Light of Hope VFX Break Down - Pilot + Extras

VFX Break Down for the Pilot episode of Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope, plus some extra things we've been working on for Episodes 2 and 3!!! If you guys have any particular VFX/CG questions for Greg, drop a comment below!
Thanks again for all your support guys, we know you all want the next episodes asap and we're working hard on them everyday but we aren't going to sacrifice quality by rushing things, so it takes longer to do right. We appreciate your patience and we promise it will be worth the wait!
Disclaimer - yes that is Lord Beerus around 2:20 ish, but no, he will not be making an appearance in the series, that was old test footage from a long time that we never got to post...
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[@Feuerblut]

Someone give these people a bunch of cash and let them make a kickass DBZ movie!

[@italianboi1390]

trust me if i was a millionaire i would donate another 50gs easy

[@ScufHydro]

+Michael vgyv fuck donating just 50k, I'll donate 500k!!

[@imalion1284]

+Feuerblut yeah give them a bunch of money to make a movie. in 10 years we might have it. these people cant even put out a 15 min episode 2 within a year lollol

[@EximiusDux]

+Ima Lion they have a life and jobs. Any logical person would understand that these effects are time consuming to track and make. they probbaly need to fight a time shortage or something.

[@antoniosevilla326]

Ima Lion kid are u serious. Do u understand that they don't have the equipment or actors like movie creators do in order to makes an hours worth animation. If they hade, they can probaly do it way sooner, epically with a team of developers.

[@michaelpreller4025]

Damn y'all are talented. Only a matter of time before you guys are hitting the big screen.

[@Syllaren]

you did an amazing job so far, can't wait to see more of this. Honestly i enjoyed a lot of aspects in the pilot, but the CG was what made the most impact to me. It was hard to imagine just how someone could bring the power effects of dbz into a live action... and you gave the answer. As a dragon ball fan, i sincerely thank you guys for this... i got chills of excitement watching light of hope, exactly how a live adaptation should be done :D.

[@emack6862]

Where were these guys when dragon ball evolution came out -_-

[@arturodejesuscruzcasab9502]

+emory mack Probably in the theater really pissed off.

[@emack6862]

LOL! that's hilarious.

[@rogerjones6569]

+emory mack Can we not pretend that steaming pile never happened?

[@getitprodigy]

HAHA @ Arturo Casab

[@TheMainCal]

when watching this you can really appreciate the work that goes in to make it look awesome, and to have to act before the visuals are created is amazing.

[@File404net]

serious, hands down for that. hollywood should hire you guys for some freaking sick dragonball z movie for all cinemas for all around the world. there is something no one in hollywood has in your team .... passion and love for what you do. Please stay that way. Best wishes Alex from germany

[@sdunn3925]

That is awesome! Keep up the good work for episodes 2&3, guys!

[@ShaunHawksworth]

That Saiyan armor looks amazing! Well done on everything.

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+Shaun Hawksworth thanks so much Shaun!!!

[@2row777]

I love how you guys actually made the actors resemble the characters. The effects are amazing as well. You're way ahead K&K productions in this regard. Probably the best fan made production thus far! Keep it up!

[@CruduL]

They say that you can't make a dbz movie , RobotUnderdog2 prove they are wrong !! Good joob people !!

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+Imperial Dreams GT thanks man!!

[@RSAGhostHunteR]

The awesomeness is over 9000! Can't wait for episodes 2 + 3, thanks for doing this!

[@DanXile]

Man the Saiyan armor looks fantastic. Best live action version I've seen so far of the armor, looks even better than the cartoon faithful replicas.

[@YuTubrz]

Incredibly kick ass, thank you to the man behind the VFX. You're a legend.

[@ScottTheis]

You rock! Thanks for all you guys are doing for our show.

[@RImon-rl9zf]

Yo Gregory, keep up the good work and tell BOTH Trunks to cut their hair like the anime version and keep it real to the story as possible!!

[@KhaliDistrict]

Yooooooo that Saiyan armor is sick. Much better that kkproduction Saiyan armor

[@rocsreviews]

Loved the behind the scenes looks at the effects. You all are doing this right.

[@spacebartoloud]

Watching this makes me want to rewatch the first episode, great job/work on the visual effects mr. hall, they all looked so epic in the first episode, I am sure they will continue to do so in 2&3, absolutely looking forward to them both, definitely plan on watching them both/staying with robot underdog to check out their other projects/works.

[@tech7891]

vfx is makes or breaks a show like dbz and bro your making it come alive . thank you for your work

[@dekayedwolf]

Saw the vid a while ago, have seen many other folks try this. Have to give you big props for how good you made this all look. I look forward to future episodes.

[@KuroiJim]

Awesome stuff, keep up the good work. I can't wait to get my mind blown by Episode 2. You guys are the best!

