APEX | EPIC Award WINNING Lightsaber Duel | SaberComp 2020
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2020
- FIRST PLACE Overall Winner of SaberComp 2020!
Two dudes slap sticks in the woods because of a triangle.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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BEHIND THE SHOTS
• We Built A RAIN Machin...
Our cinematographer Chris Lundy breaks down how we shot APEX!
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APEX
Starring
Michael Yadvish
Dan Sowden
Choreography by
Yad-Fu
Costume Design
Michael Yadvish
Makeup
Jackie Kuczinski
Erin Hackett
Special Effects Makeup
Stephanie Joy
Edited by
Michael Yadvish
Director of Photography
Chris Lundy
First AC
Ryan Laux
Written and Directed by
Michael Yadvish
First AD
Natalie La Spisa
Production Assistants
Matthew Charneski
James DeCumber
Eric Yadvish
Chris Tsovko
Eric Barber
Abigail Roberts
Andy Jean Louis
CJ Ryu
Jackie Kuczinski
Sound Design
Chris Lundy
Michael Yadvish
Post Production Wizards
Tom Bevins
Chris Lundy
Ryan Laux
Andrew
Colorist
Ryan Laux
Craft Services
Eric Yadvish
Abigail Roberts
Copyright 2020 Yad-fu
Michael Yadvish is the author of this motion picture for the purposes of copyright and other laws. Lightsabers are trademarked and are the property of Lucasfilm and Disney. Used with permission for the Saber Comp 2020 competition. 
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Hey guys! Thank you for watching our movie! Our cinematographer Chris Lundy made a break down video explaining how we shot APEX, including how we made it rain! ruclips.net/video/I-auOYS0mkQ/видео.html
Fantastic duel plus once I saw the green saber dude assume the position (Obi Wan stance) I knew it was game over for the red saber guy
Amazing duel guys, I assume they are honorable for not killing them while they’re down, also have you guys ever though of making a duel with a really overpowered sith taking on multiple opponents with stuff like force lighting and lightsaber throws? I thought it’d be a cool idea, you could do the lightning with flickering lights up their sleeve, whether you use this idea or not you earned a sub 👍
Never get between a homeless man and his crystal.
Underrated
Lol 😆. What a comment. The force is definitely with you.
I wonder the 100s that still dont get it.
I would have also accepted "Never get between a hack writer on EPISODE IX and a McGuffin." But yours is better.
@@xCallOfDutyGitchesx there is an imposter among us
Ancient holocron that prolly had over a thousand years worth of teachings and content from numerous notable Sith lords
*Throws nonchalantly into river*
LOL Even the Jedi dude was like "what the heck."
@@MichaelYadvish It also seems like the dark side user became way weaker the moment he did that.
a sith move if ever there was one tbh
Basically if I can’t have it you can’t have it either
@@Zachomara
he got over zealous
1. GREAT JOB AT FIRST PLACE
2. This feels like a horror movie
3. It’s weird to see a role reversal but like it, Michael is a very scary bad guy!!!!!!
Rhett travels to Dathomir in search of a Sith holocron: Let's talk about that
I thought datomir was a desert planet ?
@@grainherstal1912 Actually, it's multi-terrain. The upper areas are desert like, yes. But the lower deeper parts are like a marsh
What's up with link?
@@KydaWoIf I don't understand
@@kurokorichanTP2006 then you don't understand the comment
Stellar fight, guys. Well done.
Thank you man! Loved your reaction video, awesome seeing how much you give back to this community.
Well if it ain’t the OG
Rhett travels to Dathomir in search of a Sith holocron: Let's talk about that
FANTASTIC everyone!! Such intensity and passion! 🙌🏻 Well done!
Fantastic become Fanatic 🤣
the fans they Degrading Star wars Saga forever 😒 pathetic and brainless 🔻
I think the thing that gets me is the narrative of this fight is particularly interesting.
