Update on Unexpected Chapter 2

Well, everything is going by smoothly when it comes to Chapter. The casting is done for Chapter 2 and the voices are being collected as we speak. Filming wise, I’ve gotten half of it done and I still need to body-act and film the second half. Let’s just say that the story takes a turn hear into something that was very Unexpected (See what I did there?). Chapter 1 was a mere pilot episode and sets you up story wise for Chapter 2. It will be much darker and you actually get a look at what happened after the war from multiple perspectives after that.

The cast consists mainly of personal friends that have worked with me before and a few VA’s I scouted on my own. One of which is going to play Myrron, The Gamma Squad Leader during a flash back. He voiced all of the character in The MB’s ODST ‘Reunite’ trailer. I also scouted VA’s for upcoming episodes such as Adam Stone who debuted in Horizon Ep. 2 as the Lt. as one of the main antagonists in the series. I also got a hold of River Kanofffor future Chapters. I'll be adding an Unexpected banner on Angsty Studio's website, http://angstystudios.com/

Expect the Unexpected for Chapter 2

Chapter 1 was an astounding success and Chapter 2 is looking really good so far. I am really surprised that no-one has found the spoilers I put in Chapter 1 that clues what might happen in Chapter 2. If someone finds them, I will give them Chapter 2, 1 full-day before it is released to the public. I’ll give you one hint, there are 2 spoilers in this Chapter so look close.

Now that is out of the way, I checked HBO (halo.bungie.org) and saw that I got an HBO Spotlight although Mr. Wu was clueless of what the real story was about, which some of you are too. Don’t worry, it was just a pilot episode, the real story reveals itself in the next chapter. Anyway, I am looking for a person who can do a good newscaster voice, so email me a sample to my email, tayloreby16@yahoo.com, and I’ll pick the best one out of the crop. I just sent the script for Chapter 2 to my main voice actor, Gassy Mexican. I also talked to my partner, HolyJunkie about Chapter 2 and received the first half of gameplay footage from him for me to capture.

After I get the the second Chapter edited, I’ll start making a trailer for you guys to enjoy while my music composer is creating the score for Chapter 2. For those of you wondering where to download the final score for Unexpected, it will be available under the “Angsty Soundtrack Volume 1″ on itunes for $5, so show your support and buy. It comes with all the music from Craig’s previous works such as Pathogen and The Wrong Lot.

Unexpected Chapter 1

Unexpected Update

So far, all I need is the music from Craig Kesicke, my music composer and I’ll post it on machinima.com and on my youtube when he gets the rest of the music in.

Chapter 1 Status:

Pre-Production: 100%
Body Acting: 100%
Filming: 100%
Voices: 100%
Post-Production: 100%
Music: 97%

When everything is 100% complete, I’ll be sure to post it. Expect a graphic or two in the future also. Here is a rough draft of the soundtrack Craig made.

Link to the Soundtrack

Moar Unexpected and some other stuff

As you can tell by the screenshots, this will be Halo 3 machinima, BUT it won’t be at the same time. I am implying this because there will be elements from Garry’s Mod in their, I can’t tell you the full details because it is top secret. This is going to be a machinima between HJ and I, like I said in a earlier blog post, but this is going to be published by Angsty Studios. Craig Kesicke is composing the music for my series so that I won’t run into WMG or other stuff like that. Anyways, the music is beautiful so far, the music is mostly pianos (a reoccurring theme) with some strings and percussion for the battle scene.

Expect this to be on machinima.com shortly because I will be making a teaser for this video. The GMOD portions will be done in Faceposer using Source SDK. I am also scouting for VA’s for other episodes, so drop me an email at webmaster@angstystudios.com and I’ll get to you shortly. I working on the second draft for this vid at this moment and I’ll be cutting up scenes from Episode 1 in the teaser/trailer. I will also be working closely with Craig Kesicke on his newest project called Lightless, I can’t give away any details beyond what he has given to the people at machinima.com.

Poster by Marty Marcus

The main character, as you can see, is the Gman from HL2 played by Gassy Mexican. I will be helping faceposing in this and maybe a small voice role. Ross Scott, the Creator of Freeman’s Mind and Civil Protection, will be making a Cameo in Lightless.

Anyways, my friend Archbomber showed me this machinima he acted in and it was really good, I suggest seeing it for yourself.