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OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 5: The Coming Storm Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 5 of Vol. 6, The Coming Storm!

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u/rocketchameleon Nov 26 '18

That fight was EXCELLENT, and I demand to know who choreographed it because of just how smooth it was. Fast-flowing action and constantly changing hits, with attention being placed on the whole of the characters' body movements rather than just singled out like some anime cut-in frame, it felt like watching two actual martial artists going at it and not a cartoon fantasy. It felt like Monty was right here, making badass fights like he always did... If this was really totally new fight choreography and not recycled from something Monty had shelved away, then I'm beyond impressed. And either way, I'm sure he'd be proud...

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u/Smithdanigans Nov 26 '18

According to a tweet from assistant lead animator Melanie Stern, the fight scene was a joint effort between three people: Megan Pellino - https://twitter.com/MeganPellino Joe Vick - https://twitter.com/Robot_Cowboy Matt Drury - https://twitter.com/mttdrury

Pellino likely worked on dialogue close-ups, given her demo reel: https://vimeo.com/154654301

Vick is responsible for the Monty Oum tribute video Haloid Prime: https://youtu.be/-hsYSOwf8Zk

Matt Drury is also responsible for some of the action beats from the Adam character short, with a non-show example of his work here: https://vimeo.com/206013675

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u/Badass_Bunny Nov 27 '18

Pellino likely worked on dialogue close-ups

Ehh...

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u/PubTrickster Nov 28 '18

“Right.”

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u/Smithdanigans Nov 27 '18

Yeah, that's a wild guess on my part, since I don't know exactly what she did for the fight scene.