In the outset, the Hero is grievously wounded by the Holocron's guardian and is barely holding on for most of the encounter. Yet time and time again he regathers himself again and again to fight with a vigor of a healthy man, to the extent of seeming more powerful as the fight wore on. His conviction to complete his task was his strength and until that point he couldn't let him fall. Right up to the point of exposing his chest to his adversary as a taunt. "Look, you stabbed me once with my guard down, now that I'm aware your blade will never reach me again."
In contrast the other man was an bitter, angry sentry who hated his job yet did it obediently with brutal efficacy. Literally every action boiled in resentment at having his entire life lead to guarding this stupid stone in the middle of nowhere. Power was everything and as a man usually at the bottom of the sith pecking order, took immense delight in destroying those fools who dared venture close. Yet his confrontation with this singularly determined stranger frustrated him, he had after all inflicted a telling blow, how did he keep getting up? The idea of duty being a driving force was alien to him until he observed that the stranger sought to destroy the holocron and, in a fit of anger, threw it away. After all, if he was so determined to destroy the damn thing, then getting rid of it would sap his remaining strength? Just you, and me! Perhaps it was the closest he ever had to having anyone in his life that he could call a peer and simply had no idea how to deal with it. All he had was a duty, a fear of the sith and a thankless task that he resented, he was chained to that cursed thing being unable to ever use it's power.
No, instead the inquisitor misread the situation and robbed himself of the only duty he ever had. Without the Holocron to project he was an angry, scared guard dog with no teeth, something the Jedi recognised in him in the short exchange that followed. In contrast, the Jedi fought for life and clung to it as even without it there his duty was still intact; so he slain the young man and wandered into the wilderness, doggiedly determined to find the Holocron in the water and ensure it wouldn't ruin another life like it did the inquisitor.
You should write about fiction. The way you analyze and use these short 5 minutes and put it into so many words without droning on is an art form.
Your writing is fire dude take bro’s advice I never read but you had me locked in LMAO!
What’s truly amazing about your story, is that you nailed a lot of the talking points we discussed when developing the narrative of the fight. Brilliant work!
Holy shit. Do you do that for a living?
(Notices a few pings. Keeps meaning to reply. XD)
Wow. Honestly I'm flattered, as I had only expected to indulge myself by writing. XD Funnily enough I've never really written any fiction by itself; I largely learnt to write by hitting up roleplaying forums a while back, quite literally as I didn't actually take my GCSE English when I was in school and largely stuck to more academic writing when I went to uni. So yeah, kinda surprised. I'll give those comments a little thought and write up some short stories to see how it goes.
That being said I only really applied ink to the APEX colouring book. The credit really goes to those guys for setting an evocative scene.
Yo, when he started speaking the Sith tongue...
I *felt* that.
Seriously Disney if your watching this you NEED these guys! The cinematography was amazing,the choreography more so.I can only imagine what they could come up with if they had access to Disney money.
DISNEY, READ THIS COMMENT!! Let’s do it!!
@@MichaelYadvish Yeah, but if that Disney money came with Disney control, all we'd get is more crap like the recent sequels.
@disney WYA
Disney panders to the lowest common denominator
Outfits probably
Sith: YOU...ME
JEDI: well alright alright alright
I've been watching your entries for the last two years and you two are the only ones who seem to understand that you're supposed to be trying to kill each other and not just slapping colorful swords together. Intense as always, and really cool to see you guys reverse roles.
^^ this :)
To be fair, he did say in the last two years. Ryan and Dorkman’s classic duel was about 8 or so years ago I think? Praise be the masters that came before.
@Sora X-King you realize that he is just talking about these competitions right? Learn to read
The choreography is stellar.
But there is one thing I'd really like to highlight that's well done in this:
For a 4 minute "fight scene," the entire sequence tells a story that can be felt. There is this ebb and flow between the two characters. With one mistaken move, the other can really lose while the other wins. The moves are stylized and fancy, yes, but they're not taken to a degree where they don't feel necessary - in fact, it's the opposite, the moves enhance the personality of these two foes and just make the short even more exciting.
