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Sunset Fortress by Chris Hestnes and Allan Hagen

Posted on October 17, 2007

Our Dan and Dave / Theory 11 contest video submission. Chris Hestnes performs the moves, and Allan Hagen does the technical stuff. Just the way they like it.

Submitted by Allan Hagen

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shooting_rubber says:

(Score: 0) 213 days ago

Wow, I really liked this video.

cardmasterseth replies:

(Score: -1) 127 days ago

i loved it too

what is the music you use?

FliXeRoCk107 replies:

(Score: 0) 85 days ago

The Distortion music that you had to use for The Trilogy contest?

BlueBackedBikes says:

(Score: 0) 213 days ago

Really well done. The flourishes were very well done and the editing was superb. Great use of surroundings, lighting and camera angles and effects. Great job, guys.

Eddie says:

(Score: 0) 213 days ago

Would've liked to see more original moves there.
Still great, and loved the background.

Squeege says:

(Score: 0) 213 days ago

Awsome Video

richard says:

(Score: 0) 213 days ago

Wow, nice works guys!

hyo says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

This video comes cloesest to the theory11 "style". Great Job Allan and Chris!!

Hope you guys make 1st Place!

zhixuan says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

its gorgeous.

Blink says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Yeah it was very close to the theory11 'style' which may be a good, or a bad thing in this contest.

Either way, it was brilliant!

Wonderful work

Best of luck

mattjones says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Personally, I thought it was better than the Style- The Virts video. Nice camerawork and editing there. Card were very well handled and very smooth.

5/5

Stein says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Stuff I liked: Camerawork, editing, card handling, location, T11 style... =) Good job and good luck... Outstanding out of 5... =)

Theaman says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

i liked it but i felt like i was too far away to see what he was actually doing. I like to see the cards.
just my opinion.
otherwise the editing was beautiful.
location was awe inspiring and
handling was excellent .

great job!

dananddave says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Cool video. The editing was nice and smooth and some of the shots were just beautiful.

David.Blanch says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

I'm bored from the fact you mostly did DnD moves... but Allan did a great job :D

4/5 originality would have made me rate higher

Vinnie C. says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Wow, that is a thing of beauty. Allan, you got some maaaaaaad editing skills. :-O

My only comments would be to have some more original moves, and some more big-impact dynamic sort of moves. :-)

Amazing job, everything about it is beautiful. The shots, locations, card handling, editing, music, etc. :-D

-Vince

ace18 says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Best Setting.
And Allan is to good at editing.
Gorgeous.

Skulz808 says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

I must say I'm impress by your editing skills, never would expect the music you just fade out then continue to slowly fade back. Great job on your flourishes by the way.

saad says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Good job to both of you fellas!
I liked it.

Vinnie C. says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Why is this video's rating so low? It's beautiful!

-Vince

Vinnie C. says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

Dangit, double-post again.

-Vince

Fiddlingsteve says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

I loved how it looked.. but didnt really like anything in terms of card handling.. felt like there was such possibility for showcasing stuff, but you did same ol same ol.. idk, was alright, sick edits. 3.5/4

dananddave says:

(Score: 0) 212 days ago

I love the look of this video. The colors are great! Reminds me of something I might watch on Showtime.

Keep it up.

Cheers,
dan

Sleight_of_Hand says:

(Score: 0) 211 days ago

this shud be 5/5.... people are so mean. wouldnt be surprised if they went to a library to rate others badly 50 times over...... or rate themselves on the other hand for a bit of goods.
To the positive , this can be one of the few videos comparable to Virtuoso, who currently lead the ratings by 0.20.

GW ALL OVER BOYS

SOH

trashmanf says:

(Score: 0) 211 days ago

yes, you are a jerk if you don't rate every single video 5/5.

just kidding, this video has the BEST cinematography and editing out of all of them, however the flourishes could've been better, but it still looks great and is one of the videos I'm watching over and over.

can't wait for your guys "Magic Weekend" vidoc , best of luck with the contest.

edit: forgot to add 4/5 from me dogg just short of perfect because of the content, I wish we could rate style and substance separately, you get 5/5 for professional style.

