dumb best example and this is where the rule of cool factor has failed uh one of the best there's many examples but have a look at the uh star destroyers that are rising out of the ground in the la no rise of skywalker or something like it was a bad movie i didn't like it and there's a scene in it where star destroyers burst out of the ground like zombies and it was a very visually impressive scene and i'm almost convinced that they put it in the film because they thought it looked awesome but my response wasn't awesome it was like what's going on why why were they buried were they made in the ground if they made them did they bury them in the ground or they made in the group it was so bafflingly dumb and strange that it just threw me out of the film and this is a clear prime example of when you are prioritizing a coolness factor without trying to justify it can be a horrible addition to whatever story or movie you're making so it's important and i want to talk more about that and ways to fix it okay the way the rule of cool should be approached to have it work better in your own storytelling whatever that is and indeed the reason why i'm standing on this set right now is that i've had recent experiences that have helped me put into practice the very thing i'm going to be teaching to you to and show you from a real world example that it works and the reason why i have this best opportunity to really talk about this is i'm standing on this set of the short film adaptation of my novel shadow of the conqueror and we are filming it right now we have filmed fight scenes in this set and it is turning out brilliantly it's really exciting and so it's happening and it's great and one of these experiences that i'm talking about happened right here where the fight scene was filmed and that's also why i'm holding the prop of imperius now it looks brilliant but there's going to be some really awesome you know digital effects added to it in post and so it's going to be looking great but imperious is also an example of the rule of call that i'm going to get to so now i've actually been out experience what i'm talking about in multiple ways i'm an author but now also being on the set of the film production seeing how we can use the methods i'm going to explain to you and implement them to fix the problems address the real cool uh has really helped me understand it in a in a larger measure and uh hopefully about to share it with you now if this has piqued your interest at all in knowing a little bit more of the larger story of shadow of the conqueror and how this short film will fit into it and all these things there is a way you can actually get my novel for free because as luck would have it this video is sponsored by audible if you go to URL_TOKEN forward slash shadowversity and try audible for NUMBER_TOKEN days you can get your first audio book for free and that book of course i recommend the audio version of my novel shadow of the conqueror it's narrated by michael kramer and kate reading two of the best audiobook narrators in the world it's phenomenal and you can get it
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