A lot of other fight scenes don't get the "story" part. They just exhibit two people brawling it out and focus on the "moves" rather than the "emotion."
So, really, very well done.
This is quite possibly my favorite comment in here. You are literally hitting on the ideas that we discuss during the choreography process. Before we even begin to clash weapons, we talk about story, emotion and the positives and negatives that we want our protagonist to go through. Your comment makes me very proud because it shows that we accomplished our goal. You can choreograph the fanciest or simplest moves you want, but they mean nothing if they're not tied to the emotion of the character. Thank you for this comment!
So true
Rhett sure knows how to use a lightsaber 😂
Okay, i seriously loved this. One issue i sometimes have with some of these fanmade lightsaber duels is that they can feel more like a sparring match than an actual duel, but i never felt that in this. This truly felt like a fight to the death. It had some of the choreography and finess of the prequel duels, while also having that power behind each strike and that chaos that comes with just trying to stay alive. Truly beautiful
Anyone notice as soon as the dark side user throws away the holocron, he becomes way weaker?
Ahh good observation!
nice very very nice. He doomed himself as soon as he did that.
You got fans on RUclips making a lightsaber battle better than what a billion dollar company can make I love this
No senseless twirling, no pointless flourishes, every move had an intent to either block or inflict damage... as would a true melee duel. I love this so much.
Jedi: You throwing that holocron in the river?
Sith: I don’t know. I was thinking about it.
Jedi: It’d be a lot cooler if ya did!
This is the type of intensity I hope we get to see in the Acolyte. Fucking beautiful work
EVERY shot could be a movie poster. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful. The performances are incredible. The effects are fantastic. The lighting is insane. Well done on this, guys
They did a good job of blending the weight of the original trilogy with the acrobatics of the prequel.
These 5 minutes have more passion and spirit in them than the entire sequel trilogy
Congratulations you sexy beasts! This masterpiece truly was the Apex of Sabercomp 2020. It was so good to see on your 5th anniversary of entering you went back to just you and Dan going at it. Seeing you guys fight as kids in your backyard to now literally brought a tear to my eye! A bromance of the ages! You continually inspire me and influence my filming in ways you wouldn't even know, even though you're half the world away and we haven't even met (yet) I still consider you a mentor. Can't wait to see you inevitably kicking ass on the big screen!
I really love how the fight went from prequel style to original style
THIS IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST SABER DUEL SHORT EVER! The story. The composition. The lighting. The effects. The color grading. The choreography. All of it comes together to be absolutely SPECTACULAR!!!!
When a 5 min video beats a million dollar movie.
The one video was better than the whole sequel trilogy
@@ty-tanium3875 Yasss agreed!
I love how brutal, visceral, and uncoordinated you make it look. It’s so much more grounded and real than other lightsaber fights I’ve seen, looking more light an actual fight than a dance.
This has better choreography than all the sequels combined...
What this chaos camera movment kill this wideo
Well I have only watched 1.37 and it's already better than the last two sequels ahaha
Top three light saber fights
1-Ashoka and maul
2-Duel of the fates
3-This
The steam coming from the saber when it starts raining looks sick.
Guy with the long hair would make an excellent young Qui-Gon Jinn
ALSO short haired guy would be a phenomenal Galen Marek/star killer, also that cinematography is nuts! 110/10!
Only 7,6k views!? Damn, it deserves so much more guys!! This is a Ryan Wieber quality fight we have here!
Thank you, that is high praise!
This makes me cry tears of joy to see what dedication and love for a franchise can do
The thing I like most about your stuff is how good it is at telling a story through the fight. It’s not just two people trying to kill each other there’s emotion behind it.
Keep up the great work and congratulations on winning.