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO COME OUT! THIS IS GOING TO BE EPIC!

[@WolfAMVsWelcome_to_HELL]

Amazing, epic, beyond what i would have ever imagined. I cant wait to see episodes 2 and 3. You guys made a video better than anyone else for episode 1 and i bet that these new episodes will rock the live action world.

[@greenman3265]

damn bro, this is the best dbz live adaptation i've seen

[@EximiusDux]

For a fan made show made by a tiny studio, this was epic. DBZ provides such an unrealistic and difficult to create effects situation. beams, power, fighting at high speeds. well done.

[@omabe8025]

I like that blade effect in the end. Very Future Trunks-like

[@sabrinatobal]

Amazing work guys! Gratitude, we can see an amazing interpretation of kind of light and power we feel in the animation!

[@chikinnuggets4231]

that Battle armor looks sick keep up the good work guys

[@rohitsinghchauhan5332]

It's really hard to believe that this is not the output of some big budget hollywood studio (and Evolution is.) I'd say one of the biggest reason behind that would be the awesome VFX/CG. Very very impressive!

[@mindyours752]

This video I think was to display how much effort goes into the effects, and that people shouldn't try to rush them for new eps just yet. Being it takes a lot of time to get these things setup.

[@dman9741]

im so ready for episode 2 and you man are doing a great job editing and putting this together keep up the work :)

[@brendanwatts3264]

Siayan armor looks legit!!!! Hate that Gohan has to die but can't wait to see how they do Trunks first super Siayan transformation!!!

[@TheDavemaster300]

As someone with a degree in Animation I must say you really look know to know what you're doing. RobotUnderdog is really luck to have you! :-) Nice Saiyan armor too, I hope we get to see Trunks in it at some point in episode 3. :-D

[@getitprodigy]

+Dave Ranger Thanks man, that means a lot.

[@TheDavemaster300]

+Gregory Hall You're welcome man

[@chikinnuggets4231]

+Dave Ranger what school are you from ? I am currently studying for that same major but I'm thinking about transferring to a different school but not sure where.

[@TheDavemaster300]

+Leo L Sorry for the late reply man LOL. I didn't get my bachelors from any place special, I just went to Westwood, I wouldn't recommend it though. But however every now and then we did have a couple kids come over from The Art Institute, and they always seemed very well trained. So maybe see if they have an Art Institutes near you.

[@chikinnuggets4231]

Lol that's where i'm going. But my school is one of the ones that is shutting down so everything here is falling apart teachers are leaving no new students are being admitted, All hell broke lose so i'm stuck here trying to escape this burning building. Thanks for the reply back though.

[@terebiomimasu]

Super awesome Saiyan armor? The time machine?! Lookin' forward to them!

[@naturesdefiante01]

guys....that armour, good fucking job! naturally the vfx are great but that armour is a perfect adaptation

[@patrickbukowski4343]

So fing sick looking. You guys are doing a phenomenal job so far! This what dbz movies have been waiting for

[@dominic4414]

cant wait for episode 2!

[@boardsandstuff5008]

Best Dbz rendition ever! Can't wait for other episodes.

[@GreenFairyBubles]

lol I love how strange the actors look in real life doing the power moves, they're just standing there yelling to each other, but it looks so, so very awesome when the special fx come into play :)

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+GreenFairyBubles haha yea it's always pretty funny on set when we're shooting those shots :)

[@UniversalStuntman]

Great stuff man, mad props. Love seeing work by dedicated individuals like yourself, it shows in spades.

[@korvaenaamah187]

Damn!!!! I can't wait!!! This is awesome!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

That was Amazing! And a caught a little glimpse of a certain villain..

[@dragonballlover6967]

Is it beerus or cell

[@dragonballlover6967]

It's definitely BEERUS

[@shylatobias7634]

+Strike Ripjaw nah man, that's Cell dude

[@CHEYMIX]

+It's Over 9000 Productions dude....slow it down its beruss

[@CHEYMIX]

+Shyla Tobias its berus look closer

[@Decbeck]

Take your time Guys. Realy, even when it take a year, i would'nt be disapointed.

[@eternalkproductions]

wow, this is really awesome great effects for real life

[@danielradina1330]

SOMEONE GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE CASH THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE MOVIES , THEY HAVE THE VISION , THE EYE FOR LITTLE DETAILS , THE CAST AND AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF LOVE FOR DBZ. RESPECT !!!!!!!

[@LPnova99]

that is beautiful

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+LPnova99 Thanks!

