After 20 years, we took part in SaberComp for the first time! Over the past few months we've been working on finishing not one but two entries.
SaberComp is an international competition for filmed lightsaber choreographies that has been held every year since 2002. SaberComp grew out of the former „LCC“ (Lightsaber Choreography Competition) by TheForce.net and has produced several community classics such as Art of the Saber, Ryan vs Dorkman or Ferocity .
The jury is made up of former winners and participants from previous years, who rate the entries in the categories choreography, editing, visual effects, production design and cinematography. There's usually an audience award as well.
For this year's contest we submitted two short choreography videos:
Edge of Light was filmed back in 2023 at a team meeting. The choreography between Markus from our team and Kevin from the Saber Academy Karlsruhe already existed before that, but we wanted to use the great location to capture it on film.
A very special highlight of the shoot was the presence of Hans-Georg Panczak, the German voice of Luke Skywalker and a longtime friend of ours, who joined us that day.
Surrounded was filmed in January 2024 at a castle during the United Fandom meetup. The wintry temperatures and the quickly fading light of the sunset posed quite a few challenges during the shoot.
The jury judging takes place this Sunday (Feb 8) at 7 pm live on YouTube.
We're very excited and happy to be part of this competition.