difficult to slide down an opponent's blade for a riposte, which explains why we see so few of them in Star Wars and why they should favor slashing cuts more than thrusts. Lightsabers wielders also don't have to worry about edge alignment so any cut from any angle works.
On sharps the edges do bite into one another so there isn’t much sliding up and down. I don’t know if that would also make it harder to withdraw the blade too
That's a good point. Would strong/weak apply to lightsaber blades? I think it would.
I can't remember if this was ever canon, but I once saw an explanation of the lightsaber as such :the lightsaber was controlled by a strong field to prevent the plasma from going anywhere. It's been a while, so don't quote me on this, but the lightsaber blade itself was the colored edge of the blade that formed a sort of hollow, stretched out loop that it was forced into by the magnetic field. This shape was because the plasma on the edge was constantly circulating in a loop like a sort of plasma chainsaw blade. The space in the center, the white plasma, was caused by the field being far stronger on the outside edge than the inside, so the heat of the plasma caused the matter (usually air) inside the hollow blade to become plasma as well. The reason it was so difficult to cut down the blade towards someone's hand was because the fields would merge when colliding, rather then slide along. That combined with the fact the the field/shielding was much stronger towards the base of the blade meant that you couldn't just slide down along the blade easily and burn your opponent. In fact, the lightsaber blade didn't really touch the hilt, it floated right above the emitter disc of the hilt, which triggered the ignition and maintained the blade and field.
according to my understanding of electromagnetics you are very close to what should occur.. if anything i would imagine that depending on the ionic charges and the oscillations in each blade when blades lock they should be slowly pushed out to the ends of the blades or pulled toward the hilts could be pulled on one and pushed on the other depending on which side of the blade was contacted and which phase the blade was in when the impact took place...
@@camerapasteurize7215 That's correct yes. That, or at least a very similar explanation, was canon in the Expanded Universe, and I would think still is canon under Disney. The "magnetic" binds have always been a part of how lightsabers work.
Fantastic story/choreography! What a great little project.
Ok after rewatching this video like 1000 times, I noticed at 17:12 that the lightsaber beam part had a shadow. Which... light isn't supposed to have a shadow but nonetheless this video is still cool as hell. Really fun to watch.