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Envy is the 5th film in the saga. It's a sequel to the fillm Hands Off. Written By Tomás Bale, Ārana Edmonds and Carter Elwin-Pepperell. Editing was done by Ārana Edmonds, he also did the special effects for the film with help from the team. The film was released half way through the year. Filming began on the 6th of March and ended on the 17th of June. Envy takes place in the Main Canon timeline.

## Plot

It starts off with Dr A.Marty walking and killing the Janitor among other students at the school. Then we see Jonny Able leaving his home to meet up with Brodie Buckaroo who woke up somewhere. They start to talk amongst each other in which they talk about the killings at the school and the psycho killer. They get to school and Tom joins them. He says that this psycho killer's nickname is Envy and they talk about Tammy Torrance as well.They go to the hall where they see Dr Arana. They talk and go their separate ways. Dr Arana walks off to find some more kids but Mr Miyagi this was in front of his way to try to stop him. We see the boys putting out the chairs but when they do they find a dead body. Dr Arana comes out a door and begins to get the three of them. He runs after them but Brodie run's up the stairs of the hall. A.Marty get's him first and then he throws him off the 2nd story. He runs outside where Tom falls to the ground. He tries to stand his ground but Dr Arana punched him through his stomach. He runs to Jonny but finds his brother and kills him as well. Johnny gets to W-Block and finds a school student and tries to tell him what's happening but before he could Dr Arana gets the student (Harrison Catt) and cuts off his arm. Jonny tries to get into W-Block but Dr Arana is already there so he runs to a different building he gets in a building but gets trapped inside. Dr Arana knocks him out cold and than put him onto a table and kills him he puts Jonny's dead body in a trash bin and goes into W-Block to change his to school uniform and walks to the school library to record what just happened he than wished he could time travel to save Mr Miyagi's life.

## Cast

* Ārana Edmonds as Dr A.Marty.
* Tomás Bale as Jonny Able.
* Carter Elwin-Pepperell as Tom.
* Sepp Bale As Michael "Sepp" Able Jr.
* Brodie Powell as Brodie Buckaroo.
* Charlie Preston as The Ghost of Mr Miyagi.
* George Cheshoare as The Janitor.
* Connor Pogson as Multiple kids killed by A.Marty.
* Harrison Catt as The kid who got killed by Dr A.Marty\Dallin.
* Jasmine Loveday as Tammy Torrance (Archive footage.)
* Nagkau Aporo as Daniel Miyagi (Archive footage.)

## Production

### Development

In late 2019 before the start of filming for Club Fulfillment Ārana and Layton were planing out the timeline of the Main Cannon. Envy was first named Fire Across Time. It was planned to be a Terminator-style film where A. Marty and Jonny team up to fight a robot from the future sent by Future A. Marty. However, it was canceled. Due to Ārana making Beat It. The next idea for Envy was to have it be a stand-alone film. Ārana came up with the idea for the film in September 2020; the original was called Time Will Kill. However, it was drooped because of how long it was and the time and manpower needed to make that film. Most ideas from the original film were not put into Envy. It took almost 6 mouths to finish the film. A small fight broke out between Ārana and Tomás during the filming process, but it was resolved.

### Writing

No script was done for this film; there was only an outline for what would happen in the short film and a date schedule. The writing began on February 13 of that year and ended on May 5 of the same year.

### Filming

Filming began in March 2021. Most of the filming took place in the school (Kuranui College.) The scenes with Tomás and Brodie, on the other hand, were shot outside of the school. The main cameraman for the film was Brodie, with help from Leon Eldred and Matthew Roberts.

### Practical effects

Ārana made more than 27 L of fake blood for the film. Two full-size human bodies were made of duct tape. For the fake skin Vaseline,flour and water. The gore at the end of the film was a mix of deer and swan meat and brain. There was a scene with A. Marty putting a knight through Michael Jr's head and taking out Michael Jr's brain, but Brodie lost the scene.

### Film inspiration

The shot where Dr. A. Marty is walking to the hall is loosely based on the walk done by Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho. The costumes for Dr. A.Marty is filled with Wall Street yuppie style from the 1980s businessman style. With pinstriped suits, overcoats, and braces. They also took inspiration from the splatter film Bad Taste with the amount of blood they use in the film.

## Abridged version

On the 12th of July of 2021 a cut down version was realest on YouTube. More than 6 mins was cut out however 4 new shoots were added in. More scenes with Tomás getting killed.

## The B-cut

Further information: Alternate cuts and cancelled projects
On April the 7th Brodie started to write the B-cut of the film. This version of the film was broken in 3 Parts. Part 1 The Killer, Part 2 The Kids and Part 3 The Action. This version also made Brodie to have a bigger part in the film with more lines and Dr A.Marty was going to meet him first and not the Janitor. His character was describe as "centralist scum". Dr A.Marty was to have flashback of him calling hooker’s as well as doing cocaine. Brodie was to reminds him of the haunting death of Mr Miyagi and how Brodie took possession of his cross as it was technically state property. After that he was to do phone sex. John in this version was a nice guy who probably smokes weed. And Tom was the archetype of the computer guy. And how he "shows his computer moves". John and Tom come across a guy who is selling food. John offers him 10 cents ($NZD) for some food but drops the coin. Brodie picks it up. A reference to Club Fulfillment Part 1. John gets offense and they break into a fight. This was to show a strong bond between John and Tom. After the fight it was to cut to Dr A.Marty performing his first visible kill on a homeless person. Then he kills the Janitor who chokes him to death. The 3 kids head to the gym as they are early, and find the body. Dr A.Marty will be standing behind them, with a crazed look on his face and a chase scene begins. The 3 students find a hiding spot. One of them will hide in a cupboard, and will have a small crack to look out of.

## Reception

### Critical response

Upon its release Rachel Butler-Peck, the film teacher at Kuranui College wrote, "The opening sequence was well crafted initially but became a little looser as the murders went on." When the abridged version was release she had this to say. "This is a much stronger version - editing is your friend!" Chris Widdup of The Outlook For Someday gave the film a positive review, praising its comedy, and saying: "Envy is a riot. Great effects. You guys are really inventive and there's heaps of energy up on screen. The camera work and editing is really watchable and fast paced."

## Book

A book called The Envious Dream is a autobiographical by Ārana Edmonds on the making of the short film Envy (2021.) The work describes the process of the basic concept to the filming.

## Quotes

* Tom: I hear they call him Envy. [to Jonny Able]

* Tom: It was an open and shut case [to Jonny Able]

* Dr A.Marty: Fancy seeing you here. [to Jonny Able]

Johnny Able: I could ask you the same question. [to A.Marty]

* Dr A.Marty: Look at the time I need to visit the janitor Ok so I will be right back. [to Jonny Able] noicon

Jonny Able: Hey I thought the janitor was dead? [to A.Marty]

Dr A.Marty: I meant the new one [To Jonny Able]

* Tom: The horse was named Friday. noicon

* Dr A.Marty: Lets not talk let's dance. [to Jonny Able] noicon

* Dr A.Marty: I wish I knew how to time travel. [to Himself]