Epic Films

Epic Films started in front of my junior high school. My good friend Zach (LazyShot) had brought up the idea of creating a tribute to our WWII Veterans since Veterans Day was coming up. I had recently purchased my first capture card, and our plans were put into place. He thought of the clan name Epic Films, and we soon started on our first movie, In Memory. The clan was officially established November 11th, 2005, with the Halo 2 clan system.

Machinima was a new idea, so we racked up a lot of members right away. However, since the project was our first, it took five weeks to finish right in time for Christmas, by which time we had also created a 2005 Christmas Special. The Christmas Special included a bunch of comical skits ranging from a DUI Santa to Frosty the Snowman.

In early 2006, we sucessfully shot five utterly unsucessful update videos. The idea was scrapped altogether until later in the year. In February 2006, I came up with Soldiers of War, an action-packed series that turned out to be pretty popular. At the end of episode seven, however, the main actors dissappeared, and this series has been on hold ever since.

In April, Brennan 21, a long time member, proposed to make a Special Fred Music Video. I had never done a music video, so it was quite interesting. After two weeks of shooting it was finally finished, and to this day seems to be our most viewed video with an estimated 300,000 views!

During the first half of 2006, Epic Films lost several well-known members including ChurchMilk, Firestorm DX, and FootballHero 11, and many others that I've unfortunately lost contact with.

There was a big lull in filming after Soldiers of War Episode Seven was done. However, I soon met BULDAWGG, who at first seemed like a bumbling idiot to me until he produced the first episode of Spartan Quest. I then accepted his previous offer to continue filming the series, and Spartan Quest became a hit comedy series among the machinima community.

Earlier in the year, I had thought of a movie idea with Brennan 21 as the main actor, but that idea was revived with BULDAWGG. The movie became Originality, a series of skits showing the machinima community that overused ideas need to stop. Although met with some criticism, Originality was also met with agreeing praise.

In November 2006, the EF One Year Anniversary Video was released to celebrate, obviously, Epic Films' one year anniversary. Chock full of hilarious skits, it shows our more comical side. In the spring of 2007, we released a The Halo 3 Beta: A Noob's Guide, directed by EAGLE EYE 318. Created in the Halo 3 Beta, it still ranks very popular, seeing as it has nearly 200,000 views on YouTube. After this release EAGLE EYE vanished into the backwoods of Georgia.

When summer 2007 rolled around, things were pretty slow going. My computer began aging, and since then, my capture card has only worked when it wants to. However, the Halogrid Affinity Machinima Contest prompted another action video, entitled Striker 309, which has been met with mild sucess and won fourth place in the contest. Later that summer, Fireteam Bravo turned out to be another big action hit.

When the second anniversary of Epic Films came around in 2007, attempts were made to create the next anniversary video in Halo 3. However, technical challenges ended up with the scrapping of the project. We did release Sandwar early in 2008, which is our first big Halo 3 action movie. It has been quite popular with fans.

Now, Epic Films continues to make machinima in Halo 3, so check back for future updates and movies!