Category Archives: mixed martial arts

Fight Videos

mattkprovideo.com/2022/03/22/fight-videos/

I love to shoot and edit hand to hand combat!
I co produced two “Ultimate Fighting: documentaries in the 2000’s : “Blood Sweat and Teeth” and its semi sequel: “Rage in the Cage”.” I shot with a BetaCam SP Camera, while other crewmembers were in the audience with handheld camcorders. I did all of the editing on an AVID Media Composer with a lot of elements created with Photoshop and After Effects.

“Rage in the Cage” on Daily Motion:

Blood, Sweat and Teeth Trailer:

I also shot some Pro Wrestling video (that was edited by someone else for a seperate project) :

Martial Arts themed commercial I animated:

Rage in the Cage,MMA film

https://mattkprovideo.com/2017/10/03/bst/

This is a documentary about Mixed Martial Arts I was an associate producer on.  I did the main shooting, all of the editing (using the AVID Media Composer and some After Effects) and some of the graphics.

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236184/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_6
Vic Feazell associate producer / producer
Chad Nell associate producer
Adam Warren co-producer

Cinematography by

Matthew Kordelski

Film Editing by

Matthew Kordelski

Animation Department

Theodore Horrocks animator (as Theodore T. Horrocks)

GAME OF DEATH needs to be remastered

 

Theres lots of older movies that get digitally remastered / enhanced “special editions.” And many new Hollywood hits use face replacement technology- to put stars faces onto stunt performers etc…

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Death

When the greatest Asian Martial Arts star ever, Bruce Lee, died leaving his last film ” Game of  Death” unfinished, the producers TRIED to save the project with body doubles and awful 1970s face replacement technology:

 

By todays standards, it is laughably bad.

I would like to suggest that whoever has the rights to the original master footage of Game of Death partners up with ILM or whoever and make a special edition.  Replace Lees face with state of the art CGI, clean up and remaster the rest of film, and maybe even make it 3D.

 

Now, I don’t think facial replacement technology is quite where it should be – yet. They’re getting closer to reality. Tarkin and Lei came close, but there is something inescapably difficult to capture about the human face that even the best efforts look a little…. goofy. I think Lee would be worth the effort.

 

Bruce Lee is still thought of as one the greatest movie stars in the world. I think a “new” 3D film starring the Legendary Bruce Lee would be a huge hit in Asia, America and most of the world.  They would more than make their money back and then some.

 

This is a whiskey commercial with a CGI Bruce Lee that comes REALLY close:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077594/

http://fightland.vice.com/blog/game-of-death-bruce-lees-unfinished-business

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/bruce-lee/articles/141995/title/game-death-1972-original-plot

http://theamericanreader.com/the-curses-the-fates-the-races-the-fakes-the-faces-the-names-of-the-game-of-death-or-the-game-of-death/

Wrestle Circus Girl Fight

I was hired to shoot a Pro Wrestling match in Austin, November 18, 2016.

 

Here are two of my 5 camera angles:

 

http://www.wrestlecircus.com/

 

keywords: pro wrestling, wrestling, girl, girl fight, wrestle circus, mattkprovideo, kordelski, go pro,

Bitter Lacrosse Video

I was hired to shoot the games at the Bitter LaCrosse ” LAX” tournament in Lockhart, Texas ( right outside of Austin, Texas). Shot on a variety of cameras and edited in Premiere and some After Effects.

lax still

Rage in the Cage

https://mattkprovideo.com/2015/05/13/a-fighting-documentary-i-worked-on/

I co produced this. Did some of the shooting, some of the graphics and all of the editing.

We used Betacam SP cameras, AVID editing, Photoshop and After Effects.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021382/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr6

Ted Horrocks did the 3D at 1.29

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021382/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr6

https://vimeo.com/tedhorrocks

http://www.behance.net/thorrocks

Chad Nell. Actor / Producer. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625032/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236213/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_4