Ogun's Blade - Short Action Film [Sony FX3]

[@shunnowden6609]

Saw this on TikTok …..PLEASE continue this storyline….give a back story and make it a 4 part series….I LOVE stuff like this!!!❤❤❤

[@martiniyaji]

Hey man! Glad you liked it. We are already working on a mini series based on this story, so keep an eye out for it. May I ask what account posted it on TikTok? Will like to check them out.

[@KaeRaeTwinz]

@@martiniyajithis clip spoke to me god 🪬 peace

[@KaeRaeTwinz]

@@martiniyaji your film is on my page @wokengodzz 🧬🪬🪬

[@martiniyaji]

@@KaeRaeTwinz Awesome brother! Thanks for posting🙏🙏🙏🙏 There's more to come so keep an eye out

[@mrbangz99]

Same

[@brentgraves1151]

I thought it was awesome! Great job to you and anyone else involved in the making of this fine film.

[@sentinel.pcaliber1528]

Please continue this make it a movie or series this is right on point

[@jonathanRodriguez-ct1bz]

Turn this into a movie, this is truth in plain sight

[@IAMlightning007]

thats awsome as fuck please oooo i beg doooo mooore Oshun, Yamhya & all theothers thats dope , could be a start to futur movies ayyyyyyyyy

[@SOLARGODD]

Just saw a clip of this and came to watch this. I would love to see the series. Looking fwd to supporting this!

[@caliginousmoira8565]

that's how i got here...

[@shahawkins9103]

Gratitude god ....we appreciate your art and skill set .. continue shining.Ase'

[@ALLABOUTHEALING81]

I LOVE IT!!! MORE PLEASE!! 🙏🏽

[@bradvincent2784]

🔥 the mighty Ogou Feray

[@aaronthomas2286]

Brilliant. Depending on the story line, this has the likes to be a blockbuster series worth BILLIONS!!!! Do something with it!!!

[@shalondamitchell-hardy3652]

Make this into a full movie🙌🏽💖✨️

[@LauraDeCarvalho-mq4gm]

Indeed

[@yendor2043]

Dude, this blew me away. But we have a problem.......I need to know the whole story now. You can't leave us hanging!

[@martiniyaji]

Glad you liked it! Working on other stories, but might create a sequel for this soon.

[@mafiking7779]

I love this you will be better than marvel on this path

[@rodneyd76]

How tf is this not a movie?

[@sosososomusic]

Nahhh u can’t just end it right here🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ Please continue with the whole movie ✅✅✅

[@ceolittle5166]

I need more of this story especially about ogun❤❤❤❤

[@massadonking]

Full movie my Brother! ASAP! THANKS😊

[@FatherFamilyFriends]

Keep it coming. This was awesome.

[@csingle25]

Love it !! Need more of this

[@jamesmahoney9704]

Make the rest please Ase

[@LatishaTucker-g2m]

Simply amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@martiniyaji]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lowIQstuff]

main thing missing is the background noise, it made it obvious the sound was recorded in post

[@martiniyaji]

Sound was not recorded in post. It was all captured on location, except for some minor screams and grunts in the end.

[@obedientservantofallah2869]

Awesome! Martin. Great job 👏🏽 Now am eagerly waiting for the rest of the movie 🍿

[@bluecityfilmsLA]

where did u get those fonts for the credits?

[@martiniyaji]

I honestly don't remember. I think it was one of the standard Windows fonts. I just created a mask with the font to reveal the background before I faded into the scene.

[@foggymossstudio]

nice work

[@martiniyaji]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@leebattles1748]

Tik tok got me here ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BobWilcox]

Great job bro. The FX3 is such a beast of a camera.

[@martiniyaji]

It is! It handled the midday sun like a champ! I really wished I used cine lenses though

[@4LRicoo]

We need a FULL storyline or something or imma get really upset

[@gphiproductions]

Nice short action film! 👍🏽

[@victorohize1744]

Great piece. More grace.

