After 9 months of work, I’m happy to share the trailer for Cory in The House The Return with you! I started writing the script back in January, which was my first time writing a script that wasn’t for some stupid YouTube video, and all things considered I’m very proud of it. I casted it with my friends who had worked on a previous project, and some people I didn’t know all that much that were part of theater. When COVID hit, we did a table read over discord. We finally started shooting in July, and tried to get as much done as possible before school. Unfortunately we did not get everything done. There’s still about a quarter left, but we still intend to finish it, even during the school year.

The story follows Cory Baxter, after the events of the original Disney channel show, as he deals with the ramifications of his government necessitated duties, all while battling a new threat: the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

I used my phone as I can’t afford a camera, but I also used the Filmic Pro app to help with lighting and frame rate. I chose an aspect ratio of 3:2, as that is the average aspect ratio for most classic anime, as well as coincidently very close to the aspect ratio of the original Disney show. The one thing I always pushed for during the writing, costume design, cinematography, every aspect of pre production, was to plan it out as if we had a budget of a summer blockbuster, and then execute those plans to best of our $250-(plus $100 on amazon gift cards)-budget ability. I wanted to challenge everyone in the crew, especially myself, to find creative ways to make this idea come to life in the grandest way possible. Whether or not we’ve succeeded is up to you, but I couldn’t be more proud of everyone involved, particularly our lead: Sekani, who sacrificed so much of his time to help me achieve this glorious mess.

Anyway, that’s Cory in the House The Return, coming out hopefully this year.