Saturday, February 20, 2010

Speechless: Teens Create Promo Video for Curse of the Spider King

Why title this post "Speechless"? Easy. That's what I was when I watched this video. You need to understand that ALL of this is totally original material. These brilliant kids wrote the script, filmed, acted, edited, created the special effects, and applied them postfilming, and wrote and performed the original soundtrack.



I don't know about you, but I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw that giant Warspider on the kid's roof. Please post a comment and let these prodigies know what you think of their 100+ hours of effort.

Post Script: It seems that this blogger format won't show the full screen version of the video and like a third of the right part of the screen didn't show up. Here's the link so you can see it full screen:


Post Script 2: My 12 year old son watched the video and just about flipped off of our bed!
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29 comments:

  1. Jacob R Parker12:36 PM

    Thanks for posting this, Mr. Batson. The guys really appreciate how much you and CH like it. :)

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  2. ElizabethMarieKauffman12:38 PM

    WOW!!!!! That IS amazing!! They did a really great job on it! Especially with the special effects! I have a passion for making films and acting, and all I can say is. . . WOW!!!! :D

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  3. Cson12:57 PM

    WOW!! Incredible job everybody! Love the score Jon. And that warspider... Love it!

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  4. Nathan R. Petrie1:32 PM

    Speechless=Everyone's thoughts. It is just that stinking awesome. Congratulations Nightwing.

    Stinking awesome special effects. And the score!!! Dude!

    ::Keeneye of Silvertree cowers in fear:: Hopefully this doesn't cost us the game ;) LOL

    Congrats Nightwing. Your work paid off :)

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  5. Eagles Wings1:32 PM

    the video was awesome!! It must have taken a lot of hard work to put it together!!yall did a great job!

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  6. Anonymous1:42 PM

    This video takes ALL the cake. :) If this does not get the bonus 1000 I can't fathom what will.

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  7. Madeline2:06 PM

    Whoa...this video is freakin' awesome. You guys did a spectacular job. *grumbles at Nightwing* Even though it is AWESOME. I can't believe all that stuff is original!

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  8. Jared2:29 PM

    I have arachnophobia, so that warspider on the roof ... I don't have words for it. Even that spider spy was bad enough for me. That movie was amazing!

    Post Script: I saw the whole movie on the blog, but it overlapped the CotSK banner on the right.

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  9. Unknown3:22 PM

    Holy macaroni and cheese!!! AMAZING job, you guys. I am just bamboozled. You will, for sure, win the x-tra 1000 points. But you should get more! *covers mouth in fear... 'betrayed my tribe' races through The Allebian Knight's mind*

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  10. Ama Lane3:49 PM

    That was asome-ness that is too cool ^-^

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  11. Precentor4:10 PM

    Yeah those guys are EPIC. Glad to say I know these elves.

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  12. Emileigh Latham5:36 PM

    Wow, that is really cool! They did an awesome job!

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  13. Izori6:11 PM

    Really, really, REALLY great! The warspider was awesome. GO NIGHTWING!

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  14. Cacia6:43 PM

    The video is phenomenal!
    The CG-spider.. Whoa. Amazing job.
    And an original score? Awesome.

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  15. Katie11:37 PM

    That was AWWESOME, you guys!

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  16. LAM8:02 AM

    That was too cool! I haven't read the book yet... (I know shame on me!)...but that makes me want to all the more! Maybe you can ask them to make your books into movies Mr. Batson! lol

    ~Lauren

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  17. Cloe6:49 PM

    COOL!!!!!!! It was..... boy how do you find the right words to say how great that was?
    Great job guys!

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  18. jacob8:16 PM

    wow...that was rlly good!!!!!

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  19. Christian Miles5:58 PM

    Hey, I'm really glad you like it, Mr. Batson! It was a TON of fun to make.

    -Chris

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  20. Brock Eastman10:31 PM

    Speechless... This is so impressive!

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  21. Violinist4Christ1:37 PM

    Woah!! That is too cool. They did an amazing job. My sister and I love it!!!
    Oh, and the score is amazing. Wish I could write like that! Blessings!

    -V4C

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  22. Sir Guy1:53 PM

    *jaw drops, goes to pick it up* WOOOOOOOOW!!! Awesome! Were's the book? I want to read that book!

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  23. Anonymous3:27 PM

    That was amazing. You guys did awesome.

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  24. Anonymous1:31 AM

    that's my brother! I'm so proud of all the hard work he's done on this, can't wait to check out more!

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  25. Peter Stone7:15 PM

    Hi Wayne,
    That's absolutely fantastic news.

    Also, with Youtube, when you click on a videos 'Embed' command, it opens a box of options. One option is 480x295. You click on that option, and then copy the 'Embed' HTML text. That way, the video should fit in your blog.

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  26. Ness11:13 AM

    TOTALLY COOL GUYS!!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of leighton and the guys! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

    YOU DID NIGHTWING PROUD!!!!!!!!!

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  27. Free Giftcards NOW5:03 PM

    Wow....too cool. That is great graphics for that type of vid.

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  28. MichaelBashaw9:56 AM

    Amazing! While the original video/audio footage was just average, the effects, transitions, music and timing more then made up for that. The spider blew me away. The score was also so professional that I did not realize it was original music until after I viewed the video. I am very interested in finding out what programs were used in the creation of the promo. You guys will definitely go a long way if that is what you choose to do.

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  29. Gabe M8:48 PM

    this is kinda late, but...

    WOW. that was awesome. especially the score and the giant spider. a lot of the characters looked pretty much the way i imagined them too.
    awesome job!

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