[@martiniyaji]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@DirectorCyclone]

wooww wtfff .. amazing!!!

[@DarkAgent]

Great concept, interesting use of location, and nice props! I also applaud you for the introduction of this Godlike character. Though I feel like some parts felt off. The crane-down wasn't as smooth as you probably hoped. Definetly felt like a gimbal going down. I guess the other cheap way would be using a slider with a ballhead and put it vertically on a tripod, then slowly pull it down. Secondly, I lost sense of immersion due to the sound quality. There weren't any breeze, grass or cloth-movement sounds. The gun-sounds also felt like you just slapped them on. Cinematography wise, you did a decent job. Your way of capturing the characters and the environment felt satisfying, except for shots like 05:17 - 05:20 and 05:28 - 05:33 where you either lost depth of field or the camera felt amateurly placed. I like 00:00 - 00:08 , 00:42 - 01:41 and 05:08 - 05:16 very much though. Here you did an excellent job and it just felt very professional. I can see you've worked and possibly reworked the script a few times - but maybe it was a bit overdone, or maybe the actors were the ones who didn't deliver enough. Either way, there were lots of places where the dialogue felt cringy. Though I need to add that you did a good job increasing the hype for each dialogue sent. It just needs to sound more casual. You did a very good job with the music design though. Until 04:50, it felt very smooth and it sounded like I watched a professional short film! Overall, a great start. You'll definetly learn a lot in this industry, and I think you'll have a blast on that ride. I already see you taking feedback and critique in the comments with great value. If you keep doing that, you'll be going places. I wrote all of this not to bash your film, but to help you with your film career. I wish you good luck with your next project!

[@martiniyaji]

Hey man, thanks for the critique. Curious though, what parts of the dialogue felt off?

[@DarkAgent]

⁠ Of course! And I'll try my best not to sound like a jerk🫠 1. The introductory lines of the old white man: • I'd drop "We'll see" and jump straight to "Just let me do the talking". Then we get insight to the old white guy as someone with confidence who isn't making guesses. Then, I'd also not make him recommend the woman as if she was someone new in the business. We'd want to make this primary force of agent-soldiers stand out as confident characters, though not naive. I think it'd be good for the female character to also have some lines. Or at least, cut the white guy saying "Remember," where she continues what she should remember. "I have a history with him" sounds cool though. The way he says it sounds interesting. But he moves his head a bit too much. [I'll come back with occasional critique!]

[@bearpolar90210]

So you have an inferiority complex that a black man can have more abilities than you. Go see a shrink!

[@yetunde.ashiru]

Awesome job👏👏👏👏

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks for watching!

[@Wanyinna]

Well done Martin! I love the concept. Foward ever!!♥️

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks for watching!

[@olubukolaa4789]

Well done Martin! 👏👏

[@pauliyaji3033]

Wonderful. God will take you to greater heights.

[@cyrusthecreator]

Make more please. :)

[@DeepakThakur-hb4wt]

Hi Martin, Im thinking to buy FX3, hope if u dont mind if i ask for a Fx3 review.

[@martiniyaji]

Hey Deepak, there's quite a few reviews on KZbin. Gerald Undone has an awesome review of the fx3. Do you have any specific questions on the fx3? Will be more than happy to answer

[@leroyjr9]

Nice work!!!! Keep going!!!

[@martiniyaji]

Thank you!

[@mathieupsyche]

It's very well filmed, like a Hollywood movie, congrats.

[@KingRov-h2m]

I’m invested

[@SherProductions11]

This reminds me of breaking bad😮😮😮

[@LauraDeCarvalho-mq4gm]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sarahhoffman7801]

Wow! 🤩

[@KINGSLAYERLineage2]

Wou, wou! Very nice!

[@BrolinBrolinBrolin]

Would like to see an AI generated version of this

[@ChubieUjah]

Very Nice

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrVh78]

Composition/Framing 🤌🤌

[@martiniyaji]

Gracias!

