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To me, the real Game of Thrones moment was when, having fought their way through the forest and losing many of their party, the final four survivors of the Finsterwacht reach the tower and find the orcs have already arrived. There is that moment of quiet despair, reflected in the music. Then, they begin to sing what amounts to their oath as they rally their strength for the final drive to light the tower and send forth the warning. It is similar to the moment in the Battle of Castle Black when Grenn and several men of the Night's Watch are sent to defend the tunnel through the Wall in what they know is a mission from which they will not return. As they prepare for the enemy attack, led by a giant, they recite the oath of the Night's Watch ("I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.") knowing that their watch is approaching its end.

Hello, Manon de Reeper I like to request BAND-MAID/Bubble please! BAND-MAID is an all female Japanese hard rock band that dresses up as cafe maids 😆 But these ladies are no joke and play harder than the guys most of the time. These ladies have 40M views on reaction channels alone so If you don’t mind thousands of rock and metal heads coming to your channel you may want to check em out! 😊 Could you also give me a shoutout for introducing them to you? th-cam.com/video/T_PWQtc7zVw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qBsfcLC0Pp3IOkXw

I think the video is about people who experience something traumatic like war, maybe drug war (the soldiers, the man with the burnes, the people in the cell, the destroyed buildings, the person crushed by rubble) and fall into drug addiction ("this is for the once who push needles in their veins", the poppy flower) while being forgotten by society ("but society erased"). The white and black dressed people I think represent the pain and Horror coming from it, like demons haunting you (also the burning banner says god so demonic visuals wouldn't be far fetched.) The kid is either the man when he was younger (looking at himself in the cell, the camera moves into the kids mouth and then out of the mans, the camera cuts from the man screaming to the boy screaming, when the boy removes his shirt he is also blind on the right eye) or maybe a child who's death he witnessed in a prison since he is the only one outside the cell and kind of looks like an overseer in a prison camp (the boy laying down in a grave, the man and the boy often standing face to face once a door closes between the) He could have gotten the burn scares during a prison riot (the prisoners removing their backs and running screaming through the flames (this could be where he shot the kid in the chaos since it was in the cell previously looking at him meaning he remembers this kid specifically amongs the prisoners)). I guess the scene in the end were the man walks towards the building ledge before the hands seperate in the reflection means he ended up killing himself (maybe out of guild). Some other things I think have meaning. The split tongue for lying The black person also has their eyes covered (maybe for people looking away from the pain, trying to ignore it) The white men hugging each other but also hurting each other could be the comfort people find in drugs even if they hurt them and slowly kill them) The flower being cut looks like blood showing that the flower will hurt you even if it looks beautiful at first. (The drug looking like a good escape but ending up hurting you)

A few days ago FIR dropped their new song and vid Ronald. It is an epic prequel to Watch the World Burn. Lots of film and video game references to enjoy.

Thank you, Manon! I love Jinjer and I always find movie commentaries fascinating! David James' list, plus at least two more, Home Back and Disclosure, are definitely the most cinematic Jinjer videos other than the two you already covered, Vortex and Judgment & Punishment. Peace ❤🖤🤘

I recommend checking out Lord of the Lost's "Gospel of Judas" and Burning Witches' "Dark Tower". In the latter, the editor and director is also in front of the camera as a villain character.

It's a very disturbing video, but I love it. I also wanted to tell you that during Eurovision semifinals, where they use a floor and back wall of made from televisions, Bambi Thug made for Ireland an espectacular live act with a dancing partner and a Spanish Director. You should see the whole thing, it's amazing, very clever use of the stage, the camera direction, and lighting.

