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Anonymous asked:

I'd imagine that something as dark and edgy as the Changeling Empire would be the last thing any viewer unfamiliar with FiM would expect. So I feel I should ask: as a filmmaker, what was your intention to use this setting for your opening scene?

Good question! One of the key problems we had with the original script was that the story took way too long to introduce the villains. It was a situation in which the overall tone of the film wasn’t really balanced and by the time that the villains came forward into the spotlight, everything just felt off. The shift in tones between the light and dark suffered too much from whiplash.

For me, introducing the Changeling Empire as the basis for the opening not only helped introduce the villains within the first 5 minutes, but it was a great way for us to sell the overall tone of the film. To us, it was a way for us to say “yes, this movie is gonna be something much darker and a little more intimidating” and it was that kind of mindset that I took when wanting to use it as the key introduction to what makes the film so unique.

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Anonymous asked:

Is what you had to cut out of the Jots from your orginal concept like Nightmare Moon, CMC, Shining Armour/Candance arc going to be released online as outtakes or deleted scenes?

I’m going to be talking about the deleted concepts in a video after the movie is released because unfortunately, very few pieces of completed material exist for any of these beyond the script and a few pieces of concept art. 

But I will cover everything about the evolution of the story and its script in a bonus feature to let everyone know how we went from story development to getting the final draft we have now.

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Anonymous asked:

Are we going to hear you the director sing in JotS?

Not for any of the songs, no. But I might have to talk to Forest and Jeff about that because as far as I’m concerned, they don’t know that I can actually sing!

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Anonymous asked:

Why take out Shinning Amor and Cadence when they appear in the concept trailer and how many fights are expected in the film?

Something I should mention is that the Concept Trailer was based off of the old script. The Concept Trailer does NOT represent any of the events from the new script. So please keep that in mind.

Also, I ask that people please stop asking me about the fighting question. Its beginning to get a little redundant. There’s really no other way I can answer that question with any other answer than “just wait to see the film and you’ll see”.

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