On monday we finished shooting the feature film Reiki The Movie after a very difficult 10 days!

We were already short on time, with only 10 days to wrap a feature film and guess what happened: we lost the first three days of the movie.

The first two because we had a mini35 adaptor that was malfunctioning and on the third day all the footage from a P2 card suddenly disappeared!

So in the end we only had seven days to wrap the movie which was almost a mission impossible, but we would have made it if our soundman didn't decide to not show up twice and fuck up our shooting! But then again, we survived! And manage to have 90% of the movie in this small period!

And ofcourse there will be some reshoots!

Also don't forget our pre-sales of the DVD! All the money will go into the production and post! Specially now that we have a reshoot! Info about that on www.reikithemovie.com

And more pictures and videos are coming soon! :-)

 

And here is a bonus picture of Pedro Chaves and his AD Koen De Jongh digging Reisha's grave at 3am in the morning in the middle of a forest!

 

 

Our composer Adriaan Baussens started to work on the soundtrack and here are some samples of what he created until now:

www.reikithemovie.com/music.html

 

Don't hesitate to drop a line about your opinion on the soundtrack! And keep in mind, those songs are tests and raw footage and still need lots of work!

 

Enjoy!

It isn’t always easy to come up with a good film, specially when your challenge is to make a low-budget martial-arts fantasy film with less than 10.000$ and keep the quality of an blockbuster. And that's the challenge we are trying to do. With Portuguese roots and an education in New York, Pedro is on the brink of doing so. Although the budget is relatively small, Chaves is for sure he can succeed his goal.

"When Robert Rodriguez made "Il Mariachi", he didn’t have much more then 10.000$, but he made his breakthrough film with it and became one of today’s majors" says Chaves.

This film project might inspire upcoming directors, as well as people like you and me who are into films just for the fun of it.

And today we are contacting all the artists and fans to support us and help us making this movie!

We are doing a pre-sales package:

For 25 euros you would get:

- The DVD  (shipping cost is included in the price! which is already a bargain), the dvd will include the movie, making-offs, pictures, interviews, director and actors commentairy, and even more.
- Your name as ASSOCIATE PRODUCER on the end credits of the movie.
- The Press Comic book of the movie (6 pages, drawn by Reni Wong).
- The signatures of actors and director of the comic book.

How to buy this package?:


Go to the website:  www.reikithemovie.com

And click on the paypal button! Or you can do a wire transfer!

So artists and fans, I hope you'll support us in this movie, the received a lot of publiticity already, and were we are playing against all odds! But will SUCCEED!

Thank you AliveNotDead!

During the Inquisition, Tomàs de Torquemada, created "The Order", a special section of the Church that had to stop the reincarnations of witches through the ages.

To stop the reincarnation of a witch, they would have to kill the witch using the sword "Reiki". By striking a witch with "Reiki", their chances of reincarnation would be annihilated, and fatal death would take place.

Since, the "Reisha" incident during 1603, the sword Reiki disapeared from the face of the earth, and since then, members of the Order and witches are on a war through the centuries.

The story starts, when Vann wakes up in an abandonned place, after a nightmare of him during 1603. Unfortunatly he isn't able to remember anything except his name and some flashbacks. With him is Hansel, a man having the same symptoms as Vann. Both men, seem to have a feeling of déjà-vu and a new friendship starts!

Deciding to find out their whereabouts both men leave on exploration. During their exploration, they rescue a woman, Reisha, that was being hunted down by five men: Marcus, Gin, Ant, Kino and Glass, all five members of the Order.

Vann and Hansel being gentlemen, decide to rescue Reisha, and kill Ant in the process. Weirdly enough, Ant comes back to life after a few seconds, this time trying to kill his old friends. Taking their chance, Vann and the rest manage to escape while Marcus , Gin, Glass and Kino finish Ant off.

In the meanwhile, Vann and Hansel are getting more flashbacks of Vann escaping with Reisha in 1603. And their friendship together.

Soon they get caught up by Kino, that goes mano to mano with Vann, while Hansel and Reisha run away to take cover. In the meanwhile, Marcus, Glass and Gin, are searching the place for Reisha when suddenly the dead rise back to life, surrounding Marcus and his group, but also Hansel, Reisha, and drawing the attention of Vann and Kino to this major battle.

During this battle, they all manage to defeat the living dead. It turns out the place they are, is a witch graveyard since the existence of the Order. And the powers of a witch seemed to have awaken the place.
Unfortunatly during this chaos, Vann manages to flee with Reisha but loses Hansel, who goes a separate way. Hansel fins himself lost, struggling with his memories. Memories of Vann, Reisha, and a man in a black cloak. When, he is suddenly stopped by two men from the Order.

Vann in the meanwhile interogates Reisha about what exactly is happening. Reisha, tell Vann about the Order, but stays quite elusive on the matter.

Continuing their search Marcus and his party, are stopped by their boss, a man in a black cloak and his two underlings Elijah and Isaiha.

Now Vann and Reisha find themselves hunted again, but this time by Elijah and Isaiha, who Vann manages to defeat after a difficult and tiresome fight.

Vann's flashbacks get worse by the moment, he starts to remember Reisha's death, a man in a cloak. When, they are suddenly surrounded by a man in a black cloak and the whole party.

But who is this man? That's up for you to find out in Reiki The Movie.

Howdy folks,

 

here is a new video of the training that we shot today!

It's a footage test for the fighting scene between Vann and Kino.

http://www.reikithemovie.com/vannvskinotest.html

 

It's a prototype of what the scene will look like!

I hope you'll enjoy it!

(also I know there are some directing faults in that video as for example the 180° rule so no need to point that out)

:p

 

And congratulate Anouk for today because she is covered with bruises!