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Oh, wow, this is the reaction I had never dreamt of, but that I totally needed. Thank you for all the work and details you put into this. So, comments to your comments: The oddly lightened mountains you noticed in the background were indeed not there, but added in afterwards. :) They said in the making-of how they did this, IIRC it was Matte painting (?) The two guys walking: I think they just wanted to show that they had been walking all day, till it got dark. (In winter in Germany, it gets dark rather early. But not as fast as it seemed here.) I missed light in general in the video, especially in the fighting scenes, also to see the orcs and in general the fighting scenes better, but given the fact that in winter there are very little hours of actual daylight, they used daytime for a few scenes and for setting everything up and decided to shoot all the lengthy fighting scenes at night (as they only had 4 days for shooting the video). Ah, and yes, the orcs were orcs. The video is actually part of a project Saltatio Mortis participated in for the 40th anniversary of a very popular DnD-Style Role playing game, "Das schwarze Auge" (The Dark Eye). Which shamelessly borrowed, when developed, from everything Fantasy was supposed to have, so yes, Orcs. (These particular Orcs are a LARP Orc clan.) And a lof of other small details referring to the RPG and the world it is set in. When the remaining four watchmen were chanting before the last battle eg, they included a prayer to Rondra, goddess of warriors an honourable fight (from the RPG), to give them strength for their most likely final fight. (And to close the circle - the guy talking to the girl in red in the reprise of the intro, leading her away, is dressed like a cleric of Rondra.) Actually, the latest Album of SaMo is centered completely around "the Dark Eye", and the video serves as introduction to a whole RPG campaign that will be sold together with the album (IIRC). That's why we got the cliffhanger in the end. (Fun fact: The guy with the beard and the read cloak dying in the beginning ist actually the author of this campaign.) The reason why Saltatio Mortis participated in the project is that several of their members played this game when it first came out and some to even today. But altogether, they have a knack for Fantasy or gaming themed videos in general and do at least one every year. Another rather cinematic video by them I am not sure anyone has recommended yed is "Pray to the hunter". When I watched that, I thought: "Well, it can not get more epic than this!" - Well, I was wrong. But it's pretty epic nonetheless. 😀 And if you like that general style of videos, check out Feuerschwanz, as well. They are a German medieval metal fun band (who have recently released some English covers of some German songs), and usually do great videos. Ah, and one more thing comes to my mind now that I think of it. One of the two singers of Feuerschwanz, Ben Metzner, has a side project called D'Artagnan. They do more folk than metal, in an odd but rather compelling mixture or musketeer and pirate style. They did a video to a 17th century folk song called "My Love's in Germany" (about Scottish soldiers fighting on German soil in the 30 years war), and they went full on movie for that one. It's definitely worth a watch. Once more: Thank you so much for your reaction. It was fun to watch and very interesting at the same time. And sorry for ther wall of text. I got a little carried away, I suppose.

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Tienes miedo? Are your afraid?

Excellent reaction and explanation of the filmmaking involved. I am learning so much about what going into these videos. I am amazed at how much content they can include in a short video, compared to a two-hour movie. As mentioned by others, many of the players are from the LARP community, which the band is very involved in, and there is a making of video for this song. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with use, and have a good day.

Ik vind de donkere kleuren heel passend. Düsterwacht = donker wacht of duister wacht. Het Finsterkamm (donkere bergketen) is de grens tussen gebieden, die voor eeuwen oorlogspartijen wassen, Bedankt voor jouw reaktie en groetjes uit Duitsland.

Alea (and the band too I think) are into LARP & Cosplay so it's entirely possible he made that costume himself. I know he has for other videos.

Pray to the Hunter is, in my humble opinion, the by far best Music Video they did so far. Even more impressive than this one and definitely worth checking out. But also all the others mentioned in the comments are really good.

The filming location is Burg Lichtenberg and the surrounding area. Saltatio Mortis feat. Lara Loft - The Dragonborn Comes (From "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim")

Thank you so much for this great reaction to our biggest video project ever. 🙏🏻

Waiting for reaction of The making off. I am shure, i learn much of the Details. Grettings from northern Germany

If you like it, you should have a look to The Dragnborn Comes with Lara Loft (not the live unplug version), Pray To The Hunter or My Mother Told Me from Saltatio Morties. A lot of the outfits from Alea (the lead sinder with the nice hair cut ;-)) are made by himself.

Great Reaction! Please more! Check thr Saltatio Mortis Video Clips from ,,The Dragoborn Comes,, - ,,Pray to the Hunter,, - ,,My Mother told me,, - ,,Schwarzer Strand,, or ,,Loki,, (painted Clip)

I can really recommend that you check out "Sabaton - Christmas truce". Btw love this one and its so interesting as a music guy to see you go through the visual details etc and what amazing things you can achieve in different ways to make it look awesome.

