Fortress Films

Fortress Films is an Australian YouTube channel known for their short animated films based on the shooter video game, Team Fortress 2. They're mostly known for creating their most popular films, Spy's Disguise and Emesis Blue, which gained huge popularity online. 
==History==
Fortress Films created their YouTube channel on August 24, 2014, but they didn't upload their first video until 2015, which was an animated recreation of the "MEDIC! THE MUSICAL" song by Random Encounters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIWgvTo8hl8 They would upload their first major project in 2018 called Spy's Disguise, which gained notable attention online. They would continue to post short animations, mainly TF2 animations with audio from the film, . After Spy's Disguise, they began development for Emesis Blue which would be released in 2023, which became hugely recognized online.
==Content==
===Spy's Disguise===
Spy's Disguise is an action comedy short film released on August 7, 2018 and written and directed by EsoFromFF. It involves a washed up Spy who disguises himself as machines, such as Sentries and Dispensers to fool and kill the Blu team, but slowly ends up becoming more machine than human. The film ended receiving a positive reception on the internet for its animation and humor, accumulating six million views on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ODG8bFme0&t 
===Emesis Blue===
Emesis Blue is a psychological horror film released on February 20, 2023, and written and directed by Chad Payne. The film follows two plot lines, mainly involving a Medic who looks for a lost patient of his and a Soldier and Spy who investigate the kidnapping of Archibald. They all end up finding themselves inside of a slaughterhouse and witness the dangerous and psychological effects of the respawn machine. 
Emesis Blue began development in 2018,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FoNWC48w8g with several short animations released to promote the film. Emesis Blue was critically acclaimed online for its directing and cinematography, animation, and vague but intriguing story, which ended up being their most viewed video on YouTube, with 7 million views.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MiJWNkmWfs
==Trivia==
*Fortress Films' animations are made in Source Filmmaker.
*Much of Emesis Blue was heavily inspired by and references the works of , mainly and .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7UpzRbUes4
**It also seems to be inspired by works of (Due of it's style) and (Plot is kind of similar with The Pulp Fiction and movie has some references on his first films. This is kind of ironic since most of Tarantino's works are black comedy while EMESIS BLUE is a psychological horror).
*They are currently working on new film called Murders Inc.https://youtu.be/BRuJrddQ3EU?si=s-cFUcpG5oQy6q6K
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Australian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014