[@CHEYMIX]

+RobotUnderdog2 btw the kamekameha is faster than kamehameha so yhea four future blasts keep that in mind

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+Charles Smart will do - but we also have to keep in mind what is most realistic in "real life" but thanks for the thought and we'll def keep in mind

[@CHEYMIX]

Oh I get it

[@numatruehome100]

+RobotUnderdog2 I only have one question for you guys, if you have seen dragon ball, then you know of the racial diversity that is has...... minus dragon ball z, but my point is, why are there no black people in the movie, or mexicans, or even indians, even dbz ended with goku going to train the reincarnation of buu, who was indi, so where is the diversity?

[@bilalmalik2315]

Looks dope man love the visuals

[@dictatesveterans6340]

this will be a kickass movie.. great work..

[@bozzyham]

the saiyan armor looks really good!

[@usefulverse]

2:36 man i wonder what you guys are doing with that saiyan armor cant wait for the release of episodes 2 & 3

[@cookyartsstudio9423]

this is amazing! this is the visual affects I wanna be able to do!!!

[@BenchyOnNearReailty]

man to see a 2hr movie of this would be so great if they make a real life movie you guys should be up for that cuz with there money i bet you could go crazy and make something so great words cant say but still you guys are doing so much i just cant wait tell i get to watch this well done

[@TeDiouS1001]

You're freaking amazing man! Keep that up!

[@cuff2860]

OMG I'm so freakin psyched for the next installment! I don't mean to be rushing you guys but how 'bout a date at least?!?! This is such an incredible take on the series! Its honestly disgusting that Hollywood was so terrible with millions of dollars while you guys are not only succeeding but literally blowing fans minds with not even half that budget!! Hopefully this gets passed to Toei Animation somehow and they see just how amazing this is so you can all take the on the series itself!

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+Raye Cufley last time we gave a date too early and we had to rush it out and sacrifice some quality... so we're waiting to give a date until we know for certain

[@cuff2860]

+RobotUnderdog2 Fair enough, I can appreciate the dedication to perfection. It's just such an agonizing wait!! I can't wait to see the final product! Have you guys tried getting in contact with Toei Animation to secure rights to an official live action production? After that disgrace that was Dragonball Evolution surely they'd see the quality of Robot Underdog's work and realize the series is in good hands.

[@DNotzz]

Greg your vfx in the pilot are awesome! Amazing man. Makes me wonder what you guys could do with the proper budget!

[@badtemper88]

It's funny that I see so many fan made shorts on KZbin that are leaps and bounds better then an actual Hollywood movie.

[@bullitnorth]

this is an amazing work guys

Hollyyy shit bro. Too freakin amazing, awesome job

[@dam1371]

Love your work. It makes me wish I was a programer in special effects like this. It's great to see how each layer adds to the scene to make it what's desired to bring out the vision of the scene. Keep it up guys.

[@YogiiBear360]

can...not...wait!

[@glennpineda2453]

You guys trumpet the movie that screened in theaters.... and it only took a fraction of the time!

[@atprofessional5714]

fantastic work! the quality is top notch! :)

[@humbertor100]

great job!! I look forward to the next chapter, greetings from Argentina

[@kingdomino8091]

dragonball in combination with a good trapbeat, epic!

[@lorenpunk83]

Gosh this is so freakin epic! My only complaint is that it's not out yet! WTHeck! I'm so freakin pumped!!!

[@yaboiiiiiiiiii]

This guy is so talented!

[@sasitarun]

The amount of time and effort you guys put in this is amazing !! And guys take you time to do the next episode and make it better. Just happy that we could pay tribute to DBZ(our childhood) with this and not that for money making cheap F***** Idiotic excuse of a movie Drago........ i don't even wanna say the name!! Anyways guys awesome work...keep it up and thank you !!

[@dct124]

well you've already surpassed a movie that had a budget of 30 million and you guys guys aren't even close to that amount, I mean well damn. also that Saiyen Armor is some great bait lol, nice work

[@getitprodigy]

+Donovan Tyler haha We were hoping you guys would like the armor.

[@lillou08scholar]

This gave me goosebumps.. Thank you sir for caring enough to do it right!!! ..Still waiting on to see Vegeta tho 😏

[@amt6307]

Epic.That's an artwork.

[@iamthetrev7671]

Holee shit that saiyan armor look super badass

[@frui424]

you are an amazing vfx animator. what you did for light of hope makes db evolution look like a joke. bravo!

[@ambredouet2968]

what an amazing job *-*

[@marcoslemes5643]

The armor looks awesome, great job ther! so, its been a while, have you got a release date for us for episodes 2 and 3?