Interesting. There's a serious Nordic fantasy flavor in the zeitgeist atm. Everything from music videos, to series, to movies, and the excellent God of War remake video games. Also, the last shot with the extras atop the ramparts is a visual nod to the same type of prebattle scene for the battle of Helm's Deep sequence in the LotR Two Towers film. As someone who handles live steel myself I have a different perspective on battle scenes like this. Just like your experience in film making gives you a more critical eye toward lighting and shot composition, I have one toward weapon play. The weapon art style here is known as "Flynning", named after the old swashbuckler American film actor Errol Flynn who popularized the style. It's a flashy style requiring minimal training where one concentrates on attacking the other person's weapon to make a attention gaining display rather than actually trying to penetrate the other person's defenses. It's quick, cheap as it doesn't require professionals, and looks good in the background for extras. It can be used in the foreground if the actor like Flynn is charismatic enough to hold the viewer's attention through snappy dialogue or other dramatic activities. There's an famous scene in classic Doctor Who in the third Doctor run where Jon Pewtree, a decently skilled fencer, fends off the Master in a sword fight by Flynning with one hand and eating the Master's lunch with the other to show just how better skilled he is. The biggest problem with Flynning is how tempting it is to overuse it. Its cheap production value and low skill requirements makes it low hanging fruit. If there's not the budget or time to stage a professional production it's easy to throw together volunteers like the LARPers in this video. They've got their own gear, at least minimal training, and will often do it for minimal pay and exposure. And if course it's rare when the actors playing the leads are skilled in swordplay and working with live steel is always a risk. One either has to to hire a stunt person to fill in for sword fights or have the LARPer types give them the minimal training to look good safely. The issue becomes Flynning is all they can do and the production crew is left with a choice. They've only got one flavor of action in their production wheelhouse and they have to try and either minimize the onscreen exposure of the sword fighting so it doesn't become dull to the viewer through repetition or use camera tricks to try and disguise the sameness of the combat. The latter choice is usually where the production team goes as they did here with shaky camera, intentional insufficient lighting to blur out details and emphasis on the dramatic posing of the leads more than the actual fighting. It's unfortunately so common that I roll my eyes and wait for the next scene when it happens because of how many times I've seen it. The reason I suggested Czarina's "Blaze" video a while back was that despite being a much smaller production the swordfighting, especially at the end, is quite good. Czarina and her husband and creative partner DeadlyKawaii are practioners of Bushido style sword art and Zen swordsmanship. They choreographed their own final nighttime sword fight with excellent lighting and demonstration of skill with subtle FX to portray both combatants utilizing supernatural abilities during the fight. Plus it's got a Samurai cyberpunk ascetic crossed with traditional Asian storytelling. It is definitely a contrast of quality versus the quantity I usually see.

Been waiting for this one! Such a great reaction. Ok, the next band you should check out is Lord of the Lost. I think "The Gospel of Judas" would be a great place to start the dive into the LOTL rabbit hole. They have a ton of great and very unique videos. Another really great video is "Dark Tower" by Burning Witches. Here, the filmmaker and editor Jenny Diehl is also seen as the villian in front of the camera. Which is pretty rare, I guess.

A nice reaction from another point of view :) It has been shooted at Burg Lichtenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. A bit of background: It's the first single from Saltatio Mortis' upcoming concept album Finsterwacht ("dark watch"), an hommage to German tabletop RPG Das Schwarze Auge (DSA)/The Dark Eye (TDE) for it's 40 years aniversary. The box contains the CD, a novel (one of the authors - Bernhard Hennen - is the one, who dies on the field after handing out the map), a tabletop adventure book (choose your own adventure style) and dice. Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval rock band, but they also mix in different music styles. The second single (Schwarzer Strand/"black beach") and the third single (Feuer und Erz/Fire Ore) are already out, and there are 2 more to come before release of the box on May 31th. There are also (German) making of videos for all the three music videos. Finsterwacht are a line of towers/beacons in the mountains of Finsterkamm, as last line of defense between the lands of humans and orcs (those are the creatures in the video) at Heldentrutz, a part of Weiden in the Middenrealm at the continent of Aventuria. Their function is to warn the people as seen in the video. Saltatio Mortis (latin for "dance of the death") is the group trying to reach this goal in the video. The video took 4 days of shooting, with a lot of LARPers - which is why they have such good costumes. The choir at the beginning and end is from Prague orchestra. Hansi from Blind Guardian sings at the chorus, sometimes alone, sometimes with Saltatio Mortis' lead singer Alea (the blonde, bearded guy).