I remember watching this live and hoping you guys would do amazing and you definitely did not disappoint. The switch from good to evil, thecinematography, the choreography. I can't find a single flaw so far.
You guys earned this dub
This video is entirely underrated and deserves more views and attention
🙌🏻
This is absolutely amazing! I have been looking forward to it all year, and it does not disappoint. Your duels are always my favorite every year. Each one is unique from every other fan duel out there, whether it is using tonfas, is a 3V1, or resembling a horror story! Overall, the choreography is yet again, amazing! Especially that you did it in cold temperatures, and with the water pelting down. The use of the force looked so realistic, and is one of the best versions I have seen in a fan duel. Also, it was cool to see a switch up of you guys’ roles. Great job yet again! Congratulations on winning Saber Comp again! It is well deserved.
Love the look of Dan in all the fights I've seen him in.. dude just has that bad ass crazed look about him with a viking-esk onscreen presence that I just want to see more of... give this guy his own feature-length film.
If star wars was more like this I’d watch it!!!👍🏿
This is better than the final fight in the rise of skywalker. The Choreography here was 100x better than the sequels. Even the music was good.
Makes me reminisce the old Ryan Vs Dorkman fights. Well done!
This movie has done in 5 minutes what Disney can't do in 2 years make a good Star wars film
Awesome choreography!! You guys are faster than real jedis.
the lightsabers steam as the rain drops hit them. I feel in love 🙆🏽♀️❤❤
Star Wars need to sign you guys 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✋🏿✋🏿✋🏿✋🏿✋🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Please Disney, READ THIS COMMENT!
There could be a whole breakdown done on this fight about how the Jedi/green saber is set on the path to the dark side by this fight and how he seems to draw power from the storm if not the reason for it in the first place. Again another entry that is just breath taking in this competition.
I kinda disagree. I can see how the Jedi could be drawing power from his anger (and his expression after the fight does kinda support this) but I took this fight more like that he was surprised and injured by the initial attack. He refused to stay down though and kept getting back up to keep fighting the Sith who was drawing power in the dark side from the holocron. The Jedi was possibly even getting weakened by its influence just like the Sith was getting more powerful. Then the Sith threw the holocron away and immediately the Jedi became more powerful now that the holocron oozing the dark side is gone. I can see how he could be going dark but I also felt like he was becoming stronger from his refusal to stay down and his stubbornness to keep fighting
Great Job Guys! You deserved it! Next year we'll sign in a challengers and try to stay on your level!
This is better than any fight from the sequel trilogy. Take notes, Disney
The cinematography and choreography was spectacular... But that SOUNDTRACK gave me chills
It's sick how fluid and natural this fight is. From another comment they said it's not just slapping colorful swords together. THIS is what a true light saber duel between 2 foes should look like. Very well done and deserving of all accolades.
“ Through Pain, I Gain Strength” 😎💪🏾💪🏾 .... Great work guys !! I love it!!
YESS!
You know what I love about this fight? Proper use of edits and cuts. So many fights cut so frequently, that it's jarring and painful. You guys do cuts but not every second. You allow the combat to flow so much better as a result!
I love the fact that you've incorporated the force predictions that so many "recreations" have failed to account for, perfectly shown how they can block strikes without even seeing it through the force
Man this is a great combination of prequel energetic fighting and original simple fighting.
I not even surprised but how much better these fights are than the ones that Disney makes.
The choreo is just gold.
So much better than the sequels.
The force is strong with these two.. Bravo!
This was epic. Disney are you taking notes? THIS is a saber fight people will watch!
Well done.
The best choreographed fights are the ones where it still looks like the opponents are actually fighting, rather than a fancy dancing "duel" like most you see on RUclips or in SaberComp.
You pulled it off well. Again I say, well done.
Better than rey vs kylo tbh
And mace vs Palpatine
Amazing work guys!!! Disney take some notes. Camera somewhat moved too fast but the fight was badass!
