Herobrine Origins Part IV

Jak Evans

Oveq

Devon Black

Andre Luc Martinez

Brady Hendricks

**Herobrine Origins Part IV** is 2020 supernatural horror film, directed by Will Evans. It is the fourth film the Herobrine Origins film series created by EliteProductions. Produced by Will Evans, Jak Evans and Cai Williams, written by Will Evans. The film stars DaneDimension, Chuckolatte, Devon Black, Oveq and Andre Luc Martinez. It released on YouTube on September 25, 2020.

## Synopsis

The culmination of the Origins Universe. Steve Briggs will go up against his biggest threat yet, entity\_303 who continues his plan to wipe out the Earth and replace humans with A.I.

## Cast

* Dane Liberatore as Herobrine
* Chuckolatte as entity\_303
* Devon Black as Rick Jericho
* Oveq as Ray Johnson
* Andre Luc Martinez as Chief Michael White
* Oliver McQuitty as Mayor D.Smithies
* Brady Hendricks as Scott Dallas "Lick"

## Production

The film was announced on May 7th 2016. Initial writing on the script starting on December 26th 2016 and completing on May 3rd, 2019. The film had 3 different script drafts, with changes and additions being made over the 3 years until the team were happy with the story and script.

The first official poster was released on November 30th 2017 on the EliteProductions Twitter. The poster featured Steve Briggs (now in Herobrine form), Chief Michael White, entity\_303, Rick Jericho, Ray Johnson and Null.

Filming started on May 9th 2019 and was completed June 26th 2020. As stated in a livestream, the majority of the film was done in-game using the Blockbuster mod, unlike previous films in the series that used animation.

## Music

*Main article: Herobrine Origins Part IV - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*

In July 2019, Jessie Yun, who composed the score for Origins: Generations, was revealed to be returning to score Herobrine Origins Part IV. Work on the score had started in July 2019, and was completed in late September 2020.

Yun described the score to be inspired by the likes of Hans Zimmer. Tracks from Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception and the Dark Knight trilogy were used as inspiration.

## Release

The film was originally planned to release sometime in 2018, however it was confirmed by EliteProductions that it has been pushed back to 2020.

The first teaser trailer for the film was released on June 18th 2019. However there was no release date announced.

The release date was revealed on September 15th 2020 in the final trailer for the film.

The film was released on the EliteProductions YouTube channel on September 25, 2020. A Watch2Gether premiere took place where viewers could join and watch the film together. It was the fastest video to gain 1,000 views on the EliteProductions channel, with it hitting the number in less than an hour.

## Reception

The film recieved critical acclaim from viewers, with many claiming it to be "the best machinima of all time" and the best entry into the Origins Universe series.

Adam G, who has written reviews for most of the OU films gave the film 10/10 stars and wrote; "*Herobrine Origins Part IV is by far the most anticipated Minecraft machinima of all time, so a lot of hype and anticipation went into this film. And the big question is, did the film live up to the near 3 years of hype? Absolutely, and more. Part IV wraps up this 6 year long story in a neatly tied bow, bringing in other characters introduced in the OU. Was this done well? Yes, no character felt out of place, even Lick who had his heavy use of bad language toned down to a single f-word. With the inclusion of Lick, of course the film was going to have some comedy, and to my surprise featured a lot more comedy than previous Herobrine Origins films, and it really worked. The writing team did a fantastic job at mixing in comedy at the right times but also keeping the film serious and dark, the humour really worked. Onto the acting, I cant think of one actor in the film who did a bad job, everyone played their part fantastically, especially Andre Luc Martinez who was incredibly strong as Chief Michael White. The dialogue and writing in the film was superb, some of the best I've seen in a Minecraft machinima, the character interactions all felt natural and I can honestly only think of one line that felt forced. The directing and cinematography was fantastic, but to be honest that's to be expected in an EliteProductions film, that's very rarely, if ever a complaint. Jessie Yun returned to compose the film's score from Origins: Generations and boy did she deliver. The score really made this film feel like an event, feel like something you would go watch in a movie theater. Bringing back old themes from Filip Olejka's work in HBO3 and bringing them to life. Now, though it sounds like I thought this film was 100% flawless, I did have some negatives. Though I praise the writing and the film's strong script, there were occasions where I felt the film slowed down, mostly around the halfway point,, thankfully these moments didn't last long. I also felt at times that Dane Liberatore's performance felt weak. There were also a couple visual effects that I felt didnt quite look right, however the majority of the film was done in game, so there were very little visual effects. But in conclusion, Herobrine Origins Part IV was an absolutely fantastic machinima and by far the best work EliteProductions has ever done. A true masterpiece in machinima*."

## Accolades

 Best Screenplay
 Best Soundtrack
 Best Actor
 Best Supporting Actor

## Trivia

* Herobrine Origins Part IV was originally titled "Herobrine vs entity\_303".
* With a runtime of 118 minutes, this is the longest film ever released by EliteProductions. Beating 2016's Herobrine Origins: The Movie by 5 minutes.
* A "secret" version of the script was written to send out to crew members such as Jessie Yun (composer) and cast members, where Michael White died at the end instead of Steve. The idea was to keep the death of Steve Briggs as much of a secret as possible. However this version of the script was never sent, and instead crew members were given the real script.
* The only people to receive the full script were Will Evans, Dane Liberatore and Andre Luc Martinez. The rest of the cast were just given their characters' lines.
* There was an idea of splitting Part IV into 2 films. With Part 4 ending with Entity\_303 "winning", and Part 5 being a somewhat apocalyptic war film.
* During an episode of the podcast, the director of the film Will said if they couldn't get Dane Liberatore to reprise his role as Steve then they probably wouldn't have gone ahead with the film.