[@anuraj5295]

using mic?

[@martiniyaji]

Hey, not sure I understand your question...but yes, we're using mics to capture the audio

[@MattSalcedo]

Incredible work! The cinematography is amazing!

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks man!

[@itsTrickE1]

How was the audio captured if you don’t mind me asking? This is amazing work!

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks brother. Audio was all captured on location except for the screams towards the end. Those were recorded later.

[@NNWillieProject]

Excellent job, the main actor (rogue villain) was captivating. Definitely gonna get a FX3!

[@ShockToYoSystem]

⚡️⚡️9️⃣9️⃣9️⃣

[@GimmicksVille]

Very good film. I enjoyed it. Government agents are not usually seen in Honda. And the audio could be better in the scene before the action started. Bravo otherwise. Thx.

[@martiniyaji]

Lol, are you sure government agents in Japan don't use a Honda? I'm kidding. I used a Honda because I own it. Didn't want to spend any extra cash renting a car.

[@GimmicksVille]

@@martiniyaji No problem bro. Keep up the great work.

[@jomymatthews]

Nice pictures. How long was the shoot and the edit later ?

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks! Shoot was 2 days, although I had some actors for only one day. Can't remember how long the edit took. I think 3 weeks or so

[@jomymatthews]

@@martiniyaji Editing always takes long. Makes sense. What did you use to storyboard everything , especially the VFX placements?

[@martiniyaji]

@@jomymatthews I didn't create a storyboard. I just planned the shots in my head and created a mood board using images from David Fincher's Seven that I grabbed from shotdeck.

[@jomymatthews]

@@martiniyaji Nice job! I was just talking about shotdeck today with someone. What made you chose a FX3 over a Komodo or something else?

[@martiniyaji]

@@jomymatthews Just realized I never responded to this. I own an FX3, so it was a pretty straightforward choice. Thought about buying a Komodo when I was trying to make a decision on what camera to buy, but ended up with the FX3 because it was a bit more versatile for what I had in mind at the time.

[@perkaina]

waaaw nice job, what microphone and recorder have you used?

[@martiniyaji]

Hey man, thanks! Can't remember the exact details because I had an awesome sound recordist who took care of everything sound related on set. However, I think we used the Sennheiser MKE 600 shotgun mic with the Tascam 60D MK II recorder. I also had an amazing sound mixer in post who did a lot of cleanup of the sound tracks

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Nice visuals. My only issues were when the camera cranes down to reveal the side view mirror, but the man in the mirror is never in focus. The music seemed bombastic for the action. And there was no environmental sounds like wind or a slight breeze. They were outdoors where there was clearly a slow breeze blowing, but the audio sounds like it was recorded in a studio. I know this was probably more for featuring the image quality of the FX3. So, with that in mind, it was well done.

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching!

[@femiolayinka8391]

Fiyinfolu Adebara for the oscars......nice short film. still waiting for the backstory though.

[@jessicawinslet684]

not bad

[@idokosalifu1716]

wao❤

[@SeanMiller318]

Nice work. Nice acting and nice shots. 👍👍

[@martiniyaji]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@EAZYKILL3R]

Who else is here from tic tok😅

[@filmgenius2]

This looks Amazing. The Lavaliere Microphones you use sound a bit muffled, and you can tell the sound was cleaned a little because the low frequencies sound robotic. Did you use a Boom Mic? Overall great job, man! This look like a Motion Picture.

[@martiniyaji]

Thanks budd. I think we used a combination of lavs and a boom mic. Sound came out a bit rough because it was a very windy day, so we did a bit of cleanup in post. Glad you liked it!

[@hellopsp180]

The fight scene was bad its funny. I'm sure you guys could have made a more believable slow mo fight scene

[@SuperLand7]

Ase'

[@stablizershock]

Nice concept but color grading could have been better. Right now it looks dull and like LOG footage.

[@TheMachtigen]

This is so cheesy