For those of you who are fans of Baron Soosdon -- those of you, who am I kidding? -- for those of us who are fans of Baron Soosdon, his blog on Friday gave us a peek into his creative process. He sat down to discuss the making of his Halloween machinima The Fifth Horseman.

The inspiration for the film, he says came quite soon after the Halloween machinima contest was announced. He had been thinking of creating something dark, based on psychological thriller and horror movies. Of the rushed feel of the film, he says that inspiration to finish did not come until late in the project, and can be reflected in the final product.

I have always been curious about exactly how movies like this are made. Baron mentions that he filmed most of this piece in game, with only partial usage of the model viewer at the end. Therefore he considers this a very simplistic film technology-wise, and that simplicity comes through in the atmosphere and mood.

It's also interesting to note that is considering redoing this movie, perhaps adding film noir narration. I would love to see this, because as beautiful as this film was, it felt disjointed in parts and I wasn't sure where it was going. Giving some narration to it might give it the focus it was missing.

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