Origins Untold

Cai Williams

D. Tyler Fultz

Alejandro Fletes

Jeffry Tito Saenz

James Burton

Rhys Griffiths

**Origins Untold** is an upcoming supernatural horror film, directed by Will Evans. It is a prequel to the Herobrine Origins film series created by EliteProductions. Produced by Rhys Griffiths, Will Evans and Cai Williams, written by Will Evans and Rhys Griffiths. The film was released on the EliteProductions YouTube channel on January 19th 2018. The film stars Nullify, Jessie Yun, D. Tyler Fultz, Alejandro Fletes and Jeffry Tito Senz.

It was followed by LICK. And is the seventh film in the Origins Universe.

## Plot

During the cold war in 1954, Frederick Briggs and his team Echo Squad, make their way through a heavy snowstorm to meet Delta Squad at the contingency point. While walking on thin ice, Frederick falls through and finds himself in a strange, creepy cave, where he discovers the Brine totem which releases the Brine demon, possessing Frederick.

After leaving the war, Frederick tries to live a normal life with his wife Sally, but discovers that he has special abilities.

## Cast

* Nullify as Frederick Briggs
* Jessie Yun as Sally Briggs
* D. Tyler Fultz as General Walker
* Alejandro Fletes as Ellis Barnes
* Samuel Parish as George Henderson
* Jeffry Tito Saenz as Jose Gonzalez
* James Burton as Gary Miller
* Nick Evans as Jamie Harks
* Rhys Griffiths as Peter Scott
* Majingar as Oliver Ross
* Will Evans as Phil Allen
* Katie Otten as Dr.Butcher
* Shaun Brackett as Arin Smith
* Kevin Liberty as Mysterious Man

## Appearances

#### Locations

* Manhattan, New York
* Frederick & Sally Briggs House

## Production

### Development

Will Evans and Rhys Griffiths had expressed interest in making a film focusing on Frederick Briggs since Herobrine Origins Part II. The two started sharing ideas for a plot for a few months, but due to the production of Herobrine Origins Part III, all planning was put on hold. It wasn't until a year later that they returned to the project, now after writing of BRINE and entity\_303 the overall timeline and plot for the Origins Universe had been well established, so coming up with ideas became far easier. The idea of the film being a "war-esque" film was always at the forefront of the ideas, with the team wanting to focus mostly on Frederick's time in the military and wanting to make the film feel standout from the rest in the OU.

The film was announced on July 21st, 2017 after a teaser trailer was released on the EliteProductions YouTube channel. The film, now titled "Origins: The Beginning" had officially started development alongisde entity\_303. The decision to work on both films was made because the team felt like Origins: The Beginning was the start of the story, and entity\_303 was the end, with one showing the origins of the Brine powers, and the other showing what it leads to.

Writing on the film started on July 15th, 2017 with the script being completed on August 3rd, 2017 with Will Evans saying he is very excited on working on the film, and the team being very happy with the script.

### Pre-production

Casting for the film had begun on December 6th, 2017, at the time the only confirmed cast member was Jessie Yun as Sally Briggs. Rhys Griffiths was set to reprise his role as Frederick Briggs, but it was decided they would recast the character. New cast members were announced through December, with Nullify taking the role of Frederick Briggs, and Alejandro Fletes, Jeffry Tito Saenz, James Burton and D. Tyler Fultz joining the cast.

The film's title was changed in December 2017 to Origins Untold.

### Filming

Filming started in November 2017. The team wanted to wrap filming as soon as possible, so that the film could release early 2018. The film was done using a mixture of body actors and the Keygrip mod.

In December of 2017, RAMCAST joined the team as the lead animator for the film where he would create the animated scenes. These scenes would take a month to complete. He and Will worked together in making sure the animated scenes felt natural and didnt stand out too much from the rest of the film, this was achieved mostly by matching the lighting of the scene.

Filming wrapped in January 2018.

### Post-production

Editing had already started before filming had wrapped, so the majority of the film had already been edited by the time filming was complete. The film was edited primarily by Will, with Rhys making additional edits. Origins Untold was edited using Sony Vegas Pro 12 and was animated with Cinema 4D.

## Release

The film was planned to be released on December 26th 2017, however due to some voice actors unable to send their lines in time, the release had to be delayed.

On January 17th 2018 EliteProductions posted on their twitter, "I / XIX / XVIII" (01/19/2018). This was then announced on the team's YouTube channel that it was the film's release date.

The film, like every other film in the Origins Universe, had a Premiere which was live streamed to the EP YouTube channel. However, due to bad weather causing issues with internet connections and power, the premiere had to be cancelled halfway through the film.

## Reception

*Origins Untold* recieved positive reviews from viewers. With many claiming the film to be the best in the series so far and a great addition. Many praised the cast for their performances, and claiming that they are some of the best performances in the series.

Adam G. wrote: "Origins Untold might be my favorite film in the ORIGINS Universe, and possibly my all time favorite EliteProductions film. It's something new and fresh to the series, starting off as a war/survival film, then a supernatural film. The story expands on events that we have already seen from the opening to Herobrine Origins Part II, we get to see how Frederick found the cave, and what happened to him after he found it. It's a simple story to follow which is exactly what it needs to be. The acting is probably some of the best we've seen in an EP film so far, I honestly cant think of an actor I thought was bad. RAMCAST returned to animate some scenes, showing his improvement, with the mix of machinima and animation captured nicely."

## Trivia

* *Origins Untold* is the first EliteProductions Minecraft film since Herobrine Origins Part II that didn't use the Minecraft Universal intro.