ElitePodcast Q&A 1

The first EliteProductions Q&A was released on April 13th 2020 on the fifth episode of ElitePodcast. The Q&A was primarily about Herobrine Origins as a 6 year anniversary special of the film's release. Jak hosted the Q&A session and read out questions asked by fans and then answered by Will and Cai.

## Questions

**Q: How did you come up with the idea of Herobrine Origins and did you think it’d be this big?**

> Will: *I was watching the 2013 remake of Carrie, and thought we could make this how Herobrine started. I actually did see it be quite big because Herobrine was a popular character back then.*
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> Cai: *We were making a Herobrine machinima anyway, so we just suggested to give this one a shot. I thought it would get a few thousand views, but not as big as it got.*
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**Q: Were you originally planning on having sequels? How many parts do you think it’d get, or was it always the plan to have as many as it did?**

> Will: *There wasnt meant to be a sequel. If we couldnt think of a good story then we wont do it, but we found a story we liked.*
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**Q: Were you originally planning on having Part 3 being the end or did you always know there would be a 4th?**

> Will: *Part 3 was written in a way that if we didnt want to carry on, then it would work as a finish. But we could also continue, thats why it ended the way it did.*
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**Q: What was the hardest part about making Herobrine Origins?**

> Will: *The school map was laggy, and the only actors we had were Rhys and Cai so we had to write the scripts with only 2 characters on screen.*
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> Cai: *Rhys' internet connection.*
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**Q: How long did it take to film Herobrine Origins?**

> Will: *The first two took 3 months, and the third took 6 months.*
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**Q: Why was Steve’s father evil after dying?**

> Will: *He was evil because the Brine demon possesed him and used his body as a host, when Robert died it used his dead body as a temporary host until it was able to find a stronger host.*
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**Q: What inspired you to start the Origins Universe?**

> Will: *There are so many different characters like Herobrine so we figured if we make films about them why not make them connected.*
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**Q: When did you decide to expand the Origins Universe and why?**

> Will: *When we were making Part 3.*
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**Q: Are there any plans to add subtitles to the films?**

> Will: *Yeah.*
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**Q: What story element/character arc has surprised you so far?**

> Will: *I like Chief Michael White. He started off the series as a villain but as the series has progressed he's become more of a hero and the main character.*
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> Cai: *Gotta be Steve.*
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**Q: What made you want to do a film about this specific Minecraft creepypasta character?**

> Will: *At the time Herobrine was the "top dog" and everyone was making videos on him but we wanted to do a video on him but give it our own take. Everyone else's version is just a creepy ghost, we've given ours a story behind it.*
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**Q: What were your thoughts about making Herobrine Origins from the beginning to now?**

> Will: *Im happy we did it. I like how it started off as a remake of an existing film and we've turned it into a big story.*
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> Cai: *Had fun making it.*
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**Q: How did you guys change the skins so quickly?**

> Cai: *Download all the files, have Minecraft.net ready waiting for Will to tell us to change skins.*
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**Q: What is your favourite Herobrine Origins movie and why?**

> Will: *Herobrine Origins Part III.*
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> Cai: *Herobrine Origins: The Movie.*
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**Q: How many editing softwares did you use to create these films?**

> Will: *All of them up until LICK was editing with Sony Vegas and now we use Premiere Pro.*
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**Q: What are your thoughts for future films?**

> *Will: The Herobrine Origins series will end after Part 4. But if we were to ever want to continue the Universe, I know exactly where we'd take it.*
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**Q: How did Joseph get his powers? Since Frederick had Joseph before getting the powers?**

> Will: *The demon possesed Frederick and it latched onto him, and because he wasnt a strong enough host, it waited until Joseph was born to pass down to him. It goes down the bloodline until it finds the strongest host.*
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**Q: In Origins Untold, what was that orange and red creature?**

> Will: *The Brine demon.*
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**Q: Is Steve’s father more powerful than Steve?**

> Will: *No, Steve is the top dog.*
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**Q: What happened to Jopseh after Origins: Generations?**

> Will: *Died a few years later.*
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**Q: Where is Lick in the timeline?**

> Will: *It takes place at the same time as entity\_303. But its the film you want to watch last, before Part 4.*
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**Q: If you could pick 2 characters from the OU to fight who haven’t fought yet, who would it be?**

> Will: *Rhys' vicar character vs Steve Briggs. But in all seriousness, probably Lick vs Steve, even though Steve would destroy him.*
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> Cai: *Lick vs Steve.*
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**Q: How is Steven Briggs still alive?**

> Will: *Find out in Part 4.*
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**Q: Will there be a Null movie? So far we have Herobrine, Entity 303 and Lick.**

> Will: *No, think of him like Black Widow in the MCU (up until last year), where she was a lead character but doesnt have his own solo movie.*
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**Q: What has been your favourite scene to film out of all the films in the OU?**

> Will: *The End of Year Party attack from Herobrine Origins. I guess its the most "iconic" scene from the series.*
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> Cai: *The school attack from the first.*
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**Q: What is the most difficult part of making a machinima?**

> Will: *Back then it was Rhys because his internet would die all the time. Also, back then it was filming because we could only have 2 people on screen. Even now I'd still say filming.*
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> Cai: *Filming, like Will said the 2 people on screen was limiting.*
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**Q: What is your favourite project to work on in the Origins Universe?**

> Will: *The second one, Herobrine Origins Part II. Because we had experience, and we just had a laugh working on it. Definitely the first or second.*
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> Cai: *Yeah the second.*
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**Q: How are you guys feeling overall that Herobrine Origins will be over?**

> Will: *It'll be sad, like a bittersweet ending. Because its been a part of our lives for 6 years, but it'll also be kind of relieving to finish it.*
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> Cai: *Its been a huge part of EP for all these years, pretty much since we started. It'll be sad.*
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