Regarding your comment on the outfits: if you want to see cool male outfits I'd suggest taking a look at Warkings or Powerwolf

The video was filmed in 4 days (or rather nights). You could apply for the video as extra (the dead people on the battlefield and the people in the castle), you only had to bring your own medieval clothes. It was filmed during long cold days and nights at the end of January and they only had 4 weeks until release to make the final video. I hope you watched the Making of and got a closer look at the orcs, who are from a LARP group 😀

Great reaction ! thank you for doing it.

I'm sorry you moved to that shit hole

Hi again! I really like ur reactions, makes me pay attention into so much more details i surely would have missed without u. If u ever have time, plz react to Beast In Black - Moonlight Rendezvous.

As a hobbyist photographer my guess would be they used tilt shift to make the figurines look small. It's a pretty common way in still photography to make real life scenes look like miniatures or dioramas. It's a bit tricky to do in video because you need to actually, well, tilt and shift the objective during exposure to get the effect by optical (as opposed to post-production) means, but in this case slow frame rate and stuttering was kind of even desirable so it could have worked out.

The video came out in February 2020, so no connection to what happened at the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.

First all female metal band and first heavy metal band to make it big from my hometown.

I believe Abraham Marcos is the guy who takes the blindfold off in the car right at the start of the video, I read it somewhere a while back

Hi Manon! Tati and Jinjer are so good!!! Here's my recommendation. Not Jinjer. Not even metal. Its electroswing. A genre I didn't even know existed until a couple months ago and I've been slightly obsessed. This video is creepy too, but in a more fun and innocent way. It has a lot of creative choreography filmed in a herky-jerky style that also seems to me to be simultaneously sped up and in real time. Elle & The Pocket Belles - Dancing With The Devil (Official MV) th-cam.com/video/D2_Eq-2uO0s/w-d-xo.html

What I find a shame is how focused you are on the video. It's a MUSICvideo. You have not said anuthign about the music itself. And Yes I understand you are a Filmmaker, but you cannot exclude the music from this.

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Jinjer always puts a lot into their music videos, they feel like mini movies!

Did you already see Twelve Foot Ninja - Over and Out feat. Tatiana Shmayluk?

About the feasibility of a boat as a stage, the city of Victoria does this by towing a barge in front of the legislature buildings for the symphony splash, and a fair number of people come out in canoes and kayaks for 'front row seats'

Lol some official videos u can check out. Jinjer - Perennial Jinjer - Pit of Consciousness Jinjer - On The Top Jinjer - I Speak Astronomy Jinjer - Wallflower

i may be wrong but the guy is or was their manager Sasha

Thank You..beautiful reaction..by the way, beautiful haircut!❤..keep going,You're channel will rise..all the best:)

It's a great video for a fabulous song. And yes, there's also the 1 take of this song, but other than some little 4 color effects at the beginning it's not as interesting for you.

very fun. thank you.

(in before the premier) just a heads up: people are gonna be hammering you about the "vocal 1-take" version 😂 personally, i REALLY like the OMV , and since your whole schtick is "filmmaker reacts", it OBVIOUSLY makes more sense for you to do the OMV. i only mention it as a "brace yourself" 😂 c-ya at the premier 👋

I think it's minimalistic because the Heavens Gate people gave up everything of substance or material in their life, even their "flesh", they all shaved their heads close to bald to look more asexual. They believed when they died they would be taken by aliens from the Hale-bopp comet to meet God or something like that. They were all dressed exactly alike, the nike shoes were a big thing after it happened, they got discontinued by Nike, still sell for thousands on Ebay. and the jello looking substance is probably a reference to them eating Jello and apple sauce mixed with Phenobarbital/Luminal, the reason the sheets are over their faces is because after eating the mixed apple sauce and Jello, they were suffocated with bags until dead and then placed in their beds neatly with a purple square covering their faces for privacy. they did this in groups of 15 or so, only 2 people who died weren't in their beds or covered. Also, it was mid summer in california at the time when it happened, no AC was on and all the bodies had started decomposing 3 days prior to being found so I can only imagine what it smelled like and what happened to the bodies at the time during decomposing .

next "Christmas truce". you won't regret it.