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PATRON ONLY YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMbyjNlzEQ

Hey folks!

Our Half-Life documentary comes out on Monday so we thought it would be cool to share our full patron-exclusive behind-the-scenes feature so you can watch it over the weekend.

In this 40 minute video we document our trip around the country interviewing people about the legacy of Half-Life, and show you a bunch of unseen moments that didn't make it into the final doc. Also all the mesa b-roll you're ever gonna need!

This tier is going to get a bunch of cool stuff this month as we reveal another project next week and get a bunch of early podcasts and patron-exclusive videos out this month too. Loads coming. Keep an eye out.

But for now, we hope you enjoy this look behind the scenes!

Let me know what you think,

Danny

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Half Life Documentary : Behind The Scenes

A look behind the scenes of our documentary on the legacy of Half-Life.

Comments

grimvarg

Loving this :) Thank you for making this video.

Landon Robinson

That's a beefy behind the scenes! I love it. Can't wait.

Emergent Beacon

There are many reasons TX is lame as hell, but I'm stanning so hard over these Texas spots. Even seeing Bergstrom and I'm like, "Shit yeah, I've flown out of there so many times!" Tons of semis on I-35? Weird parking mishaps? The authentic TX experience. Yoo shouts to Mikey, that Waypoint stream, and the GB hoodie -- star-studded features.

Brock Smith

This stuff is fascinating. I own an ad agency and shoot commercials and done a documentary before and it’s so hard balancing directing the crew, equipment and talent (while trying to massage the conversation to keep them comfortably talking), and keeping eye on the cameras etc. I shoot mainly with our Red 8K Helium so there’s no recording limit but to also keep an eye on that would be rough. HUGE kudos to you sir, from one production industry vet to another, I want you to know I see and appreciate the absolute monster of work going into these (and your timeline images reflect it). So happy to support you and your team 👍🏻 Cheers P.s. Have you considered the Redrock “one man crew” motion slider for running a multicam setup with just you?

Brock Smith

Just curious why you think Texas is lame? Only reason I’m asking is I think a couple of their cities are always on those “best places to live in the US,” and I actually considered moving their to start a business because of their no state income tax system before I had a kid.

Emergent Beacon

I think it's probably just mostly one of those things where you develop a distaste for the place you grow up in. I lived near Dallas for a good long while (just a few minutes from Frisco, where Danny visited for the doc, actually) and I've been around the Austin area for a few years now. Ultimately I really enjoy them both, but in different ways. There's a bit of a Texan stereotype of the sort of xenophobic, bible-thumping, gun-toting farm boy which I'm not a big fan of, but the cities skew away from that and like anywhere else, the archetype is a broad generalization. Summers can be rough, I always felt like a lot of our schools aren't very good (varies), and the state is built for a lot of driving -- of course, not all of these are exclusive to TX.

Brock Smith

That all makes sense. Yeah the summers I would assume would be pretty bad. I’m from Kentucky so all those stereotypes apply to this end of the Bible Belt as well (although I don’t mind guns personally as I’ve grown up with my family on a farm and cultivating their own food and meat etc.) If I ever make it out that way I’ll hit you up and let’s grab a drink. Cheers mate and Happy Holidays 🍻

SparksV

Loving this. Thank you for making it Danny, hope we'll have some in the future as well <3