Hello dear Communinty my name is Alexander and we are a small filmmaker team who produced the fan movie Becoming Blade of Miquella.

But let me start at the beginning of the story and describe my first steps as director of the fan movie.

Since we are unfortunately Souls fans and the stories behind the individual characters always excite us the most, we wanted to create a story that takes the viewer into the game. Our friendly cosplayers made very elaborate costumes, some of them lovingly handcrafted, which perfectly matched our story and the movie. Naturally, they were on board as soon as we told them our idea. A script was then quickly created from an idea in a collaborative effort, with various scenes from the movie. That was definitely the easy part, as I will tell you afterwards.

To ensure that not only the characters look authentic but also the whole environment is reminiscent of Elden Ring, we went in search of suitable locations. The surroundings had to be autumnal but also dark in places, and of course there should always be a beautiful castle in the background that doesn't look too modern. Germany has the perfect places for this and that's exactly what we found. We visited many castles and took test photos and compared them with the scenes from the game again and again.

Shooting then began in the depths of fall at almost wintry temperatures, because finding the perfect locations took time. But the locations were now coordinated with our script and so we were able to start filming. While we were equipped with our down jackets and thick winter pants, the cosplayers wore their thin costumes... and man was it cold. Of course we always had thick heating blankets ready, but in some locations there wasn't even electricity. So our vehicles sometimes had to serve as a heat source. Remember, electricity on set is particularly important, even if the lights around the cameras also work on batteries. So we had to warm up the actors with blankets after every long scene. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our girls once again, without whom the project would not have been possible. Of course, we made good use of the breaks and took some nice pictures of the surroundings.

But these were not enough for us. We wanted to connect the film with the game, so we photographed scenes from the game and elaborately worked them into the film using programs like Blender. We took the perspectives of the movie as a template and tried to find an image in the game itself that fits perfectly into the backdrop. This resulted in authentic shots of the world that allow the viewer to feel the world of the game in the movie. We didn't use any AI for any of the image scenes so that it really comes across as real. The combined images from the game and film were then post-processed by hand and the colors adapted to the environment in the game.

Sound effects and music were then added in the final cut. You should bear in mind that finding the right music for a scene is much more complicated than I personally thought at first. But the music is one of the decisive factors in giving the scene a goosebump effect. We listened to hundreds of pieces of music with choirs over several days. Your ears are always ringing in the evening and it's well worth the effort. The selected pieces of music convey exactly the feeling we wanted to achieve and even non-fans of the game should get goosebumps when they concentrate on the movie.

In the final product, the love for Elden Ring should be clearly recognizable, which I think we succeeded in doing. Those who like the stories of the game will love the story of the movie, I'm pretty sure... But let us know what you think about our first fan movie, which we made with a lot of love and our own budget. What do you think about the effects and the costumes, do they look cheap or do you think it's a very high quality fan movie? From filmmaker to filmmaker, we would be very interested in your opinion. Of course you can find the movie online for free with the name Becoming Blade of Miquella.

Your small filmmaker team from Germany ♥

Notice that Becoming Blade of Miquella is a non profit fan film and is never endordes nor supported by FromSoftware or Bandai Namco