I did two videos for this, but only submitted one. You can see them here. This was an online contest where contestants were asked to submit a video related to one of the classes from the Holy Grail War (those being: saber, archer, lancer, caster, rider, assassin, berserker, and shielder). These videos are for the rider class.
Director’s Commentary: Ponsonby at Waterloo
It felt a little sacrilegious to make a high tempo “blood-pumping” video full of historical events, so as penance I made this slower more thoughtful video about General Ponsonby covering his death at Waterloo.
00:43 – 00:51: I ran out of live action clips to use, as this is a fairly short part of the Waterloo movie, so I added in some art from the battle.
01:16 – 01:31: The slow motion footage is direct from the film with no changes.
02:50 – 02:53: Really great shot with all the retreating cavalry in the background.
03:06 – 03:23: I am quite partial to the ending.
Director’s Commentary: Thunder, Steel, and Blood
The impetus for this is I have seen a lot of movies with Napoleonic cavalry in them and I just wanted to show off all the great cinematography. It is doubly cool that it is all real extras with no CGI.
00:37 – 00:55: Slow motion footage is still cool wherever it is used.
01:39: Technically WW1 British mounted infantry here.
02:36 – 02:40: Kind of a meh climax here. Really wish I had some better clips of the cavalry mixing it up with some infantry, but it was just not available.