[@Mofnmancer]

I await the file that lets us 3Dprint out our own sayian armor

[@RobotUnderdog2]

+7RC3Productions haha technically that is possible.. but it's really expensive. Too expensive for us to even do it that way so we gotta do it the old school way lol

[@TheMainCal]

+RobotUnderdog2 by old school way you mean go amazon www.amazon.com/SDWKIT-Dragon-Saiyans-Fighting-Uniform/dp/B00X704LAU/ref=sr_1_20?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1443781241&sr=1-20&nodeID=7141123011&keywords=saiyan+armor

[@mindyours752]

+Christopher Griffin I died looking at that costume lol. Who in the world would pay over 200 bucks for that lol

[@TheMainCal]

+Mind Yours yeah that one is pretty lame, but I had to get ready for work I had limited time. the other thing is if I am paying that much or more on a costume it better look more hard core then that piece of junk.

[@mindyours752]

Christopher Griffin Maybe something on the line of these makes more sense www.cosplaycorp.net/shop/ dragonblogz.com/live-action-dragon-ball-z-saiyan-armor/ Yet that other one was pretty funny to look at xD

[@ishaanb]

wow this is amazing can't wait for episode 2 :)

[@animeballsdeep]

cool

[@Iboshido]

+Anime Balls Deep lol i was just watching your vids for the first time

[@animeballsdeep]

Iboshdio Müller cool ;p

[@dragonballsuper2519]

I love your videos bro..

[@animeballsdeep]

DragonBall Super thx

[@ilyawhite377]

Omfg its anime nuts deeeeeeep

[@ipetloudog]

@2:23 definitely beerus. sweet. anxiously awaiting on ep. 2

[@crystallarsen3227]

Thank you! You guys are so great!

[@COLEplusTEN]

Better VFX than the live action Attack On Titan

[@Anzho]

That saiyan armor looks great. But they described it as made of a strong yet flexible material. But that would be nitpicking, wouldn't it?

[@joemags6868]

Looks amazing can't wait

[@BoltGriff]

I prefer these effects over the ones used for Fall of Men. The computer animation is used more sparingly here, keeping it from looking like cheap video game graphics. We don't see the computer animated characters long enough or clear enough to notice it. In Fall of Men, it was just used too much. With Light of Hope, there were many shots where the actual actors were there doing the action, and the affects were edited around them. Seeing the actual actors in battle help immerse the audience.

[@necroconvict]

Just looking around for more updates?!

[@TrVlogs82]

he is pretty huh?! nice can't wait and thank you for this. If you put this on the DVD I'll buy the show and the extras.

[@CavemanJim11]

To ALL of the actors in this fan movie AMAZING work and to the behind the scenes people you are very awesome you all did very well

[@Nfamus_Kiwi]

You've done an awesome job dude. the special effects blew me away and even gave me goosebumps. you guys done so much with so little money. I think you guys should do the next DBZ motion picture with that kind of budget just imagine what you could do. Anyways guys keep up the amazing work......Oh yeah where can I see the full episodes? I'm in New Zealand by the way. Cheers.

[@Nfamus_Kiwi]

+Greg Hall can't wait to see them guys. Great work

[@danielradina1330]

Robot Underdog you are amazing. I want to congratulate everyone on your team for all the efforts you make. Your videos are off the charts , incredible graphics and actors. Keep up the great work. DragonBall Z is the greatest :) \m/

[@SkunkLifeMedia]

Also wanting to know a good place/site whatever to recruit VFX artists like Greg as these kind of effects are what we are looking for. Trying to talk to people, get their rates and all that business.

[@tylerpope7879]

When can we expect episode 2?!?!?! So freaking excited!!!

[@js100serch]

The Saiyan armor looks amazing!!

[@Spookydvze]

That Saiyan armor tho😍, I can't wait to see Vegeta💙💛

[@carlhanopoldelosreyes4404]

+Daysy Del Carmen♡ Unfortunately Vegeta was killed by the Androids, along with the Z-Fighters.

[@Spookydvze]

Carl Delos Reyes I know he gets killed by the androids in the past but I was referring to when trunks goes to the past to give Goku the heart medicine & warn the z fighters about the androids and sees his dad in the past. I hope that will be in the next episodes but it'll probably take sometime.😋

[@buckhughes2955]

I want that armor!!!

[@YungDoji]

freaking killed it!

[@craigbeilby]

Would love to learn how to do all of this

[@venom7322]

being the DBZ lover that I am its awesome to see how bad ass your work! keep it up! you guys are true to the material and make it look amazing. imagine if you had a big Hollywood budget?! the joygasm would last for days! lol

[@getitprodigy]

+Mario Portillo thanks for the kind words man. much luv

[@DustinBecker8606]

You sir, are da real MVP.

[@shamzam24]

the visual effects in DBZ light of hope were alot better then DB: evolution, like way beyond better

[@wachobro698]

Just one man for all the animation effects? I should check out the credits.

[@Ssj4vegeta212]

Wait... did I just see vegeta? omg is he going to be in one of the episodes? If he is, I will love you guys forever.....