Awesome job guys!!
Ryan vs Dorkman
RYAN WIEBER VS. MICHAEL “DORKMAN” SCOTT What began as a friendly rivalry between two effects artists explodes off TheForce.Net’s FanFilms Forum and into the real world in a lightsaber battle royale. Originally created for the forum’s lightsaber choreography competition, this fight to the death will decide once and for all who is truly most skilled with a saber. There can be only one. (I did not make this short film, stop asking me how I made the special effects. Its a mix of rotoscoping, photoshop and After Effects.) Visit their website at www.ryanvsdorkman.com for any and all info concerning how to make this video, how long it took, or to meet the real creators of the fanfilm. FAQs (from ryanvsdorkman.com) How did you do those lightsaber effects? We used Adobe After Effects to rotoscope the prop blades and add glows to them. Essentially the same way ILM does it. After Effects was also used for a variety of other visual effects you see (or don’t see) in RvD. How long did it take you to make this, and when did it come out? We choreographed and filmed over the course of three weekends, and spent about 4 months on the effects in our spare time, finishing March 1st, 2003. Did you guys have any martial arts or sword training when you made this? Neither of us had any formal training of any kind at the time of making RvD. Just watched a lot of movies. Where was this shot, and what is that thing in the background? RvD was filmed at Carco Electronics, who built flight simulators …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
-lightsaber duel -fan film -motion graphics -After Effects was used for everything (editing, effects, audio) -This was shot at the UAB parking deck -We didn’t use costumes or dialogue because that would have taken it to an extremely dorky level! We played to our strengths…action! -The lightsaber hilts were made from sink faucets. Go to the plumbing section of any hardware store and see what they have, then get creative. PVC pipe should fit perfectly, though you may need to tape around the base so it fits snug and doesn’t fly out and hit your friend in the face.
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50 Comments - Add Yours
Jurambi
May 18, 2010
katieinterviewschris
May 18, 2010
poor Ryan was dead the second he knocked off dorkmans glassess
rompetiss
May 18, 2010
@Bratak117 lighsabers are real man.
buddhadonut
May 18, 2010
haha michael scott
TGOOO6
May 18, 2010
This is SICK!!!!
tapion97
May 18, 2010
@Bratak117 No, it’s turned off the second you drop it.
Bratak117
May 18, 2010
if u drop a lightsaber …will it go thru the earth?
MrZt1992
May 18, 2010
ryan lookslike a young obiwankenobi
Boppinabe
May 18, 2010
For a second I thought Dorkman punched Ryan in the dick, but it was on the burn to the thigh.
paulfradk
May 18, 2010
Ryan and Dorkman have made the best lightsaber fight EVER!!!! I have just one question… WHO WAS THAT F*****G GUY WHO KILLED DORKMAN!?!!!!
buneco89
May 18, 2010
very nice
devil3785
May 18, 2010
COOL!!!
fasullodan
May 18, 2010
that! was! bad! ass!
musefan1011985
May 18, 2010
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
we want more.
wowfreak151
May 18, 2010
that is hwat i cal special effects that was awesome
onyxelite312
May 18, 2010
wow you guys are the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!
kdc43
May 18, 2010
best amature vid yet……and the cute guy won.
WritingJenny73070
May 18, 2010
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant
fullyfullfool
May 18, 2010
the ending was fricken halarious he just turn his lightsaber on and smiled and turned it off and walked away 5 stars and a subscriptions very very very nice!!
kerelwtf
May 18, 2010
damn, very nice guys! really enjoyed it 
the only thing that made it less realistic was that dorkman keeped on fighting single-handed..
but for the rest, great work!
grtz
MarcellusBR
May 18, 2010
Awesome!!! Congratulations!!
desertor1
May 18, 2010
gooood., how long its takes you to do the FX in your clip?
TokuinB
May 18, 2010
not gonna lie, that was pretty fuckin intense!
geyck
May 19, 2010
Holy rotoscoping!
WhatTheFiddlesticks
May 19, 2010
oh, ye, nd the ending was really gd nd u must hav spent ages editin tht.
cedshae4
May 19, 2010
Pretty good, but lose the fat boy
radiax69
May 19, 2010
pretty bad ass nice job make another one
BrotherSkillz
May 19, 2010
is this real I WANNT 1
godlessfaith
May 19, 2010
i want more!
LookMaHeGonnaSplode
May 19, 2010
That was awe inspiring!! Nicely done!
Prince111606
May 19, 2010
wow that was excellent goodjob on that.
NewKidOnTheBlock100
May 19, 2010
lols at fat asian guy
dkrusen
May 19, 2010
Great Scott that was well put together
theflamer44
May 19, 2010
This is almost a match for RvD2. And no I’m not advertising I’m just making a point
Werewolflead
May 19, 2010
well choreographed. very impressive! how long did this take to make?
thecreepycrawlerful
May 19, 2010
sorry I ment RvD2: Ryan vs Dorkman 2 IT’S AWSEOME
thecreepycrawlerful
May 19, 2010
check out Ryan vs Dorkman it’s the best video on youtube
coolbros109
May 19, 2010
That Is The Coolest And Bestest And The Greatest video i ever seen realllllyyyyy greeeaaatttttttt JOOOOOBBBBBBBB
24burnt
May 19, 2010
nice job! xD
wellgama2008
May 19, 2010
Muito louco!
oxbluepandaxo
May 19, 2010
awsome.
dagda889
May 19, 2010
Impressive
nexta1002
May 19, 2010
shit is this good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bortias1
May 19, 2010
omg soo cool
818pip
May 19, 2010
wicked!!!
werefrog
May 19, 2010
omg THAT IS SO DAMN COOL!!!!!!!
Lilroycezor
May 19, 2010
ooomg nice…ya’ll should do some movies
Rav0n
May 19, 2010
Wow! nice video! Extremely well choreographed! That guy with the green saber, is amazing! The only bad thing about the video, is that you instantly knew he was going to “win”, the second he fell to the ground. It just seems to be the way things are. The first one down, wins.
TotemSaint
May 19, 2010
You guys have a future in this! Very enjoyable. Good mix between straight attacks and movie flips. I also like that a lot of the time people where advancing while attacking. IMO it makes it look more fearsome. Thanks for posting this.
Detoxxxik
May 19, 2010
Nice.! AAE cs4.
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