Chris Hestnes says:

(Score: 0) 211 days ago

ah, thanks for all the wonderful compliments guys.

Now I guess it's time for the excuses, if anyone cares. First, it was freakin' cold, so most of the stuff was damn hard to execute, for me at least. Damn you, Norway! Second, this edit was meant to be sort of a template for the final video. We planned to do some reshooting of most of the material and throw in some more original stuff, keeping only parts of what you see here, but sadly, due to weather conditions (damn you, Norway, again...) we could not. What the hell, excuses are of no use, this is what it turned out to be.

Ah well, I think it turned out very well though, especially the editing. I've got to thank Allan for being part of this. I couldn't have done it without you, man.

Chris

Sleight_of_Hand says:

(Score: 0) 211 days ago

it would be extremely good if u did flourishes in a snow field ^^ how mad would that look on video?

Allan Hagen says:

(Score: 0) 210 days ago

Thanks, everyone, indeed, and Chris, for suggesting doing this. I wanted to put my camera and editing work to use somewhere, but I felt I simply didn't have "the skills". Besides, how could I film myself?

So, a collab was the perfect solution.
Thanks for the comments, people.

And Sleight_of_Hand, that is a wonderful idea, ALTHOUGH IT IS SO DAMN FREAKING COLD, that you can execute flourishes in maybe 30 seconds, badly, before you have to re-heat your hands. Unless you have a generator and a hair dryer behind the camera, to heat the person's hands..

I think I'm up for the challenge though. ;) After the Magic Weekend project.

Chris Hestnes replies:

(Score: 0) 210 days ago

Oh yeah, I'm in too. We'll just have to wait for the snow first...

BaByCatXD says:

(Score: 0) 210 days ago

Beautiful place to film...watched with my mouth open...awesome, I am really impressed by this video! good job :) 5/5

MagicIsDead says:

(Score: 0) 209 days ago

clean... very clean.

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(Score: -6) 209 days ago

Stein replies:

(Score: 0) 209 days ago

So, what the heck does that mean? That if u do card manipulation ( Yeah...That's what they all do... Throw cards up in the air...) then you are gay? =S

phore says:

(Score: 0) 208 days ago

Great job as always guys!

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Dragon-Breath says:

(Score: 0) 206 days ago

Holy XXXX !!!

This movie is wonderful. WOW!!

5/5

Allan Hagen says:

(Score: 0) 206 days ago

Thank you very much for all of your motivational and inspirational comments. I appreciate it at a lot, and it is this kind of feedback that keeps me doing what I love - filming and editing ,besides the good ol' cards ofcourse.

Regarding the snow project mentioned above - I know this is completely irrelevant, but I have a bunch of ideas and a perfect piece of music to use, so we'll probably end up going through with that.

Also, regarding this video, it is important to know, that this was a web-optimized version, hence the fairly low quality. I did not take into consideration that it would be converted into flash, which is a big let-down for me, but should we happen to win, something I don't consider impossible (nor do I think we will, though), I can render a very high resolution one optimized for the DVD release or whatever needed. Just thought I'd put that down.

Thanks. Can't wait to see who will win. Congratulations in advance to whoever does.

Allan.

Michaelherp says:

(Score: 0) 206 days ago

The setting was beautiful... the editing was clean, and the flourishes were smooth, but I wish there was more flourishing! Where's wotb???
4/5 great vid!

Jalal says:

(Score: 0) 203 days ago

You two guys know this but I really love this video. The backround is beatiful and some of the shots are just amazing.

Good work Chris and Allan.

BarrydeGooijer says:

(Score: 0) 181 days ago

who that was great man, love it! looks something like the dan and dave hidden footage video.. great work guys, like always!

cardmasterseth says:

(Score: 0) 128 days ago

absolutly stunning
i love the end. its pure brilliance

thanks for a great video

CMS

ellusionist06 says:

(Score: 0) 45 days ago

Very good... show more cards.

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