This is probably the most epic and thrilling fan film I have ever seen.
Thank you!! ☺️🤙🏻
This story needs to be told! WOW! That fight choreography is epic and the filmography is epic!
I love the "Come at me bro!" Fighting style!
You guys earned this year's win!
This was truly amazing, I swear the starwars community has the most dedicated fans sometimes.
i think this is easily one of the best fight scenes i’ve ever seen from any type of show movie or video
INSANE WORK AS ALWAYS! I love your entries to saber comp they are always inspiration to keep working
A winning saber duel well earned!
breathtaking
why is this one video better than the entire new trilogy
I know you guys do well every year but holy shit this is outdoing yourselves.
Very well done! Better choreography than a lot of these. Still looked cool without being overly flashy, and it felt like there was intent behind the movements.
Adding actually marshal arts was an amazing touch. The leg sweep, and the shoulder throw at the end made that so much better than just clashing blades.
You all never cease to amaze me. SICK
And I hope we never stop! ;)
Finally a fight where the jedi won! Loved it!
What does it mean when fan film lightsaber duels have started to become better than those in the actual movies?!?
What I think made the actual combat so amazing is the fact that they acted like they were actually trying to hit each other. A lot of the time in other videos, the movements look nice but they are aiming at the others saber. Also they used stuff like the judo throw that made it seem a lot more real. I actually felt like they were really fighting for their lives. Also great video descriprion lol.
I like how this duel looks like they're actually trying to kill each other. Instead of it feeling like it was choreographed, well done
Holy fkn sht. That was truly fkn EPIC. Definitely earned a like and a sub. Wow that was very amazing. The intensity was just out of this world. I would pay to see a movie with u guys for real.
It’s really telling when fans have better choreography then the “professionals”.😔 Great job guy! 👍
It's a shame the camera is shaking around like Michael J Fox is filming the fight and you can't see any of it. At least TLJ the camera doesn't shake.
i have seen my fair share of light saber battles; this one has the best fight choreography i have never seen, I wish more fight scenes like this would find its way into the Star Wars Franchise. Talk about eye candy, I tip my hat to you Mr. Michael Yadvish. The force is strong in you.
best horror of the year !
Man this is better than any of the lightsaber fuels in the sequels
Holy respect to the guy with the beard he got stabbed right in the lung and yet he still can put up a fight
This duel perfectly shows a damaged, older but wiser light side user vs a young powerful dark side user. Great performances from both, good camera man and good editing 👍
Anybody remember the Ryan vs. Dorkman days? Awesome to see something of that quality after all these years
Classic!
Man.. Rhett and Link lookin good in this new Star Wars trailer
feels fresh and yes disney needs you guys GOOD JOB one of the best live action lightsaber fight
Just found your channel, you guys are mindblowing! It's been more than a decade of fan films yet you surpass most.
Wow, thank you!
5 mins of pure, raw, everything Star Wars was supposed to be
This is amazingly well done - wow. Love the story concept you did
Still 10 times better than any of the sequel fights
Pisses me off that normal people can do this but billion dollar movie studios can't.
The funny part is that normal people and the fans actually care about the story of the characters than the billion dollar movie studios.
That finale was very reminiscent of Obi-Wan and Maul's last showdown.
Impressive. Most impressive.
God your duels are always fantastic. Ots such a treat to watch!
I love rewatching this video way to much it's just so good
Congrats on the stellar first place finish! I just watched this, and wow, this was pretty incredible. As cool as all the choreography and lighting were, I just as much enjoyed the silence, beats, and moments to breathe in between the fight. Felt very musical to me, and it was a rhythm and cadence that was easy to follow. Wonderful job! Can’t wait to see what you’ll do next.
Hey dude! Thank you so much! I'm glad you pointed out some of my favorite moments in the movie! Can't have an explosion of energy without first having a moment of stillness. :)